Compliance; Product-Specific Standards; Intended Use; Service Life - Invacare Aquatec R User Manual

can only be made through the provider from whom the
appliance was obtained.
Covers and suction cups are excluded from this warranty.

1.4 Compliance

Quality is fundamental to the company's operation, working
within the disciplines of ISO 13485.
This product features the CE mark, in compliance with the
Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC Class 1.
We are continuously working towards ensuring that the
company's impact on the environment, locally and globally,
is reduced to a minimum.
We only use REACH compliant materials and components.
We comply with the current environmental legislations
WEEE and RoHS.

1.4.1 Product-specific standards

The product meets the requirements of the standard ISO
10535 (Hoists for the transfer of disabled persons).
For further information please contact Invacare in your
country (for addresses, see end of this document).

1.5 Intended use

Bath lifts facilitate respectively allow entering and exiting
the bathtub. They are intended solely as a bathing aid for
people with reduced mobility. Any other use is prohibited.
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Indications
• Significant reduction in function / missing functionality
of the upper and/or lower extremities (such as
amputations, paralysis, joint disorders, neuromuscular
disorders with impairment of the extremities), when
an independent entering and exiting from the bathtub
respectively sitting down and getting up is no longer
possible; Trunk control and basic functional capability
of the extremities must still be sufficient.
• Chronic consequences of illness with functional
limitations of the upper and/or lower extremities, that
no longer permit an independent bathing, however
when a largely independent bathing is possible by
the use of the bath lift and other bathing aids for
compensating the disability are not sufficient.
Contraindications
There are no contraindications associated with proper use.

1.6 Service life

The expected service life of this product is five years when
used daily and in accordance with the safety instructions,
maintenance intervals and correct use, stated in this manual.
The effective service life can vary according to frequency
and intensity of use.
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