StandingWheelchair – An open design of a manual standing wheelchair for people with paralysis

Regular standing using an assistive device after paralysing spinal cord injury (SCI) has numerous benefits including improved cardiovascular health, increased muscle mass and bone strength, and avoiding life threatening conditions such as pressure ulcer. It also significantly improves self-esteem and psychological health.

Current standing wheelchairs, however, are too expensive for most SCI individuals. Hence, we have developed an open source standing wheelchair to improve the life of people with paralysis in low- and middle-income (LMI) settings. Careful considerations were given to simplify the design to avoid complex manufacturing process. It costs only around $166 in a LMI country to develop this standing wheelchair!

https://openmedtech-lab.github.io/#OpenXwheel

GitHub repo: https://github.com/OpenMedTech-Lab/OpenXwheel