Invacare Supports 37th Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games

ELYRIA, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Invacare (NYSE: IVC) is proud to support veterans across the United States as a National Host Sponsor of the 37^th Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games (NVWG). Invacare has supported the NVWG since its inception 37 years ago. The NVWG will run in Cincinnati, Ohio from July 17-22 and feature a multitude of sporting events including basketball, handcycling, track, and table tennis.

“The pure talent, tenacity and devotion to the sport demonstrated by these veteran athletes makes us honored to continue to show our support for our veterans at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games,” said Dean Childers, senior vice president and general manager, Invacare North America.

Invacare associates started the week on Sunday, when they met athletes at the airport to help ensure the wheelchairs of veterans’ flying in for the games were unloaded and reassembled properly. To help ensure that veterans can focus on their events and perform at their best, Invacare will offer wheelchair repair and tune ups throughout the week to help repair or replace anything that may have been bumped out of place during travel, warm up, or competition.

Invacare will have several innovative products on display during the NVWG’s expo day, such as new küschall^® custom manual wheelchairs, Invacare^® Top End^® sports and recreation products, and Invacare^® power wheelchairs, including the new Invacare^® TDX^® SP2 power wheelchair with LiNX^® technology set to launch in the third quarter 2017. Fittings for küschall custom manual wheelchairs and Invacare Top End sports and recreation products will be available during expo day and in the Invacare Mobile Repair Room during the course of the games.

For live updates, photos, and video throughout the NVWG, follow @_TopEnd on Twitter or ‘Like’ Top End on Facebook.

To learn more about the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, visit http://wheelchairgames.org/. For questions about Invacare North America or Invacare products, please visit na.invacare.com.

About Invacare

Invacare (NYSE: IVC) is a leading manufacturer and distributor in its markets for medical equipment used in non-acute care settings. At its core, the company designs, manufactures and distributes medical devices that help people to move, breathe, rest, and perform essential hygiene. The company provides medical device solutions for congenital (e.g., cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida), acquired (e.g., stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, post-acute recovery, pressure ulcers) and degenerative (e.g., ALS, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), elderly, bariatric) ailments. The company’s products are important parts of care for people with a wide range of challenges, from those who are active and heading to work or school each day and may need additional mobility or respiratory support, to those who are cared for in residential care settings, at home, and in rehabilitation centers. The company sells its products principally to home medical equipment providers with retail and e-commerce channels, residential care operators, distributors, and government health services in North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. For more information about the company and its products, visit Invacare’s website at www.invacare.com.

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