Invacare®SB®755
1General
1.1Introduction
Thisusermanualcontainsimportantinformationaboutthe
handlingoftheproduct.Toensuresafetywhenusingthe
product,readtheusermanualcarefullyandfollowthe
safetyinstructions.
Notethattheremaybesectionsinthisdocument,whichare
notrelevanttoyourproduct,sincethisdocumentapplies
toallavailablemodels(onthedateofprinting).Ifnot
otherwisestated,eachsectioninthisdocumentreferstoall
modelsoftheproduct.
Themodelsandcongurationsavailableinyourcountrycan
befoundinthecountry-specicpricelists.
Invacarereservestherighttoalterproductspecications
withoutfurthernotice.
Beforereadingthisdocument,makesureyouhavethe
latestversion.YoundthelatestversionasaPDFonthe
Invacarewebsite.
Ifyoundthatthefontsizeintheprinteddocumentis
difculttoread,youcandownloadthePDFversionfromthe
website.ThePDFcanthenbescaledonscreentoafont
sizethatismorecomfortableforyou.
Formoreinformationabouttheproduct,forexampleproduct
safetynoticesandproductrecalls,contactyourInvacare
representative.Seeaddressesattheendofthisdocument.
1.1.1Symbolsinthisdocument
Symbolsandsignalwordsareusedinthisdocumentand
applytohazardsorunsafepracticeswhichcouldresultin
personalinjuryorpropertydamage.Seetheinformation
belowfordenitionsofthesignalwords.
WARNING
Indicatesahazardoussituationthatcouldresult
inseriousinjuryordeathifitisnotavoided.
CAUTION
Indicatesahazardoussituationthatcouldresult
inminororslightinjuryifitisnotavoided.
IMPORTANT
Indicatesahazardoussituationthatcouldresult
indamagetopropertyifitisnotavoided.
TipsandRecommendations
Givesusefultips,recommendationsand
informationforefcient,trouble-freeuse.
1.2IntendedUse
Thebedhasbeendevelopedfordomesticcareandlong
termcare:
•Applicationenvironment3;Long-termcareina
medicalareawheremedicalsupervisionisrequired
andmonitoringisprovidedifnecessaryandmedical
electricalequipmentusedinmedicalproceduresmay
beprovidedtohelpmaintainorimprovethecondition
ofthepatient.
•Applicationenvironment4;Careprovidedinadomestic
areawheremedicalelectricalequipmentisusedto
alleviateorcompensateforaninjury,disabilityor
disease.
•Thebedisintendedforindooruseonly.
•Thebedisintendedforadultusers,havingaphysical
sizeequaltoormorethan146cm,aweightequalto
ormorethan40kgandabodymassindex(BMI)equal
toormorethan17.
•Thebedisnotintendedfortransportationofusers.It
ismobilewithinaroomwithauserinit.Castorsare
lockable.
•Thebedisnotintendedforpsychiatricpatients.
•Maximumuserweightandsafeworkingloadarelisted
ontheproductlabelandinthetechnicaldatasection
inthismanual.
WARNING!
Anyotherorincorrectusecouldleadtohazardous
situations.
Invacareacceptsnoliabilityforanyuse,change
orassemblyoftheproduct,otherthanstatedin
thisusermanual.
1.2.1IntendedOperator
Ahealthcareprofessionalorprivatepersonwhohasreceived
propertrainingistheintendedoperatorofthisproduct.
Thehandcontrolcanalsobeoperatedbytheoccupantof
thebed.
1.3Servicelife
Theexpectedservicelifeofthisproductiseightyearswhen
useddailyandinaccordancewiththesafetyinstructions,
maintenanceintervalsandcorrectuse,statedinthismanual.
Theeffectiveservicelifecanvaryaccordingtofrequencyand
intensityofuse.
1.4Compliance
Qualityisfundamentaltothecompany’soperation,working
withinthedisciplinesofISO13485.
ThisproductfeaturestheCEmark,incompliancewiththe
MedicalDeviceDirective93/42/EECClass1.
Wearecontinuouslyworkingtowardsensuringthatthe
company’simpactontheenvironment,locallyandglobally,
isreducedtoaminimum.
WeonlyuseREACHcompliantmaterialsandcomponents.
WecomplywiththecurrentenvironmentallegislationsWEEE
andRoHS.
1.4.1Product-specicstandards
TheproducthasbeentestedandconformstoIEC60601-2-52
(Particularrequirementsforthebasicsafetyandessential
performanceofmedicalbeds)andallrelatedstandards.
Forfurtherinformationaboutlocalstandardsandregulations,
contactyourlocalInvacarerepresentative.Seeaddresses
attheendofthisdocument.
1.5Warrantyinformation
Weprovideamanufacturer’swarrantyfortheproduct
inaccordancewithourGeneralTermsandConditionsof
Businessintherespectivecountries.
Warrantyclaimscanonlybemadethroughtheprovider
fromwhomtheproductwasobtained.
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