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Vertica

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WINNERof the iF Product

Design Awards

selected by a jury among 2,756 applicants

out of 43 countries.

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03 Bed rest isn’t everything.

04 Standing up made easy.

06 It’s easy to sit up.

08 Safe as safe can be.

10 Safety: it doesn’t get much simpler than this.

11 The ultimate in user-friendliness.

12 Perfection – down to the smallest detail.

14 A lighter workload; product features.

15 Decorative elements; technical data.

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Stiegelmeyer beds promote the healing process – about that there can be no doubt. But healthy though bed rest may be, some patients also need to be activated early on in the recuperation process. And this sometimes necessitates extensive support and assistance from nurses and tremendous effort on the part of the patient.

In our view, patient mobilisation should be done differently, and we’re very pleased to offer you a genuine Stiegelmeyer innovation that not only intelligently meets the needs of the patients and nurses alike, but looks terrific: the Stiegelmeyer Vertica hospital bed.

Bed rest isn’t everything.

15 Decorative elements; technical data.

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Lowest bed-surface position: 42 cm

Highestbed-surface position: 83 cm

Backrest adjustable up to about a 70 degree angle

Anti-Trendelen-burg position realisable up to a 16 degree angle

Trendelenburg position (shock position) real-isable up to a 16 degree angle

Fowler position Legs-raised position

Cardiac position

Orthopaedic position Thigh support adjustable up to about a 30 degree angle

Decor: Snow White 9417-60

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Standing up made easy.Our take on standing up.For us, mobilisation means activating the patient without overtaxing him – or for that matter nurses, who shouldn’t be subjected to undue physical strain. So we thought, before standing a patient up, why not move the patient and his bed into an upright position so that nurses don’t have to go through all the effort of pulling the patient over the edge of the bed.

Thus the Vertica gently lifts the patient from a prone to a sitting position, and from there to an upright position, thus allowing for a smooth and stepless standing-up process – which can of course be interrupted at any time to allow the nurse to adjust the process to the patient’s needs and state of health.

Thus patient activation gets off to a safe start, and can be ended at any time.

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Decor: Snow White 9417-60

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It’s easy to sit up.In a conventional hospital bed, it’s often difficult if not downright impossible for a patient to assume a genuine sitting position – which of course cannot be achieved by simply adjusting the bed’s backrest, thigh rest and lying surface, since the patient is still essentially in a horizontal position.

But it’s a different story with the pathbreaking Vertica, which enables the patient to assume a genuine sitting position. What’s more, the Vertica foot board doubles as a table, thus enabling the patient to eat or talk to visitors while seated comfortably (large picture).In addition, the patient’s head is at the same height as that of his visitors, which has an extremely positive effect on the patient’s state of mind and self-esteem. For in the final analysis, autonomy and mobility are key wellness factors that make a significant contribution to the healing process.

The easy mobilisation afforded by the Vertica is beneficial for the patient in other ways as well. A great many more activation measures can be realised with substantially less exertion – an advantage that helps stabilise blood circulation over the long term and expedites the healing process. And this in turn can potentially allow for an earlier release, thus cutting healthcare costs.

The Vertica’s head and foot boards can be fully removed, and the foot board doubles as a table, or a surface for bed linens. When the backrest is moved to a nearly 90 degree angle, the sitting surface is reduced to an ergonomically optimal size (Figure 2).

Optional implement bars allow nurses to place implements around the patient flexibly (Figure 3).

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Safe as safe can be.Safety always involves both the safety that’s designed into a product, plus how safe the user feels the product is. Thus for example, extremely weak patients will feel safer in a Vertica bed because having a table in front of them protects them from falling forward (Figure 1). What’s more, adjustable and readily accessible handles add an extra measure of stability and physical safety. In addition, a side protection element that can be fitted onto the bed also closes off the gap at the feet (e.g. when patients are attached to the bed in accordance with the German government’s BrArM guidelines).

Other safety features come into play as well when the Vertica is used to bring a patient into the upright position in preparation for standing up. A patient cannot be brought into the upright position unless the brakes has been applied. And with the Vertica a patient feels far safer since his feet reach the floor quickly, and thus he feels secure by virtue of having solid ground under his feet. What’s more, shock patients can be returned quickly to the CPR or shock position from any bed position during mobilisation or circulation training.

The mobilisation-support handles provide an extra measure of safety when a patient is being brought to the upright position (Figure 2) and can be swivelled out of the way if additional space is needed.

The mobilisation supports can be adjusted in such a way that the patient can reach them easily (Figure 3).

The innovative truncation of the calf rest allows for a comfortable seating height and secure contact with the floor for the patient (large picture).

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Safety: it doesn’t get much simpler than this.

The Vertica’s MultiFlex side protection system has numerous advantages, the most exciting one being its extreme user-friendliness and the fact that the system is self explanatory. From the get-go, each hand movement can be carried out correctly and intuitively, thus making the user feel safe right from the start. The side protection elements can be raised and lowered with just a few flicks of the wrist.

And if the mobilisation supports aren’t needed, they are easy to unlock and lower, thus providing you with ready access to the patient with just a few flicks of the wrist.

