Development of a seat-adjustable power wheelchair

  • Wei Chen Lee*
  • , Jyun An Yao
  • , Chung Hsien Kuo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The development of a new seat-adjustable power wheelchair is presented in this paper. To prevent pressure ulcers from long periods of sitting, a seat-adjustable mechanism was designed. The lower rear portion of the power wheelchair is movable along a ball screw, so as to change the tilting angle of the seat of the wheelchair to allow the patient to be able to change the high pressure area of the bottom. The mechanism can also be employed to shift the center of gravity of the wheelchair to increase the stability while the wheelchair is moving.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 2011 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2011
Pages494-497
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2011 - Macao, China
Duration: 08 06 201110 06 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings 2011 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2011

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityMacao
Period08/06/1110/06/11

Keywords

  • mechanism
  • power wheelchair
  • seat-adjustable

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