Uphill Wheelchair

Presenters Logan Munro

Brentan AlexanderErik Lampe

Product Name

•Slopes are difficult in manual wheelchairs

•Product makes slopes easier and more comfortable

•Product presents a viable business opportunity

Customer Need

• Difficulty with slopes– Exertion to keep momentum– Force required to stay in place

• Dangerous– Nothing to prevent rollback if person behind

wheelchair trips– Allows person pushing wheelchair to let go

• Injury to manual wheelchair users– 51% have shoulder injuries (often rotator

cuff tendonitis)

Product Advantages

• Comfort and ease traveling uphill

• Safety if being pushed

• Ability to rest mid-slope

• Maneuverability on slope

Product Advantages

• Manual vs. Powered wheelchairs– Significant price difference– Maintain pride– Battery limitations– Size concerns

Product Advantages

• [Demonstration]

Product Components

• Show different modules

One-way Mechanism

• Show and explain how the one-way mechanism works

Mechanism Engagement

• Show how engagement mechanism works

Testing Video

• Before uphill feature: struggling to keep momentum and rolling backwards

• After uphill feature: slow and comfortable motion uphill with stopping to rest

• Engaging/disengaging mechanism

Customer Feedback

• Customer quotes

Business Case

• Market opportunity

• Competitive Landscape

• Distribution plan

• Manufacturing assessment

Market Opportunity

• 2.7 million wheelchair users in US over age 15

• 75% use manual wheelchairs

• Product designed to retrofit most wheelchairs

Competitive LandscapeGrade Aids+ Simple

+ Cheap

+ Small

- Injury to fingers

- Rubber tires only

- Difficulty in actuation

- Unreliable with wet tires- Constant adjusting - One brand of wheelchair

Distribution Plan

Obtain FDA approval

Market to key groups– Medical professionals– Assistive device distributors– Wheelchair community

Sell through assistive device distributors

Manufacturing Assessment

• TBD with final product

Conclusion

• Strong need in wheelchair community

• Practical solution to need

• Viable business opporunity