Decor: Snow White 9417-60

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The ultimate in user-friendliness.

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for the emergency positions, which can be activated at any time from any bed position.

The function that allows a patient to stand up can be reversed at any time.

The Vertica allows a patient to be moved into the following emergency positions with the push of a button:

Emergency position 1: CPREmergency position 2: head down Patient operating leversUsing the patient operating levers (Figure 2), the patient can use all functions offered by a comfortable and fully motorised hospital bed.

Vertica’s electronic control system provides the ultimate in user-friendliness, user comfort and, above all, safety. The bed integrates a programmable control box with two control levers and numerous easy to use functions. All safety-related functions can be reliably deactivated so as to avoid inopportune operation of the two control levers. Staff operating element Safety is of paramount importance in a hospital setting. Thus the entire process of bringing a patient into the upright position in preparation for standing should only be realised under professional supervision, and with the Vertica can only be initiated by a staff member (Figure 1). The same goes

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Perfection – down to the smallest detail.

People will only use technical devices if they’re user-friendly. Conversely, if a device is difficult to use, people will simply stop using it. Thus the Vertica’s stable mobilisation supports are easy to bring into position with only one hand (large picture above).

Extending the mobilisation supports to lengthen the bed (Figure 1).

The mobilisation-support handles allow the patient to stand up unimpeded and can be swivelled out of the way if additional space is needed (Figure 2, left).

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The foot board can be used as a table or as a generously proportioned surface for bed linens. The removable head board allows for unimpeded access to the patient (Figures 2 and 3).

The Vertica is easy to manoeuvre because its wheels are close together; and it exhibits outstanding tipping stability thanks to its automatically telescoping support rollers (large picture above).

The short distance between the Vertica’s wheels makes the bed easy to turn, which is particularly useful when it comes to transporting patients in a hospital (Figure 1).

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A lighter workload Vertica lightens your staff’s workload. Thanks to Vertica’s optimally automated patient mobilisation process, only one staff member need support the patient when he stands up. And best of all, the bed – not the caregiver – bears most of the patient’s weight. This means that all nurses can mobilise and activate patients effortlessly.

The Vertica’s groundbreaking technology does virtually all the heavy “lifting” for you. The bed’s optimally engineered movement process allows for patient mobilisation, even in the absence of a physically strong staff member. And this in turn allows for considerably greater staff deployment flexibility.

Feature

Side protection system

MultiFlex

Electrical components

Control box (ACO)

Sub-bed lighting

Collision switch

Foot pedal

Brake alarm

Illuminated hand switch

Patient operating panel

Rollers

Integrated roller

Cover roller

Double roller*

Plastic step

Cast step

Head board Vertica, retractable at the foot of the bed

ColourArgentum

White

WashingWashable

Non-washable

Bed surface

Hygienic bed surface

Hygienic bed surface for attaching a patient

MattressesFoam

Visco-elastic

MiscellaneousImplement bars below RL

Implement bars at head of bed

= standard = optional

Product components

*Steinco double roller available with plastic brake step only

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Technical dataMotorised elementsFully motorised version: height motor; adjustable back rest, thigh rest, and calf rest; function that enables a patient to stand up by bringing him into an upright position; battery for backup power.

Side protection elementsMultiFlex side protection elements (up to 415 mm above the bed surface)

Vital statistics Outer dimensions: 1038 x 2142 mmBed surface: 900 x 2000 mm (mattress size)Bed surface segmentation (back rest/seating surface/ thigh rest/calf rest): 824/200/360/526 mmLength compensation element for backrest in accordance with Germany’s DBFK regulation: approximately 100 mm(reduced further for the sitting and standing positions) Rated load: 225 kgMaximum hoisting weight: 250 kgFloor clearance for each bed-surface height: approximately 165 mmTotal weight: approximately 175 kg

Adjustment range Tilting the bed surface into the head-down position: an approximately 16 degree angleTilting the bed surface into the feet-down position: an approximately 16 degree angleBed-surface height: about 425-830 mmMotor-driven height adjustment: about 30 seconds Back-rest adjustment: up to about a 70 degree angle, up to about an 85 degree angle for the function that enables the patient to stand up (including emergency lowering from either side of the bed) Thigh-rest adjustment: up to about a 30 degree angle Position with legs raised and outstretched: up to about a 30 degree angle

Decorative elementsThe broad range of colours and decorative elements allows for impeccable harmonisation of the Vertica with your institution’s decor. Additional colours available on request.

Snow White9417-60

Alabaster Mirage4875-60

Silver Grey0160-60

Gold0446-60

Ceylon0424-60

Jade0670-60

Azur0744-60

ShadowD 96-60

Ambient Maple4369-60

Capital Elm4359-60

Global Beech4306-60

Noce Praliné4452-60

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Joh. Stiegelmeyer GmbH & Co. KGAckerstraße 42, 32051 Herford, GermanyPhone: +49 (0) 52 21/185-0Fax: +49 (0) 52 21/185-252E-mail: info@stiegelmeyer.com www.stiegelmeyer.com