Obesity - assistive products
Assistive products that can stand up to a user weight of more than 150 kg.The product groups listed below includes products with user weight, max greater than or equal to 150.
Be aware that not all products with user weight, max greater than or equal to 150 kg are suitable for obese people since other specifications as e.g. seat width can be crucial. More information
Massage chairs
Chairs with electric function for massaging the body.
Foam cushions for pressure-sore prevention, synthetic (PUR)
Cushions made of PUR (polyurethane) foam. E.g. HR PUR foam (High Resilience polyurethane foam), CM HR PUR foam (Combustion Modified High Resilience polyurethane foam) or viscoelastic PUR foam (temperature sensitive polyurethane foam).
Foam cushions for pressure-sore prevention, latex
Cushions made of foamed natural rubber.
Air cushions for pressure-sore prevention, static
Cushions made of synthetic- or latex material, which can be filled with air or air cells. Included are air cushions divided into sections and cushions with a combination of air and e.g. foam.
Air cushions for pressure-sore prevention, dynamic
Cushions made of synthetic or latex material, which can be filled with air and used together with a motor, which provide a continuously changing pressure in the cushion. Included are dynamic air cushions divided into sections and dynamic combination cushions of air and e.g. foam.
Gel cushions with solid gel for pressure-sore prevention
Cushions filled with viscous gel, including cushions with a combination of viscous gel and e.g. foam.
Gel cushions with fluid gel for pressure-sore prevention
Cushions filled with easy flowing gel, including cushions with a combination of easy flowing gel and e.g. foam.
Cushions of other materials for pressure-sore prevention
E.g. honeycomb cushions and cushions made of animal hair or hay and chaff.
Cushions with a special shape for pressure-sore prevention
E.g. wedge shaped cushions, arthrosesis cushions, and ring shaped cushions.
Foam mattresses, synthetic (PUR)
Mattresses made of PUR (polyurethane) foam. E.g. HR PUR foam (High Resilience polyurethane foam), CM HR PUR foam (Combustion Modified High Resilience polyurethane foam) or viscoelastic PUR foam (temperature sensitive polyurethane foam).
Air mattresses, static
Mattresses made of synthetic- or latex material, which can be filled with air. Included are combination mattresses of air and e.g. foam and air mattresses divided into sections.
Air mattresses, dynamic
Mattresses made of synthetic or latex material, which can be filled with air and used together with a power unit, which provide a continuously changing pressure in the mattress where parts of the body periodically are entirely relieved from pressure. Included are dynamic combination mattresses of air and e.g. foam and dynamic air mattresses divided into sections.
Water mattresses
Mattresses with water embedded in cells of plastic or rubber material. Included are pressure-sore preventing combination mattresses of water and e.g. foam and water mattresses divided into sections.
Mattresses, other material
Other mattresses apart from foam mattresses, air mattresses and water mattresses.
Mattress overlays, foam
Supplementary mattresses to be placed on top of a mattress. Including overlay mattresses with synthetic foam and with foamed natural rubber.
Mattress overlays, static air
Supplementary mattresses to be placed on top of a mattress. Including overlay mattresses made of synthetic- or latex material, which can be filled with air.
Mattress overlays, dynamic air
Supplementary mattresses to be placed on top of a mattress. Including overlay mattresses made of synthetic or latex material, which can be filled with air and used together with a power unit, which provide a continuously changing pressure in the mattress.
Mattress overlays, other material
Supplementary mattresses to be placed on top of a mattress. Including overlay mattresses made of other material than foam or air.
Exercise cycles
Stationary cycle with a saddle for exercising legs and cardio.
Assistive products for exercising gait pattern
Stationary equipment for providing support to a person training to improve a gait pattern.
Balance boards
Equipment to stand or sit on for training balance.
Assistive products for body positioning during therapy
Equipment for supporting a person in the correct position to facilitate therapy and treatment.
Tilting tables
Platforms for positioning and supporting a person while progressively moving him/her from a lying position to an upright position.
Commode chairs
E.g. sanichairs, toilet wheelchairs, commode chairs also used for showering.
Toilets without douche and air dryers
Toilets that may be for wall mounting, height adjustment, or with a special height.
Toilets with douche and air dryers
Toilets with built-in douche and possibly air dryers.
Toilet seats
Devices attached to the toilet bowl or toilet chair for a person to sit on.
Raised toilet seats mounted on frame
Raised toilet seats (separate) standing on floor, where the seat can easily be removed from the toilet bowl
Raised toilet seats, detachable
Raised toilet seats (loose attachments) placed directly on the toilet bowl/toilet seat.
