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ENJOY A NEW DEGREE OF MOBILITY With e-fix, the electric add-on drive for wheelchairs, you can cover longer distances quickly and easily. The conversion is so easy: your specialist dealer will simply swap the drive wheels and install the battery pack and control unit - all done. POWER AT YOUR HANDS e-motion merges active mobility with therapeutic benefit. Even wheelchair drivers with impaired strength can move around independently with the help of e-motion. Users have a chance to stay mobile while exercising their vital functions. The load on muscles and joints is relieved. Only minimal force is required to drive the chair alone and the driver’s radius of action is increased. e-motion makes an important contribution to its owner’s independence. PUSHING THE LIMITS AND REMAINING FLEXIBLE The twion is the fastest and lightest push-rim drive in a modern design featuring smartphone connectivity. The active drive offers new freedom for wheelchair drivers. The compact and silent wheel hub drives with built-in lithium ion batteries ensure greater propulsion force on push-rim wheels.
Using stairs the easy way The mobile stair climber scalamobil can be simply attached to the wheelchair and allows to manage all kinds of stairs with little effort - even spiral staircases are not an obstacle anymore. Build a store shopping list Double click on above image to view full picture 500 lb. Capacity Aluminum Mobility Wheelchair and Scooter Carrier Extra wide wheelchair carrier bed fits almost any mobility device Add to My List California Transparency in Supply Chain Act Disclosure Supplier Code of Conduct Request a Free Catalog New Stores Coming Soon For The Latest, Up To The Minute News, Follow UsThe MV-1 reinvents what a wheelchair-accessible vehicle is supposed to be.It's What's Inside That Really CountsOutside, people see a boldly-styled vehicle unlike anything else on the road today. They'd never guess that every feature inside the vehicle is designed with wheelchair access in mind. Find out what makes the MV-1 different from any other accessible vehicle.2016 MV-1: Your Ride is HereWe're reinventing what an accessible vehicle is supposed to be.
And we're opening the door to affordable, accessible transportation for everyone.The MV-1 provides accessible transportation for wheelchair users who demand the safest vehicle on the market. Dealer SpotlightCheck out the newly launched Dealer Spotlight. The debut to the spotlight highlights our best selling dealers of 2016.detailsMV-1 Owners ForumThe MV-1 Owners Fourm provides the best avenue on the internet to meet other MV-1 owners, discuss the various models and features, share photos, or ask questions about the world’s only factory built wheelchair accessible vehicle. Feel free to join the group! Facebook Owners ForumFinance Your MV-1Finance your universally-accessible MV-1 at a great low rate with Bank of America. Apply online now and get a quick decision!Apply NowLatest NewsNational Caregivers DayAt Mobility Ventures, we know how important care giving is and would like to recognize caregivers for all of your hard work and selflessness that you show each and every day.detailsJanuary 20th.
A Day of AcceptanceJanuary 20th is also the International Day of Acceptance, and I am so proud to be able to share my "Life" daydetailsRecord Sales Set in 2016In 2016 Mobility Ventures reached the highest sales numbers in the history of the MV-1, up 35% from 2015. detailsview allFind a DealerFirst Name *Last Name *Email *Zip *SubmitClick here for The Orion Click here for The Duet Click here for The City Trike Looking for Alber USA? When Dr. Rich Barbara signed up to test the iBOT -- Johnson & Johnson's stair-climbing wheelchair -- in the summer of 2001, he thought he would be reluctant to give it back at the end of the two-week trial. But impressed as he was with its balancing abilities, Dr. Barbara, a 50-year-old paraplegic, found himself yearning for his manual wheelchair.''I was glad when my two weeks were up,'' said Dr. Barbara, a clinical psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh's Rehabilitation Hospital.The Independence iBOT 3000 Mobility System, which won approval from the Food and Drug Administration last week, was designed by Dean Kamen, a New Hampshire inventor, many years before he introduced his Segway transporter in 2001.Some of the same sensors and gyroscopes that support the two-wheeled Segway's balancing act on sidewalks lie behind the four-wheeled iBOT's ability to
navigate stairs and elevate the user to eye level with the rest of the world, improving the quality of life for many of the two million Americans with mobility-related disabilities. The F.D.A. approval, which came through after reviewers were satisfied with the results of a Phase 3 trial involving 18 users, opens the doors for Johnson & Johnson to bring the device to market. The iBOT will be first made available at 20 clinics across the country, where doctors and rehabilitation professionals will be trained in its use, a company representative said. Since the iBOT requires the use of one hand to operate the chair by manipulating a joystick, in addition to judging what kind of terrain to avoid, doctors can prescribe it only to patients who pass a physical and cognitive test.In Dr. Barbara's experience, the advantages of using the device were offset by some inconveniences.''It was a trade-off,'' he said. The iBOT's balancing feature allowed him to climb over street curbs, and its powerful four-wheel drive enabled him to ride across sandy, gravelly and grassy terrain.
But unlike his manual wheelchair and like most other powered wheelchairs, the iBOT was too big to fit into his Honda Civic; he needed a minivan to bring it to work. When he used the iBOT's stand-up function in his kitchen to reach for high shelves, the back and forth motion caused by the front wheels' rolling up and over the rear ones took up so much room that his wife and children had to move into the hallway. In the bathroom, he found it cumbersome to transfer himself from the chair to the toilet seat. And getting to the sink from the iBOT while brushing his teeth was no simple feat. These difficulties and a price of $29,000 may limit widespread use of the iBOT.A big question for iBOT's maker and its potential users is whether insurance companies will agree to pay for it. Johnson & Johnson says it is talking to private insurers and public agencies to make room for the iBOT in their reimbursement policies.''If I am newly injured, the iBOT would help me avoid an average expense of $40,000 on home modification, which includes refurnishing, building ramps and lowering shelves,'' said Jean-Luc Butel, president of Independence Technologies, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that is manufacturing the iBOT.
''I would go back to work more quickly; that would lead to further savings. And it's not just a matter of better health economics. It's about quality of life.''Insurance companies do not always find words like ''quality of life'' and ''comfort'' compelling. Julianna Arva of the Swedish wheelchair maker Permobil, said most reimbursement requests for powered wheelchairs have to be backed up by evidence of medical necessity.''Every case is a fight,'' Ms. Arva said. ''You request the equipment, the insurer sends you a denial letter. Then your therapist has to fill out reams of paperwork to argue your case. It can be a lengthy process.'' For those with a degenerative condition like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, waiting a year or more for approval is simply not an option. ''That's why many patients opt for a manual wheelchair,'' she said.While iBOT's stair-climbing feature may give users a sense of independence they haven't experienced before, competitors say powered wheelchairs with some of iBOT's other features have been around for years.
Several companies make chairs with a seat-elevating function. Levo of Switzerland and Pemobil sell wheelchairs in the price range of $24,000 to $26,000 that can prop the user up into a standing position. This function, manufacturers say, helps prevent bone degeneration and muscular atrophy, and improves bowel and bladder function.''Stair-climbing may not be a medically necessary function, but it makes a big difference to the user's emotional well-being,'' said Dr. Rory Cooper, a rehabilitation engineer at the University of Pittsburgh who participated in the 2001 trials along with Dr. Barbara. ''The biggest benefit for me was being able to visit homes and restaurants in my neighborhood that have steps leading up to the entrance.''Dr. Cooper said that people like him with good upper body strength would most likely not want to trade their manual wheelchairs for the iBOT, even though they would like to have an iBOT as a second device. ''But 10 years from now, if my shoulders and arms were to become weak, I'd consider switching to the iBOT,'' he said.