Products: Seats, Cushions, Body Positioning and Controllers
The following links are to commercial product resources. Don't forget to use the non-commercial information resources in the Community Living Section and other parts of WheelchairNet to learn more about each of these topics.
Seats and Cushions for use in wheelchairs
- Accessible Designs, Inc. - manufacturer of carbon fiber seating system.
- Adaptive Equipment Systems - seating inserts for wheelchair bases.
- Aquila Corporation - Airpulse wheelchair cushion.
- Aspen Seating - unique wheelchair seating systems to solve complex seating problems.
- BBD - Bye-Bye Decubiti cushion manufactured by Rand-Scott.
- Comfort Company - seating and positioning equipment.
- EASE Seating System - seating and air mattress system.
- Ergo - Air therapy seating modality systems.
- FLA Orthopedics - manufacturer of Postura wheelchair cushions.
- Gelco Products - manufacturer and marketer of gel-based, ergonomic products.
- Grover Gear - cushion covers, wheelchair hunting covers and custom work.
- Innovative Concepts - a complete line of adaptive seating products.
- IschDish - at Span-America
- Jay Cushions - by Sunrise-Medical. Click or search on Jay.
- LaBac - click on "products," then on "wheelchairs," then on "Labac." anti-shear power recline, manufactured by Everest & Jennings.
- Matrix Seating System - component cushions from Motion Concepts
- Otto Bock US - click on "seating systems."
- PinDot Seating - manufactured by Invacare. Type in "PinDot."
- Richardson Products Inc.- download their catalog and use the bookmarks to find products.
- Ride Designs - distributes breathable, adjustable and lightweight custom-contoured cushion.
- ROHO - air cushion, seat cushions, support surfaces, back supports and seating accessories.
- Signature 2000 - custom contour rehab seating.
- SITBACK - for distributors in the U.S.A click on "Bezugsquellen."
- Southwest Seating & Rehab Ltd. - custom seating made from a sheet of interlocking ball and socket connectors creating seating matrix seating for individuals with severe deformity.
- STM Healthcare - pressure relieving foam cushions from the UK
- Supracor - a flexible, honeycomb design used in Simulite pressure relieving products.
- SpanAmerica - Geo-Matt, Geo-Matt Contour, and Gel-T cushions.
- The Rehab Company - manufactures a comprehensive line of seating and positioning accessories.
- UPlift Stump Rest - supports the residual limb of below-knee amputees.
- Varilite - seating cushions and backs.
- WAFFLE - Static air cushion reducing pressure and tissue shear. Cost effective,easy to use & clean.
Tilt in Space and Recline Add-Ons
Headrests, Trunk Supports, Arm and Leg Supports, etc.
- Adaptive Engineering Lab - designer and manufacturer of seating and positioning products.
- Adaptive Equipment Systems - supports, inserts and positioners for postural support in wheelchair seating.
- BXI - K-Special Back, a wheelchair back to accommodate high and low kyphosis (forward curvature). Also check for full and half trays with lateral supports, legrest panel and foot board.
- Bodypoint Designs - wheelchair positioning accessories.
- Daher Manufacturing - armrests, chest harnesses, padded and 4-point seatbelts.
- Danmar Products - support for upper body and hip.
- Innovative Concepts - a complete line of adaptive seating products.
- Invacare - Infinity LoBack - low weight postural support for the athletic wheelchair user.
- Kinsman Enterprises, Inc. - Swedish helparm and motility arm.
- Mulholland Positioning Systems - for children.
- Otto Bock - click on "Products."
- Richardson Products Inc.- download their catalog and use the bookmarks to find products.
- Therafin Corporation - select positioning products
- Signature 2000 - custom contour rehab seating.
- Stealth Products - positioning and head supports
- Symmetric Designs Ltd. - wheelchair headrests and cervical collars for adults and children.
- Varilite - seating, backs, belts, and harnesses.
- Whitmyer Biomechanix, Inc. - positioning and head supports.
Pressure Mapping Systems
- Pressure Profile Systems Inc. - designs and manufactures distributed pressure imaging systems.
- Tekscan - choose "Medical" to see pressure distribution measurement system
- Vista Medical - choose "pressure mapping" to see the Force Sensing Array.
- X Sensor - a clinical tool for measuring interface pressures.
Last Updated: 3-2-2006
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