An Ergonomic model of Commode Assistive Wheelchair for Disable Persons

Old age, physically disabled, persons suffering from different diseases always require help for their routine activities. This situation becomes even more difficult for the patients as well as for the relatives/ caretaker of the patient in case patient is having multiple injuries/ lower limbs are not working and or patient is too much fatty. Some products have been already developed and are available in the market where a commode cavity is attached beneath the chair with the chair. Some chairs with inbuilt commode assembly and mechanism for self-cleaning are also available. The main objective of this study is to design a low-cost commode assistive wheelchair. Testing of the chair has been done in both simulated and real environment. To find the effectiveness of the chair a descriptive analysis was conducted. The results statistically proved that in terms of maintenance, weight, chances of genitalinjuries and design this product is an effective solution for the old age and disabled. Total 25 persons have been involved to conduct the study. The proposed solution provides advance characteristics and user-friendly features in comparison to existing solutions and provides ease of defecation.