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Lift Wheelchair

First posted on the internet on May 5, 2003

Invented and designed by Juan Carlos Santilli
Name of the invention: Lift Wheelchair
Date of invention: December 12, 2002


This power wheelchair was designed with the intenion of helping disabled people to improve the quality of their life. Some importants advantage over a conventional design are:

1. Capacity to raise the body to a standing position, allowing the ocuppand to reach higher places.
2. The second advantage of this design is the posibility of switching the body's position, avoiding sitting-acquired pressure ulcers (PU) due the long periods of time in this position.

Read this link for more information about PU (PDF)1.1Mb from National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

The lift mechanism would be activated by hydraulic, electric motor or other type of mechanism. To activate this system, there would be two button in the stearing joystick, a potenciometer (variable lifting speed) or some other device.

Sequence 1 Sitting position
 Sequence 2 Lifting process
 Sequence 3 Stand position
Sequence 1 Sitting position
 Sequence 1 Sitting position

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