Tag: Mobility equipment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil has been awarded top 2021 Mobility Product awards for three new products. The ROHO Hybrid Select cushion (Skin Protection & Positioning, Adjustable wheelchair seat cushion), 2021 M5 Corpus power wheelchair (Wheelchairs, Power: Group 4, All Types); and MyPermobil app (Smart Technology). "As technology evolves, we are innovating alongside it, and we were thrilled to have the MyPermobil app with Voice Assistant recognized for the new award category of Smart Technology,”...

INDIANAPOLIS - People with mobility disabilities say the Americans with Disabilities Act isn't very effective most of the time, according to the new BraunAbility Drive for Inclusion Report Card.? To create the report card, BraunAbility surveyed both the general population and The Driving Force, the company's online community of people with mobility impairments and their caregivers. While 68% of the general public believe people with mobility challenges are fairly accommodated and included in most...

One-third of clinicians recently surveyed by the Clinician Task Force have seen their seating clinics closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, says Cathy Carver.The closures are a result of a number of issues, including patients not wanting to come into the clinics and of clinicians being moved to other parts of hospitals to respond to the crisis.“Access to clinicians in the traditional seating clinic setting is challenging in some areas,” said Carver, executive director of the CTF, during...

MADISON, Wis. - Rowheels has launched RehabPulse.com, an online marketplace for rehab equipment from the top manufacturers and brands. To start, the site will initially offer manual and power wheelchairs, ramps, braces and compression, and aids to daily living. It will eventually expand to include other products, as well as service and repairs. “We want RehabPulse.com to become the leading global technology platform to meet the complex demands of people with mobility challenges,”...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has launched a new Funding Portal to automate the order approval process for equipment. The custom software also triages orders, prioritizing critical needs, and is integrated with mynsmorder.com, an online order-tracking dashboard launched earlier this year that updates clients at each step of the process. “This custom-developed software, teamed with our total care approach aligning each client with one funding specialist throughout the order...

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - When Stephane Poussou's brother-in-law, who is paralyzed from the waist down, went to Las Vegas eight years ago to celebrate his recent graduation, he and his family spent five days—to no avail—trying to find the equipment he needed.“It's not that the equipment isn't available, but the technology to connect people to the rental wasn't there,” said Poussou. Which is why he started HandyQuip, a new online marketplace that does just that.Launched in August,...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a nonprofit organization providing DME and services to those living with disabilities, has joined forces with Dynarex, a provider of disposable and durable medical supplies, to form a new charitable program. Orangeburg, N.Y.-based Dynarex will formally establish the program at Medtrade, Oct. 15-17 in Atlanta, in conjunction with the launch of its Durable Medical Products line. “Our company has always felt we have more to give to...

ATLANTA - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) will be collecting donated equipment at Medtrade, Oct. 15-17 in Atlanta, for those affected by Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas. “Items most in need are wheelchairs (bariatric and standard), CPAPs, nebulizers, hospital beds, bath safety equipment and transfer tub benches,” Chris Brand, CEO of FODAC, told Medtrade. FODAC has received requests from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management...

YARMOUTH, Maine - The Toyota Mobility Foundation has made a splash in the mobility market recently—with research that shows that current technology is outdated (and sometimes painful), and with a Mobility Unlimited Challenge that will help spur innovation.Here's what Julie Ann Burandt, global strategy and communications manager for TMF, had to say about how the foundation plans to reach its lofty goal of a “future where mobility is open to all.”HME News: What's Toyota's interest...

TUCKER, Ga. - It may be closing in on the one-year mark since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, but relief efforts there are still front and center for FODAC, an organization based here that provides refurbished and donated HME, especially mobility products, to disabled adults and children.In July, FODAC was putting together another container of HME to send to the island, likely this fall.“They needed help before the hurricane, with 1-3 year wait times for kids getting equipment,” said...