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Achievements

At the international exhibition PRAGOMEDICA in 1996, the oxygen concentrator for oxygen therapy was awarded the DIPLOM OF HIGHEST QUALITY.
The electric wheelchair STORM was classified by the expert commission in 1997 to the Gallery of Technical Innovations of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
At the international exhibition MEFA — REHAPROTEX In Brno, SIVAK was awarded in each of the years 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001 for the electric wheelchairs STORM, POWER 2000, TWISTER, MISTRAL, and STORM3 every time the highest award GOLDEN REHAPROTEX, becoming thus a five-fold winner of GOLDEN REHAPROTEX.

Thanks to the quality of INVACARE equipment, SIVAK opened a way to new Guinness Book records. In a test route made to verify the high quality of the electric wheelchair STORM, the peak of the highest mountain in Czechia Sněžka was conquered by Mrs. Dvořáková on September 2, 1997, opening thus the way for all other people on wheelchair.

Mrs. Dvořáková with Storm
Mrs. Dvořáková with Storm
Golden Rehaprotex
Golden Rehaprotex


This successful feat inspired in the Czech Republic first Mr. Miroslav Čiháček from Náchod, a disabled person on a wheelchair, who took it up to the top of Sněžka on September 10, 1997 on the same electric wheelchair INVACARE STORM, in a bad weather, pelted by snow and high winds, and ascended the highest peak of Czech mountains, conquering thus the altitude of 1.602 m above the sea level. His feat was the first to be recorded forever in the Guiness Book of Records.

Among other feats, also the journey of Mr. Josef Bartošek from Hrabyně by Opava is certainly remarkable. On August 4, 1999, Mr. Bartošek set out on a round journey on the wheelchair STORM through six countries of Central Europe — Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and Austria. He finished this admirable journey of 2.105 km in one month on September 3, 1999 by his arrival to the Old Town Square in Prague, with a number of public figures, friends and journalists attending to the event.

The records of Mr. Čiháček and Mr. Bartošek were created by their perseverance and endeavour, but also thanks to the technical and financial support by SIVAK.

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