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Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH.

Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Fier in Produs Medical Competition Category.


FierProdus Medical· 2020

Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului

by Gerhard Maier - Hoverboard GmbH.

Client: Hoverboard GmbH.

A' Design Award de Fier Winner in Produs Medical Category

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The Design

About Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului

Hoverboard Inbase este un suport unic de întindere arsuspendat cu ajustare pneumatică integrată și dispozitiv de mișcare laterală. Pentru a satisface cerințele de funcționare, stabilitate, înălțime mică, manevrare simplă, siguranță, standarde legale și durabilitate, materialele de calitate premium sunt esențiale pentru a crea o arhitectură extrem de stabilă, dar ușor de vizual. Forma trebuie să urmeze funcția, dar să convingă ușurința.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fier

Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului a câștigat A' Design Award de Fier, o recunoaștere prestigioasă acordată designurilor bune care îndeplinesc cerințele profesionale și industriale așteptate de la creații bine concepute. Câștigătorii Fierului demonstrează mare pricepere, înaltă specializare, înțelegere de specialitate și capacitate creativă din partea creatorilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului să fie o creație foarte apreciată, admirată și prețuită, practică și inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Fier integrează cele mai bune practici din industrie și are caracteristici tehnice competente îmbinate cu know-how și talent. Pentru acuratețea sa, Hoverboard Inbase Suspensia De Aer A Pacientului merită respect și este conceput pentru a aduce îmbunătățiri ale calității vieții care ajută la facerea lumii un loc mai bun.

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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