BodiLink wheelchair accessories specifically designed for the Corpus power positioning seating system are an ideal combination. Together, they provide best in class hardware and anatomical support to provide the highest level of articulation and comfort to meet a vast array of positioning needs.
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MAX 8 head support hardware provides the ultimate combination of strength and adjustability. The piano-hinge style joints, along with a double taper, result in the strongest hardware on the market. The MAX 8 hardware offers mid-line and lateral-offset to provide maximum adjustability and comfort.
BodiLink Lateral Trunk Support (LTS) hardware and pads have been designed with the body’s shape in mind and to facilitate enhanced comfort and proper trunk alignment. The GT2 swing-away hardware is a link/joint system used to increase adjustability. The spring-loaded joints allow for easy set up, and the swing-away mechanism can be placed on the top or bottom for easier removal for clients with limited dexterity. The premium moldable, supportive pad design, along with the unique wrist joint, allows pad rotation to match the body’s shape for improved contact area and comfort.
BodiLink premium lateral pelvic/thigh supports (LPTS) pads are designed to provide enhanced comfort, additional base support and positioning for the user. The Telescoping Taper (TT) hardware with power mount makes it easy to install on Permobil power wheelchairs. The LPTS pads, in combination with the TT hardware, allow nearly infinite pad adjustability with 360o of swivel. The removable TT hardware features a trigger-release lever designed to be the most user-friendly trigger activation, and can be rotated in place for multiple configurations.
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One of the most important concepts to understand when charged with selecting a mobility device is that not all equipment is the same! There are 2 different categories of equipment that have distinct requirements and criteria: Durable Medical Equipment (DME), and Complex Rehabilitation Technology (CRT). Today we will look more closely at the more standard or basic category, DME.
DME equipment is often what people generally think of when they think of wheelchairs. These are the standard wheelchairs you see in hospitals or nursing homes and are purchased in bulk to meet short term needs. They also include scooters and standard power wheelchairs with a captain’s seat and back. DME wheelchairs are considered standard or basic as they come in limited sizes and have very little adjustability. These wheelchairs are not designed to fit individual needs but are more for short term mobility needs.
Today's blog is written by Rachel Maher, our clinical education specialist in Australia.
Actuators are used on power wheelchairs to make the seat move – so it is an actuator that makes a seat move back into tilt, or the back support recline, or the leg supports elevate. A smart actuator is an actuator that has a sensor attached to it, allowing it to sense its position in space. A smart actuator is able to sense its position at any point between being fully retracted or fully extended, or for example whether the seat is in no tilt, or in 15 degrees of tilt, or 45 degrees, as opposed to being in no tilt, or full tilt.
It is easy to look at the F5 Corpus VS and be in awe of its ability to transition someone from sitting to standing with smoothness and grace. While the flagship chair of the Permobil line is amazing in all capacities we cannot overlook the lessons we have learned in the last 43 years of manufacturing standing power wheelchairs. What you all know as the F5 Corpus VS was a lifelong journey of love, dedication, and the drive to give our end users the same technological advantages that we all use in our everyday lives
Lesson #1: End users need a full range of power seat functions
While the first Permobil standing power wheelchair in 1977 was innovative, we quickly discovered that compromising other power seat functions to achieve our goal was not ideal. From only utilizing recline and power leg movements, to limiting tilt to 25 degrees in the 1980’s and 90’s, we learned that asking our end users to give up key components of their seating system would not best meet their needs. In 2004, with the introduction of the Permobil Combi, we accomplished our goal of giving our power wheelchair end users full power seat functions and did away with the “either/or” option. Our standing wheelchair has continued to evolve into what we know today as the F5 Corpus VS.
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