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4.3.2 German regulations on assistive technology (Hilfsmittelverordnung, HMV no.)
PARAVAN power wheelchairs are approved in accordance with the assistive technology
guidelines:
> Kassenarztrecht in Nordwürttemberg – Richtlinien und Normen und Verordnungen und
Leistungen (Panel doctors law in Northern Württemberg - guidelines and standards
and regulations and services), page B 2 - 1 ff
As auxiliary equipment permitted under the German regulations on assistive technology,
number:
> HMV Nr. 18.99.06.1134
4.3.3 Definition of auxiliary equipment (incomplete excerpt)
Auxiliary devices are physical medical services i.e. things which succeed in making
medical treatment safe by their compensatory, supportive or relieving effect, or which
allow physical hindrances to be overcome. They include prostheses, orthopaedic and
other auxiliary equipment, visual aids, physical tools or technical products...