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PAWEPortable Affordable Wheelchair Enhancer

Powering wheelchairs. Empowering lives.
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Make yourManual WheelchairMotorizedin10 Seconds.

PAWE is a 15 lbs device that attaches onto the manual wheelchair you already own, gives it power the moment you need it, and lifts off when you want to fold the chair into a car.

15lbs
Featherweight
Lifts off in one hand in seconds
6mph
Capped top speed
Change your speed cap on the controller
10mi
Range per charge
Swappable battery for longer journeys.
How it attaches

3 Steps. 10 Seconds.

Step 1 · Align

Move on your schedule.
Regain your freedom and independence.

Swappable Battery

Pop in a new battery when you run out on longer trips

~Ten miles per battery.

Hills

Up the hill without help

Clears most ADA grades.

Modular Controller

Use a Control system that works for you

Built with Wheelchair users.

We’ve done above 100 interviews with wheelchair users in designing and building the PAWE

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“

My sister can get around on her own now; Outdoors, at our temple, everywhere.

— Beta user family member
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We'd finally be able to bring my father out of the senior living home without a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle. I can pack this in my sedan!

— Beta user family member
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Using and helping this device come to be is the best thing I've done in the past 8 years.

— Beta user
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FAQ

If yours isn’t here, write us, and we’ll get back to you ASAP!DISCLAIMER: THIS PRODUCT IS NOT FOR SALE, AND IT IS NOT CLEARED BY THE FDA

Most folding-frame manual wheelchairs with a 16–22 inch seat width, including Invacare, Drive, Karman, and Medline. We are also working on having it attach to rigid frames as well, to make it truly universal. If you want to help guide our design, and make the PAWE better for everyone, contact us!
PAWE uses a removable battery pack that pops out and clicks back in by hand — no tools, no cables. You can carry a second pack in a backpack and swap it in the middle of a longer trip, charge one indoors while a fresh one's on the chair, or replace a tired cell down the road without sending the whole unit back to us.
We have working prototypes that we are using for gathering user feedback and getting prepared for being FDA Cleared. Currently, we are fundraising to support our journey through getting FDA Cleared. If you are or know someone who is interested in joining our mission, contact us!