ESCAWHEEL

EscaWheel is a patent-pending wheelchair accessibility device that takes wheelchairs up and down stairs in a way that is more efficient and cost-effective than the currently existing technology. Where stairlifts and platform lifts fail, EscaWheel excels by lifting the wheelchair in a new way. This allows EscaWheel to take wheelchair users up and down stairs at a low cost without sacrificing functionality. The two current options for wheelchair users to use stairs in their home are vastly inad... equate. Stairlifts require the user to get out of their wheelchair, into the stairlift and then into another wheelchair at the top of the stairs. This almost always required an attendant, especially for the ill or elderly. Platform lifts are easier to use, however they designed for institutional settings and require staircases that are much wider than a residential staircase. They are also prohibitively expensive and can be upwards of $20,000 installed.More