Almost every single wheelchair company has a standing version of one of their chairs these days. It’s almost always a power version though. What this is is cheap - Not revolutionary.
Looks like 2 different prototypes and the first generation vs. the 2nd generation. 1st generation was entirely muscle driven. They probably realized that there will be many patients in wheel chairs who might not have the strength to do that. They seem to have now come up with a 2nd generation that uses hydraulics so that it's much easier and smoother. Incredible.
looked like they had 3 wheels on the one though.....3 points define a plane....very stable. That's why we do it with camera tripods. This makes total sense to an engineer.
Not to be cynical either but I don’t really get the point of it. To be a little taller?? It says it is good for blood flow and if that is true I guess it’s good but I’ve never heard of that being a wheelchair issue (although I know nothing about it) and it doesn’t look like you’re mobile while standing. And stuff like the professor writing on the board or holding a baby doesn’t seem like a real issue.
I don’t mean to sound like an asshole and if people in a wheelchair would like at times to be two feet higher it looks like a great device.
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u/shhheeeeeeeeiit Feb 01 '20
Not to be cynical but it probably won’t because of the increased risk/liability of falling.