Canadian Owned & Operated Since 2012
Posted on July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025 (RICHMOND, B.C.) – HME is thrilled to announce the seventeenth product launched in the award-winning Signature Series Line of Products, the new HME Signature Series Rigid Manual Wheelchair. The B.C.-exclusive HME Signature Series Rigid Manual Wheelchair is a fully custom, high-end Rigid Manual Wheelchair designed to support a user’s individual needs.
“HME is committed to bringing high-quality, innovative rehab solutions to the market,” said Robert Boscacci, CEO and Co-Founder. “The HME Signature Series Rigid Manual Wheelchair is a partnership with leading custom manufacturer Hands-On Concepts for a fully custom chair for the experience wheelchair user.”
“The HME Signature Series Rigid Manual Wheelchair is individually designed using multiple user measurements for a seamless and customized wheelchair experience,” said HME’s COO and leader of the Clinical Development Team, Michelle Harvey. “Our experienced and trained team across our 9 locations in B.C. can work directly with clients and their clinicians to ensure the most appropriate options are incorporated into the final custom-designed wheelchair.”
Customizable features include frame angles, centre of gravity placement, front and seat taper options, frame bends, footrest and back frame options, and clothing guard options.
“At HME, we focus on technology to improve patient care outcomes,” said Cameron Fleming, CIO and Co-Founder. “The HME Signature Series Rigid Manual Wheelchair is engineered with cutting-edge technology that optimizes the user’s unique requirements to ensure a high-quality, high-functioning rigid chair.”
The HME Signatures Series was first launched in 2020 and has steadily expanded to include the HME Signature Series Bumblebee Cushion, HME Signature Series Otter Mattress, HME Signature Series Luna Mattress, HME Signature Series Dove Mattress, HME Signature Series LTC 9000 Mattress, HME Signature Series Positioning Sling, the HME Signature Series Air Light One Ramp, HME Grab and Go Manual Wheelchair, HME Grab and Go Tilt Wheelchair, the HME Signature Series NS2 Cushion, the HME Signature Series GD2 Cushion, the HME Balance Cushion, the HME Gel-E-Seat Cushion, the HME Signature Series Gel-E-Fish Mattress, HME Signature Series Coho Mattress and the HME Swan Mattress.
Starting from a single operation in B.C.’s Lower Mainland a decade ago, HME has expanded its client service coverage across the province in recent years. HME now has nine locations and over 85,000 sq ft. of office and warehouse space in Richmond, Victoria, Surrey, Nanaimo, North Vancouver, Kelowna, Sechelt, and soon-to-open Abbotsford.
The company’s workforce is comprised of over 130 highly-trained professionals, technicians, and support staff. HME is B.C.’s leading medical equipment distribution and supply company, offering a vast array of mobility and accessibility devices and medical equipment. Items include wheelchairs, power chairs, walkers, hospital beds, mattresses, other durable medical equipment, stairlifts, vertical platform lifts, ramps, and other installed products.
CONTACT:
Sharon Kawano
HME
marketingassistant@hmebc.com
