Invacare TDX SPREE, TDX SR, TDX SC manual Invacare Gearless Brushless GB Motor, TrueTrack Technology

Invacare® Gearless Brushless GB™ Motor.

Invacare® Gearless Brushless GB™ motors are not only a key component of TrueTrack technology, , but the design is also 75% efficient, resulting in 17% more battery range than Invacare’s 4-pole motors. Battery range is

an important feature for active users and users requiring powered seating systems.

TrueTrack Technology.

The patented TrueTrack technology features GB motors and motor controller. This feature helps keep the power wheelchair on a truer forward path – even on many slopes, thresholds and uneven terrains. TrueTrack minimizes the need for veer correction, diminishing fatigue for joystick and switch drivers.

TrueTrack Technology is beneficial for the client for the following reasons:

•As the power wheelchair holds a truer course, the driver needs to make fewer course corrections. This makes driving more efficient by reducing the necessary amount of movement. Reducing the required movement can increase overall speed (i.e. the client may be able to move down a hallway faster, as less compensatory movements are required), decrease

fatigue, and promote independence while driving, because the chair is not pulled off course. This is true for drivers using a proportional control as well as a digital or non-proportional system.

•This feature is critical for clients who fatigue easily, as less compensatory movements are required.

•This feature also is critical for clients who use a non-proportional or digital access method (i.e. a head array with proximity switches or pneumatic sip-n-puff controls). Driving with switches can be very tedious and inefficient. Making frequent course corrections significantly increases the effort, time and energy required. Fewer course corrections translates to a more efficient driver.

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