Raised toilet seats fixed to toilet, without arm supports
Raised toilet seats without arm supports. Permanently fixed on a toilet bowl to increase the height of the seat. Replaces an existing toilet seat.
Raised toilet seats fixed to toilet, with arm supports
Raised toilet seats with arm supports. Permanently fixed on a toilet bowl to increase the height of the seat. Replaces an existing toilet seat.
Toilet seats with built-in raising mechanism to assist standing up and sitting down
Toilet seats that have a built-in lifting mechanism.
Toilet arm supports and toilet back supports, free-standing
Free-standing frames with two armrests.
Douches and air dryers for attachment to a toilet
Devices attached to a toilet to provide a water spray with or without air blowing afterwards.
Bath boards
Seats without back support placed on the rim across the bathtub.
Bath seats
Seats hung from the rim of or placed in the bathtub. Included are e.g., bath seats with or without backrest.
Shower stools without optional back support
Shower stools and shower benches without optional back support and arm supports. Without handgrips.
Shower stools with optional back support
Shower stools and shower benches with optional back support and arm supports. May have handgrips.
Shower chairs without castors
Shower chairs without castors and with an integrated back support. May have arm supports.
Shower wheelchairs
Shower chairs with manoeuvring wheels.
Mounted shower seats
Seats for mounting on the wall or to the floor in bathrooms. May be hinged, may be equipped with a back support, arm support and supporting legs.
Shower trolleys with castors
Trolleys, whereupon a person can lie and be douched. The trolleys are free-standing and have castors.
Shower beds without castors
Free-standing beds without castors, where a person can lie and be douched.
Shower beds, wall-mounted
Wall-mounted beds with an outlet, where a person can lie and be douched.
Diaper-changing tables, free standing
Free-standing tables whereupon a person can get dressed and perhaps washed.
Diaper-changing tables, wall-mounted
Wall-mounted tables whereupon a person can get dressed and perhaps washed.
Bathtubs
Also known as baths. Included are, e.g. portable and folding bathtubs.
Assistive products for walking, not manipulated by the arms
E.g. walking chairs.
Walking sticks
Walking sticks without a forearm support, a single shaft, and one tip (ferrule).
Elbow crutches
Walking aids with vertical elbow support, one shaft and one tip.
Multi-tip walking sticks
Walking aids which have a handgrip, shaft and three or more tips.
Walking frames
Frames which a person lifts to move. With hand grips, without forearm support and with either four tips or two tips and two castors.
Rollators
Walking aids which can be moved by pushing or pulling, and have hand grips and three or more wheels.
Walking tables
Walking aids with wheels and tips and a supporting table or forearm support.
Three-wheeled mopeds and motorcycles
Three-wheeled mopeds and motorcycles with special features for persons with disability.
Foot-propelled tricycles and quadricycles
Cycles with three or more wheels for one propelling person, pedal propelled.
Hand-propelled tricycles and quadricycles
Hand-propelled cycles with three or four wheels.
Bimanual handrim-drive wheelchairs
Wheelchairs designed to be propelled and steered by the occupant, by pushing with both hands, on the wheels or on the handrims of the wheels.
Manual comfort push wheelchairs with tilt-in-space
Manual wheelchairs with tilt-in-space to be manoeuvered primarily by an attendant.
Manual attendant-controlled transit wheelchairs without tilt-in-space
Manual wheelchairs without tilt-in-space to be manoeuvered primarily by an attendant.
Electrically powered wheelchairs with manual direct steering
Wheelchairs powered by electricity, with control of direction (steering) by mechanically changing the orientation of the pivot drive wheel(s) without powered assistance.
Electrically powered wheelchairs with electronic steering
Electrically powered wheelchairs activated with an electronic controller by the occupant.
Assistant-controlled electrically powered wheelchairs
Electrically powered wheelchairs manoeuvred by an assistant with an electronic controller or a remote controller.
Crawlers and mobility boards
Wheeled devices on which a person lies or sits and moves by pushing on the floor with the arms or legs.
Wheeled stretchers
Manually propelled mobile platforms.
Sliding boards for transfering in sitting position between two seats
Sliding products used for sliding in sitting position between e.g. wheelchair and bed.
Sliding boards for transfering in lying position between two beds
Sliding products used for sliding a person in lying position between two lying surfaces.
Sliding products with one-way sliding function
Sliding products that glide one way and locks the other way.
Small sliding and turning products, manually operated
Cushions, gloves, and small underlays with low friction capacity. Length/diameter max. 80 cm.
Large sliding and turning products, manually operated
Sheets and underlays in flexible materials with low friction. Length above 80 cm.
