Invacare ILIFTEE - Weighing the Patient

I-Lift™
9.5WeighingthePatient
WARNING!
–Theweightcapacityislimitedtothelowestrated
capacityofanyoneofthecomponentsinuse(e.g.
PatientLift,SlingorScale).Thepatient'sweight
MUSTnotexceedthelowestratedcapacityofany
component.
1.Attachslingstrapstothehangerbar.Forproperattachment
instructionsreferto6.3AttachingtheSlingstotheLift,page29.
ForimprovedaccuracyontheI-Lift,attachallsling
strapstothecenterhooksonbothsidesofthehanger
bar.However,patientcomfortmayrequireadifferent
configurationofslingstraps.
2.PresstheON/OFFkey.
Thedisplaywillindicatethelastweightthatwas
measured.Theword“LOCK”willbeseeninthedisplay
box.
TheZEROkeyispressedinordertoavoidcapturing
theweightoftheslingandthehardware.IftheZERO
keyisnotpressedtheweightoftheslingandtheweight
ofthehardwarewillbeincludedintheweightdisplayed.
Notzeroingoutwillgiveafalsereadingofthepatient’s
trueweight.
3.PresstheZEROkey.WhentheZEROkeyispushedthe
followingwillhappen:
a.Thescalewillresettozeroandtheword“ZERO”will
appearinthedisplay.
b.Thelockfunctionwillthenbeturnedoffandtheword
“LOCK”willdisappearfromthedisplay.
Thescaleisnowactiveandcontinuallyupdatingthe
weightdisplay.
4.Placethepatientinthesling.
5.Attachtheslingtothelift.Referto6.3AttachingtheSlingsto
theLift,page29.
6.Activatetheliftmechanismtoraisethepatientuntiltheyare
completelysupportedbythelift.Forpatientliftinginstructions,
referto6.4LiftingandTransferringthePatient,page31.
7.Notetheweightdisplay.
8.WhentheweightdisplaybecomesstablepresstheLOCKbutton
tolocktheweightdisplay.Thiswillbeindicatedbytheword
“LOCK”appearinginthedisplaywindow.
Shoulditbenecessarytounlocktheweightwhilethe
patientisstillsupportedbythelift,theUNLOCKbutton
maybepressed.Theweightwillunlockandtheword
“LOCK”willdisappearfromthedisplaywindow.The
weightvaluewillthenbeupdated.Oncetheweight
becomesstabletheweightcanbelockedagainby
pressingtheLOCKbutton.
Stablebeingdefinedastheweightfluctuatingtwotenths
ofapound.Forexample,apatientweighingonehundred
pounds,thescalewillfluctuatebetween99.8and100.2
untiltheLOCKkeyispressed.Fluctuationoftheweight
displayedisnormalasnotedabove.PresstheLOCK
buttontolocktheweight.
9.Theliftmaynowbeloweredandtheslingremovedfromthe
patient.
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