Worldwide Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Vehicle Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012

Published by: Wintergreen Research

Published: Dec. 1, 2006 - 476 Pages

Table of Contents

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Executive Summary

Worldwide Power Wheelchair And Scooter All Terrain And Regular

Personal Vehicle Market Shifts

Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Driving Forces

Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Shares

Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Forecasts

Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts

1. Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and Personal Vehicle Market Dynamics and Market Description

1.1 Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, Power All Terrain Medical Vehicles, and Electric Wheel Chairs

1.1.1 Range Of Rear, Center, And Front Wheel Drive Chairs

1.1.2 Power Wheelchair Returns

1.2 Health Care Cost Containment Trends

1.2.1 Home Health Care And Home Medical Equipment

1.2.2 Changing Home Health Care Market Distribution Channels

1.2.3 Mainstreaming Of People With Disabilities

1.2.4 Recovery And Active Lifestyles Of Disabled Portion of the Population

1.3 Healthcare Equipment Industry

1.4 Reimbursement Drives Healthcare Equipment Industry

1.4.1 Prospective Payment System (PPS)

1.4.2 Market-Driven Reforms

1.4.3 Home Medical Equipment Industry Segments

1.5 Marketing Globally

1.5.1 U.S. Healthcare Delivery Industry

1.5.2 Competition Forms Basis Of U.S. Medical Care Services Delivery

1.5.3 European Homecare Market Trends

1.6 Hospital and Home Care Services Billing Issues

1.6.1 Managed Care Requirements

1.7 Market Drivers For Healthcare Cost Containment

1.7.1 Managed Care Organization Impact

1.7.2 Reasons Home Health Care Has Gained Wide-Spread Acceptance

1.7.3 Managed Care Change In The Healthcare Industry

1.7.4 Homecare For People With Long Term Disabilities

1.7.5 Health Care Cost Containment Trends

1.8 Wheel Chair Distribution Channels

2. Power Wheelchair, Medical Scooter, and Personal Vehicle Market Shares and Market Forecasts

2.1 Power Wheelchair, Medical Scooter, and Personal Vehicle Market Driving Forces

2.1.1 Baby Boomers That Need To Utilize Wheelchairs

2.1.2 Lifestyle Demands

2.1.3 Power Wheelchair Usage

2.1.4 Race And Ethnicity

2.1.5 Socioeconomic Status

2.1.6 Employment

2.1.7 Conditions Causing Disability

2.1.8 Active Patients

2.1.9 Customized and Lightweight Power Wheelchairs and Scooters Transform Market

2.1.10 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Issues

2.1.11 Wheelchair Insurance Reimbursement

2.2 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Shares

2.2.1 Invacare Positioning

2.2.2 Suzuki Motors Fuel Cell-Powered Wheelchair

2.2.3 Sunrise Medical Positioning

2.3 Number of People in Wheelchairs

2.3.1 Transportation Significant Barrier To Employment And Full Community Participation

2.3.2 Public Transportation

2.3.3 Medicare Wheelchair Spending

2.4 Wheelchair Segments

2.5 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Forecasts

2.5.1 Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Forecasts

2.5.2 Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts

2.5.3 3 Wheel Scooter Market Forecasts

2.5.4 4 Wheel Scooter Market Forecasts

2.5.5 Wheelchair Market Forecasts

2.5.6 All Terrain Power Wheelchair Market Driving Forces

2.5.7 All Terrain Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts

2.5.8 Power Wheelchairs

2.6 Wheelchair Prices

2.6.1 Invacare Ultra Lightweight Frame Type:

2.6.2 Zip'r Mobility Prices

2.6.3 Sunrise Guardian Four Wheel Scooter Prices

2.6.4 Guardian Prices

2.6.5 Drive Medical Travel Power Wheelchair

2.7 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Regional Market Analysis