Powered sliding and turning products
Sliding and turning products with powered actuating mechanism.
Accessories for assistive products for sliding and turning
Including only accessories intended for use together with several different sliding and turning product series.
Turntables
Devices to assist a person in a standing or near-standing position to make a rotating movement where the feet are placed on the device when moving.
Not mounted rails for self-lifting
Devices to support a person rising from a sitting or lying position (e.g. from a bed or chair).
Transfer belts
Belts which are intended to support a person during transfer. One or more handles are attached to the belts and used when transferring.
Carrying chairs, carrying harnesses and carrying baskets
Devices for moving a person from one place to another carried by one or more assistants.
Transfer platforms
Devices for moving a standing person a short horizontal distance.
Lifting seats and lifting mattresses
Transfer equipment for lifting a person from the floor to e.g. a bed or to a sitting position wherefrom standing up may be possible.
Mobile hoists for transferring a person in sitting position with sling seats
Equipment for transferring by lifting and freely moving a person in a sitting, near-sitting and semi-lying position; the body support unit consists of slings.
Mobile hoists for transferring a person in standing position
Equipment for transferring and repositioning a person from a sitting position into an upright standing position; the equipment can be moved around freely; the body support consists of slings, a foot support and leg or knee support.
Mobile hoists for transferring a person in sitting position with solid seats
Equipment for transferring by lifting and freely moving a person in a sitting position; the body support unit consists of a solid seat, a spade seat or equivalent.
Mobile hoists for transferring a person in lying position
Equipment for transferring by lifting and freely moving a person in a lying position; the body support unit is vertically adjustable but not horizontally revolving.
Stationary hoists fixed to walls, floor or ceiling
Equipment for transferring by lifting and moving a person in a specific location.
Stationary free-standing hoists
Equipment for transferring by lifting and moving a person freely or in an area limited by the system.
High slings
Trunk covering slings with or without head support.
Low slings
Slings covering pelvis and the lower back.
High toilet slings
Trunk covering slings with split leg support specially designed for toileting. With or without head support.
Low toilet slings
Slings covering pelvis and the lower back. With split leg support specially designed for toileting.
High amputation slings
Trunk covering slings specially designed for persons with amputated leg(s). With or without head support.
Low amputation slings
Slings covering pelvis and the lower back, specially designed for persons with amputated leg(s).
Split slings
Slings that consist of two or three straps used together.
Slings for standing mobile hoists
Slings that consist of one or two straps used with a standing mobile hoist.
Lifting vests
Lifting vests fastened around the the trunk for lifting. With or without crotch straps.
Lifting panties
Slings or straps fastened around the crotch.
Lifting racks
Body-support units where the user is standing or sitting on a platform which is suspended to the hoist by means of a rack.
Lifting stretchers
Stretchers for horizontal lifting constructed as a solid frame with straps, as sheets with spreader bars or a solid stretcher.
Lifting grabs
Spreader bars constructed with solid supports/grabs. To be placed at each side of the chest.
Chairs
Chairs with or without a special mechanism to assist a person to stand or sit etc.
Stools
Seats with one or more legs without a back; may have the option of an add-on back.
Standing chairs
Seats with one or more legs that provide support for a person remaining in a standing or near-standing position. Maximum height of more than 60 cm. With or without a back rest. With or without castors.
Lounge chairs and easy chairs
Comfortable chairs for general use. Included are, e.g. lounge chairs with a special mechanism to assist a person to stand or sit.
Special sitting furniture
Chairs that meet the specific seating requirements of a person, e.g. high chairs for children, sitting bags, floor seats.
Modular seating systems
Seating systems based on a framework to which can be attached selected seat modules, the position of which can then be adjusted to achieve a particular seat configuration. Included are, e.g. chairs assembled from separate elements.
Cushions or systems added to seats to assist a person to stand or sit
Seat cushions with a mechanism that can lift a person up to enable him or her to transfer from a sitting to a standing position; the mechanism may also support the descent of a person while sitting.
Beds and detachable bed boards/mattress support platforms, non-adjustable
Beds with special features such as fixed handrail or fixed supports. Included are, e.g. high beds.
Beds and detachable bed boards/mattress support platforms with powered adjustment
Beds with one or more sections of the mattress support platform that can be adjusted in height or angle; adjustments are performed by an electric mechanisme operated by the occupant or by an assistant.
Bed lifts
Height adjustable undercarriages on which a standard bed can be mounted, thus serving as a height adjustable bed.
Stairlifts with seat
Lifting devices that have a seat unit attached to one or more rails and that follow the shape and angle of the staircase.