Neo Wheelbase spotlight: Innovation in motion

Good design evolves through evidence, feedback and experience. In postural mobility, small refinements can make a significant difference to comfort, stability and safety.

The Neo Wheelbase continues to evolve in response to clinical input and service insight, ensuring its design remains effective and relevant to everyday use.

Learning from practice

Each update to the Neo Wheelbase begins with observation. Clinicians, technicians and service teams identify opportunities based on service user feedback to enhance performance or simplify use, forming the foundation for design development.

By working closely with NHS wheelchair services and private sector providers, Active Design ensures that every improvement reflects real needs in postural care, not theoretical ones. This collaboration keeps the product safe, functional and clinically appropriate across a wide range of users and settings.

Engineering refinement

Recent updates within the Neo Wheelbase range reflect this ongoing feedback loop. Each change is purposeful and directly linked to clinical or operational benefit.

Disc braking system: smoother, more predictable control, enhancing user safety and ease of attendant operation.
Extended back posts: increased compatibility with a wider range of seating systems and improved handling during tilt.
Black powder-coated finish: enhanced durability and a professional aesthetic for both clinical and community environments.
Alloy wheel upgrade: greater load capacity and long-term reliability.
Locking brake levers: added stability and reassurance during use and transfer.
Black tyres: which helps to improve the aesthetic appeal.

Individually, these adjustments may appear incremental. Together they deliver improved comfort, reliability and efficiency, helping clinicians and users achieve consistent postural outcomes.

Designing for ongoing adaptability

Continuous improvement means preparing for future needs as well as addressing current ones. Neo’s design philosophy enables adaption as services evolve and as clinical standards advance. Several developments are already in evaluation, including:

Quick-release folding backrest to simplify storage and transport.
Improved tie-down and transport safety features for in-vehicle use.
Extended range of arms pads and wider profile castors.

Partnership-driven progress

Neo’s development is a shared effort between engineers, clinicians, service professionals, and customer feedback. Each brings a distinct perspective in mechanics, clinical practice or operations, ensuring the system continues to evolve.

This partnership keeps design priorities centred on function, safety and patient benefit. It also maintains alignment between engineering intent and clinical use. By involving those who prescribe, service and maintain the product, every improvement reflects how the equipment performs in real-world settings.

Reliable by design

For healthcare professionals, innovation must be balanced with reliability.

Neo maintains this balance by ensuring new features are fully tested, easy to service, and compatible with existing systems.

This approach safeguards continuity of care and reduces the learning curve for clinicians and technicians. Consistency in handling and prescription is essential for both safety and service efficiency. Every adjustment to Neo is introduced with stability, comfort and control in mind.

Continuous improvement as standard

Continuous improvement is not a project or a campaign. It is a standard of practice. The Neo Wheelbase continues to advance through an evidence-based process that values user experience, clinical insight and engineering expertise equally.

By responding to the realities of daily postural management, Neo provides a dependable and adaptable platform for both users and clinicians. When innovation is shaped by evidence and partnership, it becomes more than design. It becomes part of clinical assurance and service quality.

Find out more about how Neo continues to evolve to meet clinical needs.