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Video: New P.A.W.S. Wheelchair Video
Get the whole story with this full-length five minute video and audio track.
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Video: PAWS making tracks
While the PAWS chair negotiates a curve, the frame remains in the same orientation. This results in the wheel paths crossing over one another, and the path length of each wheel to be the same.
124K estimated download time 0:17 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: Elevator
PAWS wheelchairs have the ability to pivot over their center allowing
true zero turning radius operation, and making operation in tight quarters a breeze.
1.2MB estimated download time 2:47 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: Public facilities
While providing safe, simple operation, mobility and maneuverability, negotiating indoor challenges is only the beginning of the capabilities of the PAWS technology.
1.3MB estimated download time 3:1 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: Office / Desk
Because each wheel has the same path length, all of the wheels rotate at the same rate independent of the curve negotiated.
2.3MB estimated download time 5:20 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: Car ramp
Because the wheels rotate the same rate, driven wheels can be controlled with simpler non-differential electronics, and full time all wheel drive is naturally implemented.
1.1MB estimated download time 2:14 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: Ease of use and movement
The PAWS chair's incredible turning radius enables access and maneuverablility in tricky settings. Remember—the frame remains in the same orientation, and the path length of each wheel is the same.
796K estimated download time 1:51 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: PAWS on slope
PAWS wheelchairs have no casters, so they have no tendency to swerve downhill while traversing a slope. And the all wheel drive system has ample power to climb slopes.
396K estimated download time 0:55 minutes @56Kbps

 

The full-time all-wheel drive and all-wheel independent suspension
provide exceptional performance on a variety of surfaces.

 
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Video: PAWS on sand
328K estimated download time 0:45 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: PAWS on snow
452K estimated download time 1:3 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: PAWS rough terrain
508K estimated download time 1:10 minutes @56Kbps
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Video: PAWS in desert
1.3MB estimated download time 3:1 minutes @56Kbps

Nextek Mobility Corporation is developing a power wheelchair technology unlike any the world has ever seen, with capabilities beyond those previously experienced. In 1995 Nextek Mobility was incorporated in the sunny state of New Mexico. While additional prototypes were built and patents applied for, the search for capital became a focus. In 1998 Nextek was awarded a Phase I SBIR from the National Institutes of Health. (1R43HD34643-01A) With chairs lined up for trials in hospitals throughout Albuquerque, NM, the ten-year dream technology —a top-rated, life-enhancing, fully functional parallel all-wheel steering power chair—is closer than ever to being realized. Tour the site to see how far the PAWS chair has advanced. PAWS is “Parallel All Wheel Steering”— Nextek Mobility Corporation’s new power wheelchair technology. It is called PAWS because the seat and all of the wheels share a common linkage that allows them to rotate relative to the frame but maintains them parallel to one another. This unique configuration has many advantages. The PAWS technology provides the wheelchair user with the ultimate combination of maneuverability and stabilityfor both indoor and outdoor use.