PROBLEM
Devices like airport buggies and aisle chairs help wheelchair users navigate airports and board and deplane commercial aircraft. The process to transfer people between them has led to personal injuries to wheelchair users and airline attendants, and delays the boarding and deplaning process.
SOLUTION
Teams of recent Purdue University graduates have honed a patent-pending, dynamically adjustable wheelchair prototype designed to help users more efficiently and safely navigate airports, board aircraft and move through narrow aisle-ways to their seats.
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LICENSING CONTACTS
Email: otcip@prf.org
MEDIA CONTACT
Email: Steve Martin // sgmartin@prf.org
QUOTE
“This technology takes into account the varied nature of wheelchair users to improve their mobility in airports and planes. It exemplifies the ingenuity and problem-solving skills of Purdue students.” – Aaron Taggart, Licensing Associate – Physical Sciences