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Will The New Pihsiang – Foshan Joint Venture Lead To Improved Scooters and Power Wheelchairs

by Frank Barlin on August 22, 2010 in China Manufacturing, Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare

Foshan – a major Chinese lighting company and Pihsiang (manufacturers of electric vehicles, including the Shoprider range of Scooter and Powered Wheelchairs) have agreed to form a joint venture making and using Lithium technology. The JV will be worth more than 30 million USD. As anybody in the Scooter and Wheelchair business knows, battery or [...]

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Search For Electric 3 and 4 Wheel Scooters For The Mobility Challenged

by admin on August 17, 2010 in Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare

This blog has had thousands of hits from people looking for information about mobility scooters (mainly pihsiang) which cater for disabled people. In particular, “where can I find battery or spare part – code xyz”. Two (one USA and one UK) custom search engines for mobility scooters have been created which hopefully will help find [...]

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BD Sells Bard Parker And Ophthalmology Business – Roundtable Launches New Business Area Ophthalmology Platform 8/2/10

by Frank Barlin on August 9, 2010 in Editorial, Healthcare Marketing

In a major shift in the ophthalmic surgery business Roundtable has created an impressive portfolio of ophthalmology products with the combining of assets from BD and Medtronic. The business according to Roundtable will be known as, “Beaver-Visitec International, Inc. “Beaver-Visitec”, consists of ophthalmology products and assets recently acquired from BD Becton, Dickinson and Company and [...]

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New Zealand First Ever Access Tourism Conference

by Editor on July 29, 2010 in Editorial, Healthcare Marketing

New Zealand (NZ) is to hold its first ever conference on Access Tourism on October 4. Access Tourism is tourism, travel, and hospitality for the disabled, seniors, and ageing Baby Boomers. NZ – unlike some other countries – seems hardly aware of how major demographic changes will impact the tourism industry. These changes will be [...]

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Sniffing Device To Drive A Wheelchair And Enable Communication – Weizmann Institute of Science

by Editor on July 28, 2010 in Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare, Investors, Lifescience, Press Release

News release: A unique device based on sniffing—inhaling and exhaling through the nose—might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved ones. Sniffing technology might even be used in the future to create a sort of “third hand” to assist healthy surgeons or pilots.Developed by Prof. Noam Sobel, electronics engineers Dr. [...]

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