2025

Design Awards Gold Winner - Design Único

Articulated Canadian Crutch

Entrant Company

Design Único

Category

Healthcare - Mobility Aids

Client's Name

Mercur

Country / Region:

Brazil

Created with the aim of improving the lives of people with temporary or permanent disabilities, this crutch is born from real stories of overcoming to deliver cost-effectiveness, technology and innovation. The combination of countless experiences and design has created a new level of simplicity, well-being and efficiency in accessible assistive products.
With a modern and completely redesigned design, the Crutch combines plastic materials with metal tubes and a rubber tip. This choice not only improves the aesthetics to make the product more humanized, but also contributes to a lower environmental impact, valuing local labor.
We have polished every detail to provide the user with much more safety and free them from the fear of hurting themselves again. We understand the problems of discomfort in the hands and axillary supports, they have soft textures, revisited ergonomics with angles and dimensions that help with weight distribution and favor walking with less calorie burn. It also has a small straight section at the back that allows it to rest on walls. Your crutches will no longer fall over every time you lean on a surface. For greater adaptability, the user has height adjustment levels at the top and bottom.

The fear of falls inspired an exclusive design for the toe cap with new compounds that increase friction with the ground, a larger base and articulation that make walking more natural and safe.
We deliver a HUMANIZED product so that it is no longer seen as synonymous with illness, and we offer life with high self-esteem, with that touch of color that makes us happy and the versatility to solve small details of everyday life that make a big difference.Human beings have an amazing capacity for adaptation, they live and shape their condition without hesitation. This product is designed to take care of actions that today are “automatic” in the lives of many, but which they will now realize how much simpler they can be. Responsible design at the service of the well-being of people and our society.

Credits

Diego Caye Lopes
Gustavo Giorgi
Sarah Spinato Chittó
Elisa Milan Tramontina
Equipe Mercur
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