Tag: Manual wheelchair

FRESNO, Calif. – RGK, a range of advanced, made-to-measure manual wheelchairs, is now available through Sunrise Medical North America. RGK, which Sunrise Medical acquired in 2015, has more than 30 world champion ambassadors globally. “I don’t compromise my manual mobility, why would I expect others to?” said Josh Anderson, vice president of business development and a RGK rider. “Good is not good enough. We are committed to making a better product than we are obligated...

ELYRIA, Ohio – Invacare has launched the next generation of its power assist devices: the Alber e-fix eco Power Assist. The next generation device, which transforms a manual wheelchair into a portable power wheelchair using a joystick, battery and in-wheel motors, features a modern design for the wheel hub and color display. “The new e-fix eco, our third new product in less than two years, follows successful launches of our award winning SMOOV and e-motion Power Assist products,”...

ELYRIA, Ohio - Invacare will give a toy to Toys for Tots for every Solara 3G Manual Wheelchair the company sells in November. “We're honored to continue to find ways to support our community this holiday season,” said Michael Salvi, director of manual mobility and seating. Features of the Solara, which Invacare has nicknamed “the tank” for its durability, include fully adjustable, easy to tilt, low-shear recline, foot-operated wheel lock and 300-pound weight capacity.

ELYRIA, Ohio - Invacare and Alber have introduced the SMOOV one, a power-assist solution for manual wheelchair users, in the U.S. market. The SMOOV one is a portable, rear-mounted power add-on. “This solution has represented yet another technological leap forward for Invacare and is a great addition to our portfolio of mobility products,” said Joost Beltman, Invacare's vice president of sales and marketing for North America. Features of the SMOOV one include: easily attached and detached...

WASHINGTON - December may, once again, turn out to be a lucky month for complex rehab stakeholders.Last week, industry champions in the House of Representatives were able to slide into a larger bill some language that requires CMS to stop applying competitive bidding pricing to accessories for complex rehab manual wheelchairs for 18 months, from Jan. 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.“We're pleased with the 18 months,” said Seth Johnson, senior vice president of government affairs for Pride...

CHICAGO - Livingston Innovations of Waukegan, Ill., has been named one of the winners of the 15th annual Chicago Innovation Awards. The company's Freedom Trax is a powered track attachment for manual wheelchairs that allows users to maneuver through sand, snow, grass and other off-road conditions. “We are honored to receive such a prestigious award,” said Troy Livingston, president. “Our team has worked tirelessly to provide a device that can help people get outside and experience...

HURLEYVILLE, N.Y. - Google has awarded a $1.125M grant to the Center for Discovery to create an open source power add-on that will turn any manual wheelchair into a power wheelchair.“What's unique about our design is that it requires no modification to the existing wheelchair,” said John Damiao, power mobility program director at The Center for Discovery, which offers adult and pediatric rehabilitation programs for disabled individuals.The indieGo is a small rolling platform that manual...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - High strength, lightweight manual wheelchairs will be the subject of a service-specific prepayment review because of their high claims payment error rate, CGS, the Jurisdiction C DME MAC, announced Feb. 18. Additional documentation required for K0004 claims may include: detailed written orders; medical records showing the beneficiary meets general manual wheelchair coverage criteria and one of the two K0004 code specific criteria; documentation of an assessment showing the beneficiary's...

Have you seen "Avatar," the new science fiction blockbuster movie from James Cameron, the creator of the Aliens and Terminator series? If you work with wheelchairs users, you might want to. The main character in the movie is a young man named Jake Sully, a Marine and a paraplegic. Long story short: Sully, who uses a manual wheelchair,  joins a top-secret program that allows him to embody an Avatar and live an able-bodied life in another world called Pandora. There are some pretty telling and...