Design Specific US designs and produces a wide range of specialist medical devices and dental equipment for handling patients with special needs globally. The company was established in 1999 by an experienced team from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Brighton, initially creating a wheelchair recliner platform for the Royal Neuro-disability Hospital. Design Specific focuses on innovative and quality-focused dental chair manufacturing, serving dentists in special care dentistry. Their products are practical, easy to use, and cater to a full range of patients, including children and bariatric adults. They are known for being the only wheelchair recliners that can be folded to save floor space.