Invacare Comet Series PRO - 1 General; Introduction; Symbols in this Manual; Type Classification

General
1General
1.1Introduction
ThankyouforchoosinganInvacareproduct.
Thisusermanualcontainsimportantinformationaboutthehandling
oftheproduct.Inordertoensuresafetywhenusingtheproduct,
readtheusermanualcarefullyandfollowthesafetyinstructions.
Ifyoufindthatthefontsizeintheprintversionoftheusermanual
isdifficulttoread,youcandownloaditasapdffromtheInvacare
website(seebackpageofthismanual).Thepdfcanthenbescaledon
screentoafontsizethatismorecomfortableforyou.
Thismobilitydevicehasbeenconstructedforalargecircleofusers
withdifferentrequirements.
Thedecisionwhetherthemodelissuitablefortheusermayonlybe
takenbymedicalspecialistswithappropriateexpertise.
Somemaintenanceandsettingscanbeperformedbytheuser
orhis/hersattendants.Certainadjustmentsdohoweverrequire
technicaltrainingandmayonlybecarriedoutbyyourInvacare
specialistprovider.RefertotheInspectioncheckschapterin9
Maintenance,page48
.Damagesanderrorscausedbynonobservance
oftheusermanualorasaresultofincorrectmaintenanceare
excludedfromallguarantees.
Formoreinformationabouttheproduct,forexampleproduct
safetynoticesandproductrecalls,contactyourlocalInvacare
representative.Foraddressandwebsiteseebackpageofthismanual.
1.2Symbolsinthismanual
Inthismanual,hazardstatementsareindicatedbysymbols.The
symbolsareaccompaniedbyasignalwordthatindicatestheseverity
oftherisk.
WARNING
Indicatesahazardoussituationthatcouldresultin
seriousinjuryordeathifitisnotavoided.
CAUTION
Indicatesahazardoussituationthatcouldresultin
minororslightinjuryifitisnotavoided.
IMPORTANT
Indicatesahazardoussituationthatcouldresultin
damagetopropertyifitisnotavoided.
Givesusefultips,recommendationsandinformation
forefficient,trouble-freeuse.
ThisproductcomplieswithDirective93/42/EEC
concerningmedicaldevices.Thelaunchdateofthis
productisstatedintheCEdeclarationofconformity.
Thissymbolidentifiesalistofvarioustools,
componentsanditemswhichyouwillneedinorder
tocarryoutcertainwork.
1.3Typeclassification
ThisvehiclehasbeenclassifiedaccordingtoEN12184asaclassC
mobilityproduct(outdoors).Becauseofitssizeitislesssuitable
foruseinindoorenvironments,buthasalongerdrivingrangeand
theabilitytoovercomelargerandmoredifficultobstaclesinoutdoor
settings.
1.4Intendeduse
Thismobilitydevicewasdesignedforpersonswhoseabilitytowalk
isimpaired,butwhoarestillintermsoftheireyesightandphysically
andmentallyabletooperateanelectricmobilitydevice.
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