The center provides tailor-made assistive device service in a medical center. Our services include medical services, assistive device evaluation, assistive device provision (protheses, orthotics, mobility assistive devices), assistive device inspection, maintenance tour services, etc.  The center is also a specialized institution for technical training in the making of prosthetic equipment and assistive devices, and in providing technical support to clinical specialists.

The assistive device service team of this center is marked by its professionalism. The core staff members include physicians, researchers, physical/occupational therapists (including Class A assistive device assessors), medical technicians, prosthetic outfitters, assistive device technicians, social workers, and administrative staff.

The types of our services include physician diagnosis, physical/occupational therapy, and prosthetic equipment production by professional technicians. We also provide various assistive devices (such as tailor-made assistive devices, ready-to-use assistive devices, and related consumables for assistive devices), assistive equipment self-collection/distribution, assistive equipment rental, inspection and maintenance tours to anywhere of the nation. The center assists patients in applying for government subsidies and social welfare. The center conducts satisfaction surveys and tracks the care received by patients. In addition, the center also cooperates with the academic community in the development of new assistive devices.

The center provides medical services and medical personnel training, and engages in medical research and development. It also helps to implement national health policies, emphasizes equality in medical treatment and human rights protection, provides support services for the physically disabled, improves the quality of medical services in remote areas, and establishes the sharing of medical resources. To fulfill the government's responsibility to take care of everyone's health and provide comprehensive, complete and, seamless services with respect to assistive devices.

Our Services

This center cooperates with various departments of the hospital (such as Department of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery, Department of Nursing, nursing, Department of Family Medicine... etc.), which can connect and integrate medical services in real time; at the same time, working together with the hospital’s services of integrated care and long-term care, the center seamlessly integrates long-term care, acute post-care and discharge preparation services in order that patients can better adjust their lives after discharge. In addition, in conjunction with other units (schools, non-profit organizations, and businesses) to offer assistive-device-related professional courses and conduct clinical practice education and training, so that the center staff can obtain the most cutting-edge information and knowledge on orthopedics, orthotics, and assistive devices, and maintain the innovative sensitivity with respect to assistive devices. In addition, interdisciplinary meetings are held from time to time, with the theme of thinking about and developing new assistive devices and components, with a view to enhancing the innovation, research, and development with respect to assistive devices.

In the feedbacks received from patients during the adaptation or adjustment of clinical assistive devices, the center has discovered and evaluated the feasibility of improvement, progress, and innovation of assistive devices, cooperated with the government's policy of long-term care, promoted academic research on assistive devices, and enhanced and consolidated the competitive advantages of our assistive devices. We actively research and develop new and strengthened assistive devices, and combine academic research, human factors engineering, and industrial design to innovate insoles, auxiliary woods, prostheses, bearing tubes, and long-term life assistive devices. Our team has also been awarded the 5-year program of "Assistance Technology Development, Testing and Research" by the National Army Retired Officers and Soldiers Counseling Committee, which covers "Innovative Development and Testing of Long-term Assistive Devices", "Design, R&D and Performance of Full Contact Insole Materials Evaluation Research”, “Achilles Tendon Lengthening Surgery, Customized Shoe Insole or Rehabilitation Therapy for Forefoot Pressure Reduction Test” and “Lower Limb Prosthetic Membrane Removal Technology and Modular Components Development and Prosthetic Cylinder Pressure Test Research ".

The center also applies 3D printing technology to assistive devices. 3D printing aids are roughly divided into customized aids and universal design aid prototypes according to their purposes. According to biomechanics and physiology, the 3D printing team discusses patient’s (user's) functional disadvantages with physicians and medical teams, in order to design the most suitable assistive device (auxiliary equipment). After the functional requirements are met, the team applies professional knowledge to make use of the characteristics of 3D printing to customize the design according to the needs of the patient (user), and can also customize the beautiful shell for patients who use prosthetics. Or, for patients with special needs, the 3D printing team can design prosthetic elbow joints, rehabilitation aids, polio or valgus arch pads, etc. In addition, for patients with distal radius fractures, 3D printing materials can be used to replace plaster aids with the advantage of lighter weight. In short, 3D printing aids benefit users whose aids are too special to be taken care of.