BROMAC Assistive Technology manufactures high-end customized wheelchairs that are built to last the lifetime or longer for People with Disabilities. David Brown, engineer, use to work in Defense projects in Canada; started BROMAC Assistive Technology because he saw that the world could not realistically adapt to the needs for wheelchair users. So, he innovatively designed a one-of-a-kind, unique wheelchair that elevates the seat to allow wheelchair users to adapt to the everyday world - somehow that just seem to make more sense. Wheelchair users are no longer ignored due to high counters at the bank, no longer have to wait for a TAB (Temporarily Able-Bodied) person to reach for things on the top shelf, no longer have to be eye level to "plumber's crack". BROMAC wheelchair users are saying that the BROMAC Upward Mobility Elevating Wheelchair prevented them from going into a nursing home, got their live back, back in the game of life, and most all say that the BROMAC Upward Mobility Elevating Wheelchair are like having legs - only better!
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Until now, people and society have gone to great length and expense in order to try and accommodate the needs of wheelchair users, and although they have been successful in providing wheelchair access into most places, it has been impossible to provide adequate function once they were there, as to do so would mean changing everything so that it would not work for anyone else. Our solution was to design a wheelchair system that would provide full access and function to the user in a standard environment, instead of trying to adapt the environment to the wheelchair, as that seemed to make a lot more sense. These units are high end, high performance wheelchairs, equivalent in quality to the best technology coming out of Europe at the present time, with the addition of a very special and unique function. They offer by far the highest seat elevation of anything on the market, and will elevate the user to the height of a person standing, and a little beyond, and stop anywhere in between, providing full height access to anything that anyone else can get to, eliminating the problem of the person being stuck at one level and not being able to access and do things in environments that were designed for people who could stand. Among some of the benefits offered by the System are the following:
- The unique elevating function provided by these units provides complete and total access in any standard environment, enabling the user to get to and do pretty much anything that anyone else can.
- The units also feature a low end seat height of 18", which will allow the user to comfortably sit at any desk or table and is also low enough that most can bend over and pick things up from the floor.
- Complete independence for most users, as they are fully functional wherever they are, and no longer have to wait for assistance from people to get to things that are out of reach from a standard wheelchair.
- The units provide a huge cost saving, as they completely eliminate the need for costly home renovations to accommodate the limited height access from a standard wheelchair, which cost many times the price of one of our units, and unlike the home adaptations, they provide complete access to everything outside of the home as well.. (We've actually had clients who had spent upwards of $ 60,000.00 adapting their homes to a conventional wheelchair, who bought one of our units, found they were more functional in a standard environment, sold the adapted home and bought a standard one instead, so that sort of speaks for itself).
- The units offer the psychological benefit of being able to come up to eye level when interacting with others, and not always being stuck at a low level and having to look up. In fact with the average height woman topping out at a head high of about 6'2" in one of these, and the average height man 6'6", they can look down on everyone else if they wish to.
- The units open up a wide range of new employment opportunities for the wheelchair user, as positions which were previously unavailable to them because of height and access restrictions are not anymore. We have had state "Assistive Technology Services" purchasing these units and issuing them to clients in order to enable them to return to work which they have done very successfully as well.
- The units are designed as high performance wheelchairs. They handle beautifully and easily, and incorporate almost twice the horsepower, while being half the weight of many of the typical standard power chairs on the market, so there is always more than adequate power for climbing ramps, traveling on soft surfaces, etc.. They are also very compact, being 24" nut to nut on the drive wheels, allowing easy access through any standard doorway, and allowing the user to get into many more places than is possible with some of the larger chairs on the market.
- The units incorporate an advanced ergonomic design along with appropriate seat adjustments to provide the greatest comfort for the user. In fact we've had clients reporting that the seating on our standard model chairs, is the only thing they can sit in for more than a couple of hours without becoming sore.
- Each unit is custom manufactured for each individual user, and we have a wide range, sizes, colors and standard accessories available that can be used to customize the chair so their specific requirements. Where these are not sufficient, we are capable of custom manufacturing special options according to their specific needs.
- Lastly, we do not do preprogrammed obsolescence here, and expect to sell only one wheelchair to one customer. The units are backed by a 10 year manufacturer's warranty, and we have had them out there for longer than that, with users subjecting them to hard and constant use, and they are all still working without any problems. There is also no reason to expect that each unit will not last for the rest of the users lifetime as well, as we took the greatest care possible in designing them not to wear out and break down, and also designed them to be easily maintained by the user, a friend or family member themselves, should any component ever need replacing. They cost about twice as much as a standard low end wheelchair with a one or two year warranty on the working components, but in the long run they provide a huge cost saving many times the initial price of the wheelchair, over purchasing the lower end units that have to be replaced every few years, and constantly be repaired in between. You can find full information and specifications on all of the units and accessories in the system on our website at :
http://www. bromac.us
