Compliance; Service Life - Invacare rea azalea assist User Manual

Rea® Azalea®

1.8 Compliance

This product is in compliance with EN 12183 Manual
wheelchairs – Requirements and test methods and the
European Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices
to apply the CE-mark.
This product has been tested and conforms to the standards
ISO 7176–8, ISO 7176–14 and ISO 7176–16 or ISO 1021–2
for resistance to ignition.
The Rea® Azalea family have been crash tested together with
the Invacare "Flex 2" and/or "Flex 3" standard backrest.
The Rea® Azalea standard has also been crash tested with
Laguna 2 backrest. All configurations, are tested together
with REA neckrest.
The Rea® Azalea Base has been crash tested together with
the Invacare "Flo-shape" seat cushion and "MatrX PB"
backrest. The Rea® Azalea Base has also been crash tested
together with the "Leckey" seating systems "Mygo" and
"Kit". Other tests performed on the Azalea Base have also
been carried out with the standard backrest and seat from
the Azalea range mounted.
Invacare can in no way predict the effect of an accident with
other configurations.
6
The Rea® Azalea product range has been tested as complete
products including Invacare backrests. However, when the
Rea®Azalea is ordered without backrest, it is not to be
considered as a complete product. Only when the base and
the backrest system have been combined, an evaluation
of the safety can be done. The company that mounts
the backrest system must perform a final risk assessment.
Always check whether there is a compatibility agreement
between the manufacturer of the backrest and Invacare.
Only then the product maintains its CE-marking.

1.9 Service life

We estimate that the Invacare® wheelchair has a service life
span of five years. It is difficult to state the exact length of
the service life of our products and the length stated is an
estimated average life span based on normal use. The life
span may be considerably longer if the wheelchair is used
to a limited extent and if it is used with care, maintained
and handled properly. The life span may be shorter if the
wheelchair is subjected to extreme use.
1488727-M