Medical innovators aid former Marine's drive to give new freedom to millions
  with mobility problems
From: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre - 12/20/2016

Researchers from the Medical Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre are
working with a former soldier who caught a devastating disease in Afghanistan
to develop an advanced mobility aid that could change the lives of millions
of disabled people.

Six key failings affecting current mobility devices were identified, all of
which are being addressed by VICTOR, the new device being developed at the
Medical AMRC.

VICTOR incorporates an adjustable lifting device that can raise users to a
“social height,” enabling them to look people in the eye, avoid being talked
down to and sit at the right height to eat or work.

It is designed to tackle difficult terrain, mount kerbs, fit through standard
doorways and manoeuvre easily, thanks to multi-directional wheels that give
it a turning circle just slightly larger than its wheel base.

VICTOR is also modular, so that it can be modified as a user’s condition
changes and is designed to look good.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.amrc.co.uk/news/medical-innovators-aid-former-marines-drive-to-give-new-freedom-to-millions-with-mobility-problems

Links:
Victor Mobility (with video 2:17)
https://www.victormobility.com

Victor Mobility on Crowdcube
https://www.crowdcube.com/companies/conquering-horizons-limited/pitches/bVXk3l#