Tactee

Tactee® project was born from the union of the professional experiences of Federico Veneziano, Physiotherapist and Osteopath, and Daria Tirone, Engineer with expertise in Industrial Design and Technical product Design.

WHAT IS IT

The Tactee® system is a set of assistive devices designed to restore autonomy and independence in daily activities of people with mono or bilateral functional grasping deficits that aims to improve their quality of life.

Nowadays people suffering from pathologies such as tetraplegia, hemiplegia post stroke, multiple sclerosis or all those morbid events involving a functional grasping deficiency require intensive care of various figures such as therapists, family members and/or care givers to carry out their everyday activities.

The Tactee®system returns functional autonomy and independence in different daily activities such as eating, drinking, writing, etc.; eliminating the caregiver who’s been considered indispensable so far.

This is possible thanks to a series of tools which are useful for performing various functions, coupled to a grip element that is worn to the hand, that allows hooking and unlocking and that can replace the various tools in an easy, fast and autonomous way.

The system, with 3 different grasping element sizes, includes special cutlery and dapters that make possible to use them with various common items such as pens, toothbrushes or razors and so on.

HOW DOES IT WORK

Tactee® is a patented system based on a innovative magnetic coupling solution, between a grasping element worn by the hand’s user and various interchangeable tools that guarantee high performance in autonomy and safety.

When the grasping element is approached by a Tactee®, tool, the magnetic force attracts it and allows to having a firm grip without using fingers. At the same time its special design allows an easy release, permitting interchanging tools without any effort nor assistance, in total autonomy.
The device fits on any user properly thanks to its ergonomic design and various possible adjustments.

The Tactee® method involves the use of the system along the rehabilitation path of the users and promotes it in every context of everyday life, in an easy, decent and independent way.