3. Medical Scooter and Power Wheelchair Product Description

3.1 Scooters and Power Wheelchairs

3.1.1 Invacare Lynx L-3 Red 3-Wheel Micro-Portable Scooter

3.1.2 Invacare At'm Power Wheelchair

3.1.3 Invacare Pronto Electric Wheelchairs

3.2 Sunrise

3.2.1 Sunrise Guardian Scooters

3.2.2 Sunrise Wheelcare Breeze III

3.2.3 Sunrise Guardian MicroLite Ruby Travel Power Wheelchair

3.3 Wheelcare

3.3.1 The Wheelcare Sportster

3.3.2 Wheelcare Porter

3.3.3 Wheelcare Caddy

3.3.4 Wheelcare Super Light

3.3.5 Wheelcare Stand-N-Ride Too

3.3.6 Wheelcare Wind

3.3.7 Wheelcare Power Bike

3.4 Pride

3.4.1 Pride Mobility Scooters

3.4.2 Pride Go-Go Ultra X 3-Wheel Electric Scooter

3.4.3 Pride Mobility Products Corp.

3.5 Suzuki Motors Fuel Cell-Powered Wheelchair

3.6 All Terrain Powered Wheelchair

3.6.1 Innovation In Motion

3.7 AllWebScooters

3.8 Zip'r Mobility

3.9 Drive Medical

3.9.1 Drive Medical Scooters

3.9.2 Drive Medical Travel Power Wheelchair

3.10 Amigo

3.10.1 Amigo FD

3.10.2 Amigo Classic

3.10.3 Amigo MC

3.10.4 Amigo RD

3.10.5 Amigo RT Express

3.10.6 Amigo RT Express Junior

3.10.7 Amigo EXT350

3.10.8 Amigo Escort

3.11 Hoveround

3.11.1 Hoveround Transporter LX

3.11.2 Hoveround Transporter GL

3.11.3 Hoveround ForerunnerTM

3.12 Golden Technologies

3.13 Pacesaver

3.14 Independence Technology ® iBOT

3.15 Merits Health Products

3.15.1 Merits Power Pioneer

3.15.2 Merits Power Pioneer 10 S347 Bariatric 4 Wheeled Outdoor Scooter

3.15.3 Merits Power Pioneer 2DLX S246 Twin Front Wheel Compact Scooter

3.15.4 Pioneer Cruiser Q

3.16 Shop Rider

3.17 Lifts and Ramps

3.18 Harmar Mobility

3.18.1 Harmar Mobility

4. Power Wheelchair and Scooter Technology

4.1 Ultralife Batteries

4.1.1 Lithium Technology Corporation Technology Overview

4.2 Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC)

4.3 BYD

4.4 Cymbet™ Corporation

4.4.1 Cymbet Application Specific Solid Energy Technology

4.5 Teledyne

4.5.1 Teledyne Thin Film Battery Cycle life

4.6 Government Regulation

4.6.1 Competitive Bidding

4.7 Technological Trends

4.7.1 Thin Film Lithium And Lithium Ion Batteries

4.7.2 Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces

4.8 Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction

4.9 Science And Medical Technology

4.9.1 Physical Therapy

4.9.2 Treatment Trends

4.10 Wheel Chair Technological Trends

4.10.1 Power Wheelchairs

4.10.2 Sport Wheelchairs

4.10.3 Lightweight Wheelchairs

4.10.4 Transport Wheelchairs (Folding)

4.11 Medical Equipment Government Regulation

4.11.1 U.S. Medical Equipment Government Regulation

4.11.2 Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 and Medical Device Amendments of 1976

4.11.3 Companies Gain Market Credibility For Adhering To High Standards Of Quality And Safety

4.11.4 U.S. Legislation Related To Providing Prescription Drug Coverage For The Elderly -- November 2003

5. Personal Vehicle Wheelchair and Scooter Company Profiles

5.1 Wheelchair Companies

5.2 Amigo Mobility

5.3 Convaid

5.4 Convaquip

5.5 Drive Medical

5.6 Eagle Sportschairs

5.7 Gendron Inc.

5.8 Glide Rehabilitation Products

5.9 Graham-Field

5.9.1 Everest & Jennings

5.9.2 Graham-Field Launches Everest Power Wheelchair Line

5.9.3 Graham Field Health Products Third Quarter Revenues

5.9.4 CEO of Graham-Field Health Products

5.10 Gunnell

5.11 Hoveround

5.11.1 Products

5.12 Vestil Manufacturing / Innovation In Motion

5.13 Invacare

5.13.1 Invacare Manufacturing And Suppliers

5.13.2 Invacare North America

5.13.3 Invacare Asia/Pacific

5.13.4 Invacare Europe

5.13.5 Invacare Acquisitions

5.13.6 Invacare Strategy

5.13.7 Invacare Products

5.13.8 Financial Data

5.13.9 Invacare Intersegment Revenues

5.14 Magic Mobility

5.15 Melrose Kiwi Concept Chairs

5.16 Merits

5.17 Product Design Group

5.18 Permobil

5.19 Piaggio

5.20 Pride Mobility

5.21 RGK

5.22 Shoprider Mobility Products

5.23 Soleus Mobility

5.24 Sunrise Medical

5.24.1 Products

5.24.2 Sunrise Acquires Adaptive Equipment Systems, RehabiliTech and Whitmyer Biomechanix.

5.25 Yamaha Motor

5.26 Wheelcare Power Mobilizers

6. DME Providers Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and Personal Vehicle Market Distribution and Market Participation

