U.S. Veterans to Get Israeli-Made Shock-Absorbing Wheelchairs

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U.S. Veterans to Get Israeli-Made Shock-Absorbing Wheelchairs

by ISRAEL21c | 07.25.18 8:04 am

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) approved the purchase of 2,000 patented shock-absorbing Acrobat wheels over the next three years from Israel’s SoftWheel for disabled vets’ wheelchairs.

The purchase is being facilitated as part of a $4.5 million deal signed between SoftWheel and American wheelchair manufacturer Key Mobility, an approved VA supplier.

Any wheelchair-bound veteran of the US Armed Forces will be entitled to receive a $2,500 set of SoftWheel Acrobat wheels, which can be adjusted to the user’s weight to make the suspension as effective as possible.

Read more at: http://www.thetower.org/5488-u-s-veterans-to-get-israeli-made-shock-absorbing-wheelchairs/