Kalogon Wants to Patent Its Variable Density Wheelchair Cushion

Kalogon has brought the Verro to market. This is a 3D printed wheelchair cushion, made with vat polymerization technology. Using a variable density lattice, it hopes to give wheelchair users more comfort. Kalogon makes regular wheelchair seats and seats for military aircraft in the US. The new cushion will come in two models: the Verro variable-density lattice, and the Verro dual-density foam, and both are Medicare coded (E2609). The company thinks that added benefits will come to those who have “windswept posture, pelvic obliquity, or asymmetry,” and that the cushion’s “precise, body-conforming fit” is key to its performance.

I love that this cushion is Medicare coded; that will greatly expand its utility and acceptance. Kalogon says that it is trying to patent its variable density latti