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International Seating Symposium
Leggero showed off its new lightweight TRAK, with a 45° tilting frame and 30° hip angle adjustment.
First look: What was that Wild Thing in Stealth Products’ booth? Stealth is collaborating with legendary toymaker Fisher-Price to introduce a version of this kids’ ride-on vehicle with removable rehab seating and electronics. Yes, that was a pediatric Tarta seat on the Wild Thing prototype that Stealth showed off.
Freedom Concepts intro- duced the Discovery Pivot bike, with a pivoting front fork and a folding frame.
On Thursday, ISS Course Director Mark Schmeler welcomed nearly 2,400 attendees from 30 countries to the symposium. “We really are disruptive,” he said of the industry. “We get people out of the hospital and into the community.”
Bart Van Der Heyden spoke on the Virtual Analysis of the Posture Effect on Tissue Integrity.
Justin Richardson of Numotion demonstrated the TEK RMD, a robotic standing mobility system that a wheelchair user can board, drive and disembark from independently. It’s available at ShopNumotion.com.
Invacare Corp.’s Küschall wall, built to celebrate the line’s return to the United States, defied gravity.
Invacare Corp.’s Julie Jackson accepted a Best Picks award for the Solara 3G.
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