Steven Boal and Matia Mobility are transforming lives with innovative standing wheelchairs.
The beginnings of Matia Mobility were first crafted in a lab at a university in Turkey, where robotics student Necati Hacıkadiroğlu created a wheelchair that used hydraulics to lift the user into a standing position.
Moving from the world of Silicon Valley to medical device production was a learning curve for Boal. “It’s indescribably different,” he says. While he had previously dealt in software and digital products, this company requires a more hands-on approach. To deliver the TEK RMD to the hands of customers who need it most, the company works with insurance companies to bridge the costs.
