Vendors

ONTARIO, Calif. – SuperHandy, a Shanghai-based company with an office here, has applied its niche in the outdoor and industrial market for well-built and cost-effective equipment to the mobility market and launched in the U.S.  SuperHandy Cares, which offers scooters, wheelchairs and floor transfer lifts, was a first-time exhibitor at Medtrade in March.  “They also applied their Li-Ion battery technology to mobility products, making them light and portable, not just for...

NEW YORK – Parachute Health’s decision to embed prior authorization workflows into its platform is an example of how payers are increasingly driving the transition to e-prescribe, says David Gelbard.  The company announced in June that it added the functionality through a partnership with Optum, which is owned by UnitedHealth Group, and Walgreens/CareCentrix.  “There’s a favoring by payers to do business in a digital way vs. paper fax,” said Gelbard,...

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Mobility Designed’s portfolio of products will be in good hands at Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, thanks to the company’s expertise in global manufacturing and supply chain, says Max Younger.  DDH announced in June that it had acquired MD’s portfolio of products, including its flagship product, the M+D Comfort Crutch, and named Younger, its co-founder and chief of innovation, as its senior director of industrial design and innovation.  “Innovation...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 27 highlighted updated use instructions from Philips Respironics for its BiPAP V30, BiPAP A30 and BiPAP A40 ventilators due to potential interruptions and/or loss of therapy.  Philips has updated the use instructions for the vents due to a potential failure in the ventilator inoperative alarm, which can cause therapy interruption or loss.  New instructions  If interruptions of therapy can be tolerated and...

PLUM, Pa. – Medbill officially launches its own billing software platform, TrueSight, in July, the culmination of a years-long process of developing tools for its own revenue cycle management services.  The company has had a platform for almost 15 years, but it wasn’t until 2017, when it brought onboard Chris Delposen, who was the CFO of a long-term care pharmacy software platform that grew from 40 to 400 customers during his tenure, that it was able to get TrueSight “enterprise...

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare has acquired Mobility Designed’s full portfolio of products, including the company’s flagship product, the M+D Comfort Crutch.   As part of the acquisition, Mobility Designed’s co-founder and chief innovation officer, Max Younger, will join DDH as senior director of industrial design and innovation.  “I am incredibly excited to join Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare,” said Younger. “This opportunity...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – WHILL, known for its modern looking power wheelchairs, is on an expansion kick in the U.S., attending Medtrade this spring with a new product and announcing the addition of five executives to its leadership team in May.  “We’re newly re-energized,” said Carl Crabill, senior vice president, WHILL Business Development, Mobility Sales. “Our strategy is really unique and it’s going to deliver a lot of growth.”   In...

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. – Philips Respironics will cut 300 manufacturing jobs in Western Pennsylvania and relocate approximately 500 workers from its Pittsburgh headquarters to its two major plants in the nearby suburbs, according to local news reports.  Starting in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company will move workers to its centers in Murrysville and New Kensington, a move that is expected to take two years, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  The company said it will...

ELYRIA, Ohio – Invacare’s month-long fundraising and active campaign, its first annual Move for Mobility, in partnership with Free Wheelchair Mission, was a global fundraising initiative that inspired hundreds of employees to get out and be active within their communities. Four-hundred and twenty-five employees from 20 countries participated in various activities, including horse riding, surfing, mountaineering, yoga, and marathons and raised more than $28,000. With Invacare’s fundraising,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil and Doug Garven, designer and product manager, have won two prestigious international design awards for the TiLite CR1 manual wheelchair.   They won gold in both the A’ Design Award & Competition and International Awards Associate MUSE Design Awards.   Garven, who has been designing manual wheelchairs for more than 30 years, began working on the CR1 in 2018.   “It is an honor for us to be the recipient of both of...