General
IfadefectorfaultisdiscoveredtheInvacare®customerorLocal
BusinessDevelopmentManagerfromwhomtheappliancewas
obtainedmustbenotifiedimmediately.Themanufacturerwillnot
acceptresponsibilityfordamagecausedbymisuseornon-observance
oftheinstructionssetoutinthisuserguide.Duringtheperiodof
thewarranty,anyproductsthathavebecomedefectiveduetofaulty
workmanshipormaterialswillberenewedwithoutcharge.The
warrantywillbeforfeitedshouldanyunauthorizedalterationbemade
totheequipment.BothwarrantyandfireretardancyCertification
willbecomenullandvoidifnon-Invacare®sparesareusedonany
Invacare®Mattressproducts.Thepurchaser’sstatutoryrightsunder
theConsumerProtectionActarenotaffected.
1.4Standardsandregulations
Qualityisfundamentaltothecompany’soperation,workingwithin
thedisciplinesofISO9001andISO13485.
AllInvacare®Softform®MattressproductsfeaturetheCEmark,in
compliancewiththeMedicalDeviceDirective93/42/EECClass1.
Invacare®iscontinuouslyworkingtowardsensuringthatthe
company’simpactontheenvironment,locallyandglobally,isreduced
toaminimum.
•Wecomplywiththecurrentenvironmentallegislation(e.g.
WEEEandRoHSdirectives).
•WeonlyuseREACHcompliantmaterialsandcomponents.
ThefoamandcoverusedtomanufacturetheInvacare®Softform®
rangeofmattressesareindependentlytestedandcertifiedin
accordancewithEN597-1,EN597-2andBS7177Crib5.
ThecontrolunitistestedtoECDirective2004/108/EECandEN
55011.ManufacturedtocomplywithEN60601-1.
ForfurtherinformationpleasecontactInvacare®inyourcountry
(addressesseebackpageofthismanual).
1.5Intendeduse
Thispressureredistributionmattressandcontrolunitareintended
tobeusedinconjunctionwithanappropriatelysizedbedframe,as
partofanoverallpressureulcerpreventionprogramofcare.
Itcanbeusedsafelyinstaticmode(deflated)forstaticpressure
redistribution,orindynamicmode(inflated)shouldanalternating
pressuresupportsurfaceberequired.*
Anyotheruseisprohibited.
Thisproducthasbeendesignedtodelivereffectivepressure
reductiontousers,whentheproductisinnormalusewhichis
definedbyInvacareLtdaswhenthesupportsurfaceiscoveredwith
acotton,cottoncombinationorlinenbedsheet,andanyoneof
thesewouldbetheonlyitemdeployedbetweenthesupportsurface
andtheuser.
*Operatoractionisrequiredtochangesettingsonly.
1.6Servicelife
Weestimatealifeexpectancyoffiveyearsfortheseproducts,
providedtheyareusedinstrictaccordancewiththeintended
useassetoutinthisdocumentandallmaintenanceandservice
requirementsaremet.Theestimatedlifeexpectancycanbe
exceedediftheproductiscarefullyusedandproperlymaintained,and
providedtechnicalandscientificadvancesdonotresultintechnical
limitations.Thelifeexpectancycanalsobeconsiderablyreduced
byextremeorincorrectusage.
Thefactthatweestimatealifeexpectancyfortheseproductsdoes
notconstituteanadditionalwarranty.
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