6.1 Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, Power All Terrain Medical Vehicles, and Electric Wheel Chairs

6.1.1 DME / Wheelchair Companies

6.2 Invacare

6.3 Permobil

6.4 Invacare Marketing and Distribution

6.4.1 North America and Asia/Pacific

6.4.2 Europe

6.5 Sunrise Medical

6.6 List of Wheelchair and Scooter Personal Vehicle Distributors

List of Tables and Figures

Table ES-1

Scooter and Power Wheelchair Market Driving Forces

Table ES-2

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2006

Figure ES-3

Worldwide Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table ES-4

Worldwide Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 1-1

Wheelchair Target Markets

Table 1-2

Wheelchair Target Market Positioning

Table 1-3

Wheelchair Market Positioning Functions

Table 1-4

Home Medical Equipment Market Segments

Table 1-5

Marketing Globally

Table 1-6

Home Care Services Billing Issues

Table 1-7

Home Care Services Billing Changes Needed

Table 1-8

JCAHO ORYX Requirements

Table 2-1 2-2

Scooter and Power Wheelchair Market Driving Forces

Table 2-2 2-3

Scooter and Power Wheelchair Market Home Health Care Treatment Trends

Table 2-3 2-4

Scooter and Power Wheelchair Market Aspects

Table 2-4

Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Issues

Table 2-5

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2006

Table 2-6

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, First Three Quarters 2006

Figure 2-7

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, 2005

Table 2-8

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Shares, Dollars, 2005

Table 2-9

Invacare Positioning Suzuki Fuel Cell Power Wheelchair

Figure 2-10

Worldwide Wheelchair Shipments Market Segments, Dollars, 2005

Figure 2-11

Worldwide Wheelchair Shipments Market Segments, Dollars, 2012

Table 2-12

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-13

Worldwide Power Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-14

Worldwide Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-15

Worldwide Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-16

Worldwide Custom Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-17

Worldwide Non Custom Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-18

Worldwide Custom and Non Custom Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Figure 2-19

Worldwide Custom and Non Custom Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-20

Worldwide Custom and Non Custom Power Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-21

Worldwide 4 Wheel Scooter Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Table 2-22

Worldwide 4 Wheel Scooter Shipments Market Forecasts and Segments, Dollars, 2006 -2012

Figure 2-23

Worldwide Wheelchair and Scooter Shipments Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2005 -2012

Figure 2-24

Worldwide Wheelchair Shipments Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2005 -2012

Table 2-25

All Terrain Scooter and Power Wheelchair Market Driving Forces

Table 2-26

Worldwide All Terrain Medical Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts, 2006-2012

Table 2-27

Worldwide All Terrain Medical Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts, 2006-2012

