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TRAM Still Turning Heads

Rifton’s New Lift and Transfer Device Draws Praise from SPHM Professionals

Carmen Hinkey | November 2014

Guided by a therapist, a women with a prosthetic limb uses the multi-tasking Rifton TRAM device to assist in walking. In a profile published this month in the influential trade publication Mobility Management, staff writer Laurie Watanabe highlights the multi-tasking capabilities of the Rifton TRAM, citing its role as a gait trainer, a lift, and a transfer device. She quotes therapist Margaret Arnold on how the TRAM is helping people with a multitude of disorders or conditions, and tells the story of a brain injury survivor whose parents are thrilled with what the TRAM has done for their son. Read it here.

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