HelpingHAND

Project challenges

Challenges

Challenge 1: Maximize the personalization potential enabled by 3D printing of core components

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Challenge 2: Improve Hy5’s profitability throughout the service lifetime of the hand prosthesis

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Challenge 3: Overcome patient and physician distrust about the performance and usability of our device

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Challenge 4: Address market introduction regulatory barriers and accelerate market uptake through fast-tracking device reimbursement from relevant authorities

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Challenge 5: Industrialize manufacturing to enable Hy5 to deliver against strong market pull and optimize production costs