Table 2-28

Invacare Custom Wheelchairs Front Frame

Figure 2-29

Worldwide Wheelchair Regional Shipments, Dollars, First Half 2006

Table 2-30

Worldwide Wheelchair Regional Shipments, Dollars, First Half 2006

Table 3-1 3-2

Invacare Lynx L-3 Scooter Features

Figure 3-2 3-3

Invacare Lynx L-3 Red 3-Wheel Micro-Portable Scooter

Table 3-3 3-4

Invacare Power Wheelchair

Table 3-4 3-5

Invacare At'm Power Wheelchair Features

Table 3-5 3-6

Invacare Pronto Electric Wheelchairs Features

Table 3-6 3-7

Invacare Pronto Electric Wheelchairs Specifications

Figure 3-7 3-8

Invacare Pronto Electric Wheelchair

Table 3-8

Sunrise Wheelcare Breeze III Features

Figure 3-9

Sunrise Guardian Three Wheel Scooter

Figure 3-10

Sunrise Guardian Four Wheel Scooter

Figure 3-11

Sunrise Guardian MicroLite Ruby Travel Power Wheelchair

Figure 3-12

Wheelcare Wind

Table 3-13

Pride Go-Go Ultra X 3-Wheel Electric Scooter

Figure 3-14

Pride Full-Sized Power Wheelchairs And Travel-Sized Scooters

Table 3-15

Jazzy® Power Chairs

Table 3-16

Pride Lift Chairs

Table 3-17

Pride Go-Go® Travel Mobility Products

Table 3-18

Pride Scooters

Table 3-19

Pride Personal Mobility Vehicles

Figure 3-20

Suzuki Fuel Cell Power Wheelchair

Table 3-21

Innovation In Motion All Terrain Functions

Figure 3-22

Innovation In Motion X4 -Extreme

Figure 3-23

AllWebScooters

Table 3-24

AllWebScooters

Figure 3-25

Zip'r Mobility

Figure 3-26

Zip'r Mobility Three Wheel

Table 3-27

Drive Medical

Table 3-28

Drive Medical 3-Wheel Scooter Functions

Table 3-29

Drive Medical 3-Wheel Scooter Features

Table 3-30

Drive Medical Daytona 3-Wheel Electric Scooter

Table 3-31

Drive Medical Geo Travel Power Wheelchair

Table 3-32

Features of the Hoveround ForerunnerTM

Table 3-33

Golden Technologies Buzz Around 3-Wheel Electric Scooter

Figure 3-34

Pacesaver Scooters

Figure 3-35

Independence Technology iBOT® Stair Function

Table 3-36

Merits Health Products P313 Technical Specs

Table 3-37

Merits Health Products P313 Features

Figure 3-38

Merits Power Wheelchair

Table 3-39

Selected Merits Pioneer Power Wheel Chair Line

Figure 3-40

Shop Rider Power Chairs

Figure 3-41

Shoprider XtraLite Jiffy

Figure 3-42

Selected Shoprider Scooters

Figure 3-43

Shoprider XtraLite 3 Scooter

Figure 3-44

Harmar Mobility Ramp

Figure 3-45

Harmar Mobility Lift

Figure 3-46

Harmar Mobility Power Lift

Figure 3-47

Harmar Mobility Tri-Powered Lift

Table 4-1 4-2

Selected Lithium Technology Corporation Customers

Table 4-2

Cymbet™ Thin-Film Battery System Key Features

Table 4-3

Cymbet™ Thin-Film Battery System Smart Card Applications

Table 4-4

Cymbet Application Specific Solid Energy Technology

Table 4-5

Cymbet Application Specific Solid Energy Technology Recharge Characteristics

Figure 4-6

Teledyne NanoEnergyTM Powering A Blue LED

Table 4-7

Teledyne Typical Charging Curve Of A 0.9 mAh Batter

Figure 4-8

Teledyne NanoEnergyTM discharge rates and discharge characteristics

Figure 4-9

Teledyne Thin Film Battery Capacity and Charging rate Cycles

Figure 4-10

Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery

Table 4-11

Factors Relating To Value Of Home Health Care Over Institutional Care

Table 4-12

Transport Wheelchair Features

Table 5-1 5-1

Selected Wheelchair Companies

Table 5-2 5-4

Amigo Scooters

Table 5-3 5-6

Convaquip Equipment Offerings

Table 5-4 5-9

Glide Rehabilitation Product Areas

Table 5-5

Graham Field Product Lines

Table 5-6

Graham Field Everest Wheelchair New Features

Table 5-7

Gunnell Product Categories

Table 5-8

Hoveround Adult Power Wheelchair Lines

Table 5-9

Hoveround Scooter

Table 5-10

Invacare’s Strategy

Table 5-11

Invacare Quarterly Revenue

Table 5-12

Invacare Annual Revenue

Table 5-13

Pride Mobility Subsidiaries:

Table 5-14

Yamaha Motor Profile of the IM Company

Abstract

Worldwide power wheelchair and scooter all terrain and regular personal vehicle markets have shifted dramatically in the last year. Vehicles are useful as personal vehicles in controlled settings, going beyond medical necessity to personal transport.

Most vehicles are paid for by Medicare or private insurance as users are usually not as mobile as they wished.

There is a small proportion of the market that is not paid for by public or private insurance. Scooter and power wheelchair vehicles are used in shopping settings, airports, in gated communities, and for local transport. Scooters and power wheelchairs are evolving a market presence that goes beyond handicapped transport to personal transport.

Forecasts for 2006-2012 indicate the start of fuel cell personal vehicles and electric vehicles with longer lasting travel capability. There is a measurable sub segment of the market that addresses all terrain vehicles. Power wheelchair and scooter markets are expected to grow as the baby boomers age.

The aging of the population is expected to change markets. Older people need more support for continued mobility through disability. Rehabilitation becomes more prevalent.

Power wheelchair, scooter, and all terrain market forecasts indicate strong growth based on new technology and demand from people wanting a vehicle in between a heavy expensive to drive car and a manual wheelchair. Wheelchair and scooter markets at $1.7 billion in 2005 are expected to grow to $5.3 billion by 2012. Power wheelchairs and scooters provide mobility and move the healthcare delivery system toward the lower cost homecare.

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