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Philly Inventor of the Steadicam Creates New Mobility Device, the ‘Zeen’

Garrett Brown, known for inventing the Steadicam, is also the inventor of the Zeen, a mobility machine that aims to improve on traditional wheelchairs and walkers, at the company’s office and assembly warehouse in West Chester, Pa.
Kimberly Paynter
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Garrett Brown, known for inventing the Steadicam, is also the inventor of the Zeen, a mobility machine that aims to improve on traditional wheelchairs and walkers, at the company’s office and assembly warehouse in West Chester, Pa.

Picture a mobility device that looks a bit like a cross between a walker and a wheelchair. It has wheels, it has a seat, but it can transform in ways that allow people to use it sitting down or standing up.

It’s called “The Zeen” and it was developed by a Greater Philadelphian who already has one famous invention tied to his name. WHYY’s Nicole Leonard reports.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 4/17/23)

Nicole Leonard is a health and science reporter for WHYY News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 after covering health care for Connecticut Public Radio. Before that, she was the health reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.