Usage; General Safety Information; Overview; Control Box And Hand Control - Invacare Soft Tilt User Manual

Invacare® Soft Tilt

4 Usage

4.1 General Safety Information

WARNING!
Risk of personal injury and damage to property.
– The bed must be placed so that the height
adjustment is not obstructed by, for example,
lifts or furniture.
– Take care that no body parts are being squeezed
between fixed parts (such as side rails, bed
ends etc) and moving parts.
– The hand control must not be used by children.
– The hand control must only be used by care
giver.
IMPORTANT
If a power failure occurs, the battery secures the
possibility of resetting the Soft Tilt via the "CPR"
function.
– Make sure the battery is fully charged before
using the Soft Tilt.
– refer to Battery in the Maintenance section for
further information.

4.2 Overview

The Soft Tilt can be operated either in manual or automatic
mode.
In both modes it is possible to activate the normal functions
the bed.
It is recommend to have the head section slightly
raised, while using the Soft Tilt, to provide a more
comfortable position to the end-user.
Manual mode
The manual mode has been designed to support the care
staff in turning the end-user from side to side in the bed.
The wings can be raised and lowered via the hand control
(see section Manual Operation).
Automatic mode
The automatic mode has been designed to provide pressure
reduction to end-users.
In the AUTO program, the wings will move automatically
according to pre-defined parameters for time and angle (see
section Auto Program Sequence).
In Program 1 and 2, the wings will move automatically
according to individually defined parameters for time and
angle (see chapter Programming).
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4.3 Control Box and Hand Control

• A On/Off & CPR (cardiac arrest function) button
• B Emergency stop button
• C Function buttons to choose the mode of operation.
• D Setup buttons to set the parameters for program 1
and 2
• E Display
• F Position indicators
• G Hand control

4.4 On/Off and CPR/Reset function

Turn the system On
1. Press and hold the button A for 3 sec. to turn the
system on.
CPR / Reset function
The CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) / Reset function
overrides all commands and moves both wings into a
horizontal position.
1. To activate the CPR / Reset function press button A
(without holding).
Turn the system off
1. Press the button A to reset the system and if applicable,
wait until both wings moved into horizontal position.
2. Press and hold the button A for 3 sec. to turn the
system off.
Display
System Display
Status
OFF
ON
software
version
(3 digit
number)
— — —
ON
Reset
OFF
Note
Display blank
Displayed 2 sec. after system
has been turned on. (switches
to passive mode if no function
is selected).
Passive mode (no function
selected)
Displayed after the CPR / Reset
function has been activated.
The system subsequently
switches to passive mode.
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