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• _ AMU Corporation Page 2 completed on site, the all-inclusive system is quickly fitted to any standard wheelchair. The system's personally contoured impression foam and sculptured foam base provide total contact support and distribute weight evenly for superior pressure relief. This custom made system also provides comfortable restraint-free solutions for lateral leaning, pelvic tilt or rotation, and spinal curvatures while giving stability and proper support. Custom Care fits any standard wheelchair in minutes, eliminates sling-seat hammocking, can be reclined, is incontinent proof, lightweight, washable and carries a two year warranty. MARKET: The Seating and Positioning market is based on approximately 500,000 new wheelchairs which are sold in the United States each year. Most wheelchair users need some type of positioning. There will be population turnover, as well as growth, within the long-term care market. • "Nearly 1.8 million people were living in nursing homes in 1990." Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 6-28-93. "For nursing homes, the critical group is people 85 and older, which happens to be the fastest growing part of the elderly population. By the year 2000, their numbers are projected to swell by 40 percent and to double by 2010...most nursing home residents are on Medicaid" Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 3-3-94. Additional markets include In-home (larger and growing faster than Nursing Homes), Pediatrics, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Injuries, office workers, etc. Proprietary Position There is no other custom made product on the market which can be simply formed and easily applied in large quantities for a reasonable price. The health care industry is driven by products that are medicare/Medicaid reimbursable. This requires that a positioning device must be custom made for an individual patient (versus "off the shelf') before approval of payment is granted. •