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Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH.

Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Taputapu Rongoā me ngā Pūrere Hauora Competition Category.


RinoHua Rongoā· 2020

Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui

by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH.

Client: Hoverboard GmbH.

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Hua Rongoā Category

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The Design

About Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui

Ko te Hoerihi Inbase he tautoko tuururu ahurei o te awhiowhio me te whakatikatika teitei o te pneumatic me te taputapu nekenekehanga. Hei whakatutuki i nga whakaritenga o te mahi, te pumau, te teitei iti, te whakahaere ngawari, te haumaru, nga paerewa ture me te pumau, he mea nui nga rauemi kounga hei hanga tino maamaa, engari ko te hoahoanga maamaa. Me whai te Puka i nga mahi, engari whakautua kia ngawari.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Hoverboard Inbase Whakatārewatanga Hau Manawanui mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Hoverboard Inbase

is a unique airsuspended stretcher support with integrated pneumatic height adjustment and lateral movement device.

A new dimension in protecting patients and medical staff in ambulances.

Hoverboard - Premium ambulance technology
Dimensions & Packaging
L2183 x W606 x H155 mm.
Weight 126 kg
Tags
Hoverboard, air suspension, stretcher support, emergency medical service, ambulance
Production Technology
Stainless steel 1.4301.
Laser cutting, robot welding.
Premium materials.
Design Challenge
According to EN 1789 and ECE R17, the whole Hoverboard Inbase must resist to 20g.
Successfully tested by DEKRA Germany.
Research
Research in emergency medicine.

Objectives: Protecting patients in transport, ergonomics for physician and paramedics.

Methods: Lab experiments and field test runs with various ambulances.

Results:
Patients feel better and stay in better condition.
Less aggravation of their injuries.
Medical staff can work in upright posture.
This means a significant relief for their spine.
Inspiration
Patients worldwide are still being transported in ambulances straight above the rear axle of a delivery vehicle, suffering additional and unnecessary pain from road bumps.

Besides, this causes enormous medical expenses for the aggravation of their injuries during the ride in the ambulance.

Hoverboard Inbase insulates patients from impacts by an efficient air suspension, that absorbs up to 80 percent of the incoming acceleration by strokes from uneven roads.

All automatic and self adjusting to patients weight.
Project Duration
Project started in September 2017 in Mils/Austria.
Market release in May 2019 at RETTMobil in Fulda/Germany
Operation Flow
Operation:
Just slide in the stretcher.
The moment it locks, the Hoverboard adjusts automatically
to the patients weight and lifts gently to the level for optimal riding comfort.

Loading and unloading:
When unlocking the stretcher, the Hoverboard lowers automatically for easy loading and unloading.

Hence the patient only has to be slided, but never be raised manually.

Pneumatic lateral movement device:
Pressing one of the pushbuttons (front or backside) unlocks the cross motion device.
As long as you press, you can move the Hoverboard sideways in 8 positions, each 32 mm.

Releasing the button locks the Hoverboard in the nearest position.

Rigid position (e.g. for reanimation):
Pressing the blue main switch quickly lowers the Hoverboard to lowest, rigid position.

Pressing the red switch quickly lifts the Hoverboard to highest, rigid position.
Patents
HOVERBOARD is a registered european Trade Mark of Gerhard Maier.
Team Members
Gerhard Maier
Image Credits
All rights by Gerhard Maier, Hoverboard GmbH.

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