The Permobil Explorer Mini is a "regulatory cleared powered mobility station at facilitates self-initiated movement and early exploration for young children 12 – 36 months of age with mobility impairments." This brand fills an important niche that empowers young children with physical or cognitive impairments with a greater degree of agency. Little ones are understandably curious about their environment, so being able to explore it on their own accord is really important both in the moment, as well as for long-term cognitive development.
The device boasts an ergonomic design and features "multiple weight-bearing surfaces [in order] to help promote safe, stable upright postures, while [ensuring] opportunities to improve strength, endurance, and postural control."
The Premobil Explorer Mini was awarded and featured on the TIME Best Innovations list, testifying to its ground-breaking design.
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Toddler Mobility Devices
- Opportunity to innovate in the design and functionality of motorized devices made specifically to help toddlers with impairments be mobile.
- Early Childhood Empowerment
- There is a growing need for more products that can empower young children with physical or cognitive impairments allowing them to explore and have agency in their own way.
- Regulatory Cleared Devices
- There is space for innovation in the development and manufacturing of more regulatory cleared devices that promote safe and more independent mobility for toddlers.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Medical Devices
- The limited options and high demand for specialized motorized devices for toddlers with impairments make it an attractive industry needing more innovation.
- Early Childhood Products
- There is potential for innovation in the development of more products made specifically for young children with impairments to promote their cognitive and physical development.
- Disability Services/therapy
- Innovating in this industry to create new services and therapies that incorporate these devices could help improve the lives of young children with impairments.
