6530-439502 (1986)    CATEGORY STOCK NUMBER (6917)

Name Value
NAME 6530-439502
LIFE EXPECTANCY 10
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ENVI CONT SYS HAND PT
NOMENCLATURE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM, HANDICAPPED PATIENT. CONSISTS OF POWER
PATIENT OR BY HOSPITAL ATTENDANT.  
AND CONTROL SECTION, MONITORING SECTIONAND ACTUATOR. ITEM WAS DEVELOPED
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SEVERELY PARALYZED PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM SPINAL
CORD INJURIES, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND FOR
COMPLETELY IMMOBILIZED PATIENT UNABLE TO OPERATE OR CONTROL ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES. IT PERMITS A PATIENT TO OPERATE A LIGHT, RADIO, TELEVISION,
NURSE CALL, ALARM SYSTEM, ELECTRIC BED, ETC.  
 PNEUMATIC ASSEMBLY IS SENSITIVE TO BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
PRESSURES DEVELOPED BY THE MOUTH, CAN ALSO BE OPERATEDBY PUSH-BUTTON BY