A mobile and transfer assistant robot
created by collaboration between nursing home practitioners and startups is
used in the medical field.
The Korea Veterans Welfare and Welfare
Service announced on the 3rd that it had received a donation of a moving and
moving assistive robot developed jointly with Bionit (CEO Kim Chan-bong).
A moving/transferring assistant robot is a
device that safely lifts a resident of a nursing facility and moves it to a
desired place such as a bathroom or toilet, and can prevent falls and prevent
musculoskeletal disorders of caregivers.
The donated robot is a product jointly
developed by Bionit Co., Ltd. and Gimhae Recreation Center. It supplements the
existing product and redesigned it to a stable structure using lower body
supports, so it can move and transport up to 120 kg.
Mun Seung-jun, manager of the nursing home,
suggested an idea to develop a product that compensates for the shortcomings of
the foreign transfer robot, and Bionit Co., Ltd. collaborated with the nursing
home for about a year to localize the new technology.
Director Lee Kwang-ho said, "We will
contribute to public service innovation by sharing field ideas that small and
medium-sized enterprises can commercialize and providing a test bed for pilot
application of new technology products."
Meanwhile, BIONIT Co., Ltd., which
collaborated with Kim Bo-hoon Nursing Home, is a startup founded in 2019,
developing in vitro diagnostic medical devices and exporting them to Central
and Southeast Asia. Starting with the research and development of mobile and
transfer assistance robots, the company plans to introduce advanced technology
products for the elderly, such as a shower and bath system for bedridden
patients.
Reporter Song Hee-young, Gimhae News
editor@gimhaenews.co.kr
Source: Gimhae News (http://www.gimhaenews.co.kr)
On June 3, 2022, an article about Bionite
Co., Ltd. was published by Gimhae News reporter Song Hee-young, and below is
the original text of the article.