Evacuation of people with disabilities from a structure or a facility is a challenging but sometimes neccessary undertaking. It is especially challenging when elevators are out of commission and the only alternative is use of stairways.

The StairbustA was designed to allow transport of people with disabilities both in a lying down position or in a sitting position.

Student Edwin Yau, a University of Technology (Sidney), student earned a Dyson Design Award for design of this unique evacuation system.

"The StairbustA is an unique product that allows a single user to rapidly transfer a non-ambulant elderly or disabled person down a flight of stairs and over harsh terrain in an emergency situation, without compromising the safety and wellbeing of the evacuee. The StairbustA is unique in that it is able to transform from a "stretcher" position to a "chair" position due to the integration of a two-way hydraulic actuator and a clever pin-catch adjustment system. This ability to transform makes the StairbustA unlike any other product currently available on the market."

" The key to the StairbustA’s innovative ability to conquer stairs lies in the tri-wheel assembly which allows for smooth movement of travel over stairs and other harsh terrain surfaces. This feature is successfully used in existing cargo trolleys and other stair-climbing devices."