MedTech Memoirs: The Wheelchair
From: Medical Design Technology - 12/02/2015
By: Sam Brusco

The exact origin of the first wheelchair is yet unknown, but the earliest
record of wheeled furniture dates back to the 5th century BC, appearing on
both an inscription on an ancient Chinese stone slate and a child's bed on a
Greek vase. Wheeled seats for transporting the disabled came around in China
about 300 years later, a modification of the Chinese-invented wheelbarrow.
Images of wheelchairs made to carry people began appearing in Chinese art
around 525 AD.

The most intriguing modern development for wheelchairs actually came
alongside the BrainGate brain-computer interface, implanted into the brain
and used to send mental commands to direct the wheelchair.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/blog/2015/12/medtech-memoirs-wheelchair

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