Embrace Furnishings by Carolina offers the Family series, by the Bishop + Dates Collaborative. The furniture is designed to meet demands of intensive traffic areas using familiar elements to create classic designs. Products feature streamlined exposed-wood details and simple stitch patterns. Spring seats and backs and high quality foam grades provide comfort.
Planar Systems Inc., a provider of flat panel display systems, has announced the Dome EX line, which includes a 4-megapixel color diagnostic display medically certified for the health care field. Designed for use in many areas of a health care facility, the display features a widescreen, 16:9 format that simplifies comparison studies by eliminating the image split associated with dual-head monitors, providing more screen space for multiple images.
Interface modular flooring is designed for a range of health care facilities. The carpet products contain the company’s proprietary antimicrobial preservative. Products are engineered with a dense fiber construction and a high-performance backing system.
This combination lowers resistance to rolling loads, from wheelchairs to hospital beds. The dense fiber surface of the modular flooring provides additional safety from slips and falls. The company’s products are recommended in areas where frequent spills or soiling may occur.
Dwyer Nourishment Stations are modular so they can fit in areas throughout a facility. They’re outfitted with components that are necessary for health care workers to meet special dietary and between-meal requirements of patients. Features of the Model NS25C-72L include a 24-inch built-in microwave and a high capacity icemaker that dispenses up to 400 pounds of ice per day.
The stainless steel back wall shield and components are hypoallergenic.
Bondtech Corp. specializes in the sale and manufacturing of autoclaves and autoclave systems. The company supplies systems to the medical waste treatment industry and offers complete turnkey installation and maintenance service. The company’s systems are high-vacuum, high-pressure systems.
Autoclaves are subject to a pre-vacuum cycle, pulsating saturated-steam cycle, and a post-vacuum cycle to facilitate more uniform penetration of steam into the medical waste to be treated. The high vacuum is achieved by using a liquid seal vacuum pump or a steam ejector.
Scale-Tronix offers stand-on and wheelchair scales that take up less space in a health care environment. They mount snug to the wall and protrude 4 inches when not in use. The generously sized weighing platform folds down and there is limited bending or lifting required.
The battery-powered digital scales automatically turn on and zero as the platform is opening. Shut-off is also automatic. The weighing surface is only 1-1/2-inches high for easy patient access. Capacity is 660 pounds.
Naturelife from Associated/ACC International LTD is a urethane-finished heterogeneous sheet vinyl flooring that recreates the texture and appearance of hardwood floors. Suited for applications from health care to hospitality, the flooring has an “embossed in register” surface.
The flooring is designed for a range of applications from assisted living facilities to after-delivery areas. It is anti-microbial, anti-fungal, and can be heat or chemically welded and flash coved. The product is an alternative to plank flooring and can be used in entranceways or as a replacement to carpet.
Wellness Elements from Wellness LLC are part of a new patient environment system. The company has considered space, form, ergonomics and color in creating the products. The system’s lines and touch points, like side rails, table edges and drawer pulls, are smooth and rounded. The pieces work on their own or together and each is available in a variety of colors and finishes.
The entire line integrates with the company’s modular patient rooms known as Wellness Environments. The emphasis on ergonomics also assists family members, physicians, nurses and other hospital staff.
Liko Inc., a supplier of patient lifts, has introduced a new family of general-purpose mobile lifts. Designated the “Viking Series,” the new lifts accommodate the needs of a range of lifting situations, patient sizes and medical conditions. The lifts are offered in four separate models, S, M, L, and XL, to enable matching of lift size and capacity to patient size and condition.
The company uses lightweight materials in the construction of the lifts. The lifts are manufactured of aircraft-grade extruded aluminum for strength, corrosion resistance and attractive appearance.
The Rotary Vane GP series medical vacuum packages from GlobalVac Medical Vacuum Systems are available from 1 to 25 hp. The systems are integrated with all components piped and wired prior to shipping. The series is offered in either tank- mounted packages or stack-mounted systems with room for future pumps to be added.
The pumps are continuous duty-rated with long life carbon vanes. Each pump is equipped with a TEFC motor and internal discharge and exhaust filters.
