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ABOUT TURBO WHEELCHAIR COMPANY
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Management Team Bios Dr. Jane Hermes, President: Jane Hermes, DC, is the President and cofounder of Turbo Wheelchair Co., Inc. She has the vision that the mobility limited deserve assistive devices that convey the a spirit of life and vigor rather than that of disability and illness. As President of Turbo Wheelchair, she has led the development of the Merlexi Craft™ series of manual wheelchairs by gaining the financial support and endorsement of the National Institutes of Health through four Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants and by aligning the Company with critical manufacturing, marketing and wheelchair user partners. Contact Dr. Jane Hermes at 843-476-5535. Dr. Matt Hermes, Secretary/Treasurer: Matt Hermes, PhD, is trained in organic and polymer chemistry and is inventor on more than 30 US Patents throughout his career at DuPont, Celanese and US Surgical. Starting with the conceptual model of the Merlexi Craft™ he developed and manufactured the preproduction product while managing the Company's Phase II SBIR grant. These chairs include new thinking in design of adult and childrens' chairs: the freedoms in working with plastic materials, the options of attractive colors and the durability and moderate cost inherent in synthetic materials design. The first Merlexi Craft™ prototype has proved to be the most durable wheelchair ever tested at the Human Engineering Research laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, completing the equivalent of 30 years of use without failure. The National Institutes of Health has supported Turbo Wheelchair's work in developing the Merlexi Craft™ series through Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants totaling $1.6M.. |
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