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Wieland Kaphingst

7/1/1997

To all of you connected to the OandP-List:

A good old friend of mine, who has just finished a limited 3-year contract
with Permobil the Swedish manufacturer of high quality wheelchairs, has
asked me to post a short resume and let all of you know that he is looking
for a new job in the US. He is a precision/mechanical engineer by education
and by heart and a most pleasant person to work with. Some of you do
probably know him.

Please let me know if you find the following abbreviated resume interesting
and if you have a job available in the near to medium future.
 I will contact Maciej, who is just between a former household in Sweden and
an interim household in Poland.

   Maciej Benedykt POKORA. Born 24.02.1950 in Warsaw / Poland.

     1975:M.Sc.degree with very good rate from Warsaw Technical University:
          Department - Precision Engineering
          Speciality - optical equipment

     1975-1997: At the Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical
     Engineering (at Polish Academy of Sciences) in Warsaw / Poland:

     1980-1989: Running own laboratory at the Metropolitan Rehabilitation
                Center (700 beds) in Konstancin (Warsaw) / Poland:
                1982:Designing the LETOR orthosis for paraplegia (follow-up
                     testing, 0-series, manufacturing; polish patent, design
                     and trade mark registered in Poland and Scandinavia).
                1985:Bert Engman Stipendium from Permobil AB /Timrå/Sweden:
                     Designing the wheelchair for 2-3 years old children
                     (prototype, software specification, forms, testing).
                1986:Licence for LETOR system sold to Svensk
                     Handikappteknik AB from Stockholm / Sweden.
                     Price award on World Congress of International Society
                     for Prosthetics and Orthotics in Copenhagen / Denmark
                     for ANGULATOR - the flexible goniometer (polish patent
                     155851;license sold to Orthos bv / Barneveld/Holland).
                1987:Overviewing the testing of LETOR system in Sweden,
                     W.Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland and USA.
                1988:Assistance in developing local versions of LETOR.

     1989: Member of International Scientific Commitee at World Congress of
           ISPO in Kobe / Japan.

     1989-1991: Consultant Biomedical Engineer at Rehabilitation
                Hospital Project in Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates
                (inspection, coordination, specification of bio-med-reh
                equipment, tender).

     1995-1997: At Department of Mechanical Development of Permobil AB in
                Timrå / Sweden:
                Concept of hybrid tie-down for electric wheelchairs
                (prototype, testing, documentation, 0-series).
                All-function motorized seat for critically low electric
                wheelchair for driving minivans (prototype).
                Concept of all-weather swinging seat for electric
                wheelchair (prototype).
                Modifications in manual wheelchairs made in USA to improve
                the function and match with ISO and with requirements for
                Scandinavia (prototypes, testing, 0-series, documentation).
                Concept of self-adaptive backrest for wheelchair seats
                (prototype, testing, specifications for patent application).
                New style wheelchair ABS cover (design, form, prototype).

     1997: Concept of mountain-bike performance sensor (prototype,testing).
     1997: Concept of electric 2-wheeler (model)

Please respond to Wieland Kaphingst, ortho-bio-med
e-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
or: <Email Address Redacted>