Testing and Development of a Low Cost Motorized Wheelchair (LOCOMO-WC), for Less Resource SettingsBackgroundAccess to functional mobility equipment at affordable prices for people with disabilities is a challenge in less resource settings such as India, especially related to electric power wheelchairs (EPW). The low-cost western-style EPWs that dominate the Indian market fail prematurely and are not designed to meet the environmental needs commonly found in less resource settings (LRSs). The engineering design team at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL, University of Pittsburgh), headed by Dr. Jon Pearlman, designed a low cost motorized wheelchair (LOCOMO-WC) to meet the needs of individuals in LRSs.CollaboratorsThis project was a joint effort between the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh (HERL, Pittsburgh, USA), the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC, New Delhi, India), Specialized Mobility Operations & Innovations and Ostrich Mobility (Bangalore
, India) supported through the NIH Indo- US Collaboration for Low Cost Medical Devices grant award.As a subsidiary of the financially strong and successful Medort Group, MEYRA is one of the world’s best known and most successful manufacturers of wheelchairs and suppliers of rehabilitation aids. The phrase “We move people” is more than just a claim, it's our philosophy and it determines how we do business. We support and motivate disabled people and allow them to be mobile and independent. Our products are essential companions for people with disabilities or people with impaired mobility and they help with the many small and large challenges faced in daily life. Thanks to our comprehensive range of wheelchairs, rehabilitation aids and solutions in various individual segments, we bring individual goals within reach and make daily life more ordinary, whether in domestic care, out and about, in rehabilitation or in competitive sport.We bring together the expertise and experience of individual core competencies in order to get new perspectives and thereby develop innovative solutions.
The constant communication with disabled people, doctors, clinics, therapists and carers and the close cooperation with qualified medical companies facilitate the development of practical products. We help with helping thanks to our product training for specialist retailers and diverse partner service offers. In short: MEYRA has stood for consolidated expertise, great dedication and a strong brand for more than 80 years – for our common goal.You can find the appropriate product for each area in our versatile product range of wheelchairs. For daily grind, for sport or at work – you will find what you are looking for at MEYRA. You can find a few highlights here – all products are available by the main menu item “products”. Trade fair: Rehacare 2016 MEYRA celebrates its success at Rehacare in Düsseldorf Wheelchair Adventure Days in the Kitzbühel Alps On 22 September 2015, "Behindert-Barrierefrei e. V." (the Handicapped Barrier-Free Association) will once again be holding its Wheelchair Adventure Days, when people with and without handicaps will be invited to...
€70,000 donation for the education project "no risk, no fun?" MEYRA gets involved with a donation to the "deutsche Stiftung Querschnittlähmung" (German Paraplegic Foundation). to the Hurricane familyMore information Ordering systemKISSSAbout MEYRAFor usersQuality WheelchairsWheelchairs SupplierProvide HighestHighest QualityTop QualityQuality StairwayTechnology PowerLatest TechnologyHug VarietyForwardYou want to buy climbers. So meet to “Shubhra trading co.” Because, where available a hug variety of climbers. Call now climbers suppliers @ +91- 9462593253. Since our beginnings in the 1990s, Colours has always been about more than great ultralight weight wheelchairs. Colours is a lifestyle. We make products that empower users to become their best selves. Individuality and independence of the people who use our chairs will always be our number one concern. No matter if you’re looking for a custom painted wheelchair or a customized seating system, your Colours wheelchair will be uniquely yours.
Colours wheelchairs prides itself on empowering some of the most trailblazing individuals in the world. We are very proud of our team. We love them very much and so should you Our Product Change Your Life Colours has a ton of aftermarket parts and accessories to further customize your chair for maximum style and performance Colours offers the widest assortment of color configurations possible. Powder coating, polishing, gold plating and custom parts kits are all available Colours works with a number of the most respected service professionals and is coded for most major insurances throughout the world Stay in touch with all things Colours and follow our teamYOQNEAM, Israel Israeli technology start-up UPnRIDE Robotics is launching an innovative upright, self-stabilising wheelchair at a medical conference in Germany next month and the company hopes the device will hit the market next year.Before then, UPnRIDE needs to pass two clinical trials, one with the U.S. veteran association in New York, to help it get regulatory approval and ensure health insurance companies can assist customers with the hefty price tag.
The company was founded by Amit Goffer, 63, who created a robotic exoskeleton at his previous venture ReWalk Robotics that helps people paralysed from the waist down to walk.But Goffer, who has been confined to a wheelchair since an all-terrain vehicle accident in 1997, has never been able to use his first invention because his injuries left him with limited function in his arms.With his new four-wheel chair, which uses a gyroscope similar to that in a two-wheeled Segway and self-stabilising software, Goffer can manoeuvre upright over uneven urban terrain and join conversations face to face with people standing up. "The dignity, self esteem ... to feel like part of society again, the core of society, not the fringe of society - the psychological effect is dramatic," Goffer said. For people with serious spinal cord injuries, the act of standing also helps stave off cardiovascular, respiratory and other problems that can arise, said Gabi Zeilig, director of the neurological rehabilitation department at Israel's Sheba Medical Center."