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Rehabilitation Engineering

As part of the Assistive Technology team, we work to find the best solutions for your child and their ability using mechatronics and rehabilitation engineering.

Through the use of existing technologies or developing them ourselves, with our innovative laboratory, we are able to design and customize equipment that allows us to give personalized service to each and every patient.

Our AT Innovation Lab comes with specialized equipment that allows users to design, prototype, and research. It comes with FF and SLA 3D printers, as well as a laser cutter. This allows users to work with different materials and manufacturing processes.

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If you are an engineer, or looking to organize an event for students, please contact Andres Guerrero, MSE, Rehabilitation Engineer. For all other questions related to Assistive Technology, please contact Julie Knitter, Director of Assistive Technology.

Interested in participating in one of our Toy Workshops? Toy adapting events and other workshops are held every season. Everyone is invited to learn how to adapt a toy that will be used by Blythedale Children's Hospital children. All the materials are provided, and no previous experience is required. Each session lasts 2 hours. Events are held at Blythedale Children's Hospital, 95 Bradhurst Ave. Valhalla, NY 10595.

Interested in interning at our Assistive Technology Innovation Lab? The program is open from June to August each year and is available for undergraduate students of engineering in mechanical, electrical, software and biomedical engineering. To apply, please reach out to Andres Guerrero for more information: aguerrero@blythedale.org

Hear what our past interns have said:

“We knew after our initial phone conversation that we would love to shadow you, but we didn't know that you would take so much care in teaching and mentoring us. We really enjoyed the meetings you set up with your coworkers from different specialties, and our weekly discussions from the readings you gave us, on top of being able to meet some of the children at Blythedale and being able to work on a wide variety of projects in the lab. We really appreciate how you gave us projects that fit our individual interests. It would be hard to choose our favorite moment, but it certainly was rewarding to be able to see how excited a boy was to be able to try out a new wheelchair on his birthday or to see a video of a patient using one of the bubble machines we worked on. Thank you so much for structuring such a valuable experience for us, and thanks to everyone at Blythedale for making us feel like a welcome part of the team. Our experience at Blythedale certainly reinforced our interest in rehabilitation engineering. We hope that other hospitals will follow the wonderful example that Blythedale has set of incorporating rehabilitation engineering into their hospital - in part so that we might be able to find a similar job some day!”

Designs for Use:

Disclaimer: Blythedale Children's Hospital is not responsible for designs once they are downloaded. Intended to be used to interact with toys only.

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