WheelAir


WheelAir is a cooling system that can be attached to a wheelchair. This ensures that people in wheelchairs don’t experience overheating and excessive sweating as much. Overheating and excessive sweating can lead to bedsores, muscle spasms, nausea, fatigue and heat stroke. The WheelAir system is capable of lowering body temperature by 8 degrees Celsius in 30 minutes. What is unique is that WheelAir is the first cooling system which is easy to affix to every wheelchair. It prevents complaints that arise from high temperatures, which prevents extra healthcare expenses for these complaints. It is also a better experience for the user because they suffer less from the heat. Healthcare expenses are lower because the patient doesn’t experience complaints from overheating.

Target population
NA
Development Year
2015
Aandoeningscategorie
NA or Not specified
Get going

Characteristics

Edition
Healthcare Enablers 2020
wheelAIR
Trend
Advanced Mobility
Sector
Disabled healthcare
Aim
Other lifestyle management/improvement
Phase
Prevention and Healthy Living
Technology type
Other
Conditionion
NA or not specified