# Injury-Aiding Vehicles The Stryder Crutch Scooter Keeps You on Your Feet By Alex Scott | Published 2010-02-17 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stryder-crutch-scooter References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/02/17/a-knee-t-crutch-on-wheels/) The Stryder Crutch Scooter is a concept hybrid that is both, yep, [a scooter and a walking crutch](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roami). I could have used this about eight years ago when I broke my ankle and was more or less bound to the couch for a month. In scooter form, there is actually a ledge that allows the user to keep his or her leg elevated. It has a [simple fold up design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/redux) making it quite easy for the injured individual to transform it into a standard crutch. Designed by Dat Huynh the Stryder Crutch Scooter could easily become the next biggest innovation on the market for [injury aiding transport](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-mobility-aids). ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.3/10 - Popularity: 42% | Activity: 78% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Inventions](https://www.trendhunter.com/inventions) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Injury-aiding Transport:** The Stryder Crutch Scooter is an innovative hybrid concept that can be used as both a scooter and a walking crutch, creating new opportunities for injury-aiding transport devices. - **Hybrid Mobility Devices:** The Stryder Crutch Scooter combines the functionality of a scooter and a crutch, highlighting the potential for developing more hybrid mobility devices. - **Transformable Medical Devices:** The Stryder Crutch Scooter's foldable design showcases the potential for creating more medical devices that can easily transform between modes, making them more convenient for users and caregivers. ### Who This Affects Most - **Medical Device:** The Stryder Crutch Scooter provides a unique and innovative approach to medical mobility devices, creating new disruptive innovation opportunities for the medical device industry. - **Personal Transportation:** The Stryder Crutch Scooter's hybrid nature provides a new category of personal transportation, potentially disrupting traditional crutch and scooter markets. - **Healthcare:** The Stryder Crutch Scooter highlights the potential for creating more efficient, convenient and patient-friendly healthcare solutions, leading to possible disruptive innovation opportunities within the healthcare industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sleek Senior Walker Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/suzuki-go.md) - [Urban Rental Scooter Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-rental-scooter-concept.md) - [Rectangular Cockpit Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tricycle-scooter-design.md) - [Adaptive Mobility Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wimo-scooter.md) - [First Responder Scooter Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/medical-kickscooter.md) - [Senior-Supporting Mobility Skateboards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-mobility-skateboard.md) - [Self-Guided Mobility Aids](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/glide.md) - [Connected Walking Support Canes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stride-senze.md) - [Transforming Commuter Kick Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beam-scooter.md)