Using more than $68,000 in state grant funds, the Albany Fire Department provided inflatable lifting chairs to local care ...

The Patient Lifting Equipment market is growing rapidly due to the increasing need for safe and ergonomic patient handling solutions. As healthcare facilities focus on reducing injuries related to ...

HULC is a lower-body, electro-hydraulically-powered exoskeleton designed to lift and carry heavy loads. It transfers weight through the machine’s frame to the ground, significantly reducing operator ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Personal Safety Division announces that StrongArm® Technologies ErgoSkeleton™ personal performance equipment will now be available for purchase through 3M’s ...

BEDFORD — Lawrence County emergency officials are sounding the alarm over a growing trend that is stretching the county’s ...

Caregivers of wheelchair-bound people face a lot of challenges, and one of them is simply getting the person out of the wheelchair at the end of the day and into bed. Repeated heavy lifting in this ...

Automation and robotics have made material handling effortless (aside from the headaches created by software glitches). However, there are major limitations and some tasks cannot be done with robots ...

Members of Bioactivity work on the beginning stages of the Emergency Lift Assist device. This past March, Andy Cohen was caught in one of the worst snowstorms of the year. The Crozet native, who ...