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2024
2023
2022
The northern start-up has developed a braking system for wheelchairs inspired by the back-pedalling of Dutch bicycles, which prevents burns to the hands and requires five times less effort. Eppur has just raised 1.2 million euros to accelerate the marketing of this system, called Dreeft. read more
EPPUR invents the first integrated braking system for wheelchairs. We do not always know it but a wheelchair does not have brakes, you have to brake with your hands. With DREEFT everything will change!
Imagine yourself on your bike, without the braking system. This is what users of manual wheelchairs know today, describes Colin Gallois. There is only a handbrake, which blocks the chair? We invented the equivalent of the brake pedal... read more
Wheelchairs are becoming more and more sophisticated today, but they are all without brakes. An absurdity that led EPPUR to work on an innovative device: Dreeft. Adapted to manual wheelchairs, this first braking system is a real revolution for users.... read more
Until now, only the hands could stop this type of equipment, resulting in burns and early osteoarthritis of the upper limbs. Colin Gallois and Lancelot Durand, two engineers from UTC Compiègne invented Dreeft....read more
Inventiveness, creativity, innovation and great business sense: Colin Gallois and Lancelot Durant, young entrepreneurs, have put all their knowledge into the development of revolutionary wheels for the comfort and safety of people in wheelchairs...read more
The Lille startup Eppur, which invented the first manual wheelchair brake in 2020, has just raised 1.2 million euros for its first seed fundraiser. This braking system is intended to improve the daily lives of nearly 370,000 people with reduced mobility in France. read more
The Lille startup Eppur, which invented the first manual wheelchair brake in 2020, has just raised 1.2 million euros for its first seed fundraiser. This braking system is intended to improve the daily lives of nearly 370,000 people with reduced mobility in France. read more
How to make life easier for the 65 million users of manual wheelchairs around the world? A huge question and a hell of a challenge, but Colin Gallois has plenty of ideas. At 30, this Breton engineer is about to market Dreeft...read more
Convinced of the need to equip manual wheelchairs with effective brakes, Colin Gallois and Lancelot Durand created their company EPPUR. Nestled in the heart of B'twin village in Lille, their invention, Dreeft, is making its merry way to allow better mobility for people with disabilities... read more
Today, braking on a wheelchair is not simple: when the wheelchair is in its momentum, you have to block the wheels with your hands to counterbalance it with the help of a handrail. It's not effective, the upper limbs are overworked and worse, you can burn your hands... read more
As incredible as it may seem, most wheelchairs today have no brakes! With its patented system integrated into the wheels, Eppur intends to attack a market of some 65 million users worldwide... read more
2021
In the Netherlands, bicycles are indeed equipped with a typical braking system: the user slows down by pedaling backwards. “We thought that we could perhaps integrate this into a wheelchair, explains Lancelot Durand. Why not replace the bike's crankset with a handrail? »read more
Dreeft is therefore above all a pair of wheels, adaptable to any manual wheelchair and incorporating a braking system. With a technicality inspired by Dutch bicycles, the wheel incorporates in its center a braking system by "backpedaling" which allows users to activate a brake by pulling the handrail slightly backwards...read more
Imagine yourself for a few moments on your bicycle driving at a moderate pace. A crossing is approaching and you then decide to brake. Problem: your bike has no brakes to brake you have to grab the wheel of your bike with your bare hand and rub with the palm of your hand to slow down. Wouldn't you think of braking like that?Igo on
Braking with a wheelchair is not always easy. Between burns to the hands, sore arms and shoulders, there are many inconveniences when you have to go down a slope. Colin Gallois, former UTC student, found the solution...read more
When a person tries to brake en armchair roulant, on a descent it can be difficult. This scene, one of the creators of Dreeft, saw it with his own eyes and decided to develop a solution...
This system therefore allows anyone, whatever their wheelchair, whatever their pathology or their age, to brake, slow down and turn without any friction in the hand and with 5 times less effort. FWC therefore means fewer obstacles, less effort and more autonomy, for longer...read more