Rehabilitative and Assistive Engineering Where questions require you to provide

Rehabilitative and Assistive Engineering
Where questions require you to provide diagrams,
illustrations or equations, you would need to use the drawing tools or equation
editor from your software. You need to make sure that your diagrams are clearly
illustrated and labelled with clear reference to the specific question that
they are meant for.
PRESENTATION OF REPORT
When preparing your assignment, you should take care in the
construction, layout, and clarity
of your answers. This will aid your tutor during marking,
but more importantly it should help
you to formulate a better answer. A portion of your marks
will depend on how you present your
answers. Hence, you would do well to express your thoughts
in logical sequence, minimise
grammatical mistakes, and present your answers in ways that
are clear and easy to read (e.g. in
tables where appropriate). Some specific guidelines when you
prepare your assignment reports
are:
 Have a clear
structure, introduction, main body, discussion and conclusion with separate
section headings where appropriate;
 Write in a clear and concise style;
 Substantiate your statements with relevant information or
data; and
 Cite all references properly with surname of the author
and the year of publication, such as
(Smith, 2005), or [1].
Prepare a project proposal which involves an invention of a
novel 3D-printed robotic finger for thumb amputees. Your proposal must include
the following sections.
Question 1 (10 marks)
Abstract
In no more than 300 words, concisely describe the specific
aims, hypotheses, methodology and
approach of the project proposal including its importance to
the furtherance of biomedical
product development with clinical significance. The abstract
must be self-contained so that it
can serve as an accurate description of the project proposal
understood by a non-
scientific/medical audience.
Question 2 (20 marks)
Background and clinical need
This section should be prepared by answering the following
questions. Keep the write-up to
not more than 500 words.
(a) Provide a title of proposal.
(b) Describe the background and the significance of the
clinical need identified which the
solution intends to fulfill.
(c) Demonstrate knowledge of the existing assistive
technologies (AT) based on the current
solutions and their shortcomings. .
(d) What is needed to address the problem?
(e) Discuss the requirements of proposed solution.
Question 3 (50 marks)
Description of the invention
Design an appropriate assistive technology (AT) device.
Illustrate the invention by answering the
following questions. Keep the write-up to not more than
1,500 words.
(a) Evaluate the need and rationale of developing the
proposed solution.
(b) Formulate the methods/approach and components of the
solution, and discuss how it
works.
(c) Indicate direct competitors. How is the proposed
solution better than existing
technologies/product/service?
Question 4 (20 marks)
Intellectual property management
Develop a clear intellectual property (IP) plan going
forward with the ultimate objective of
generating and enhancing the IP. Keep the write-up no more
500 words.
(a) Provide the relevant background IP for the proposed
solution.
(b) Briefly describe any possibility of IP generated from
the solution.
(c) Examine how the IP is filed.
List of references used