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The NoLiftingTM
System provides a single-user, multipurpose, low-contact mobile chair that both transfers and transports
dependent or bedridden patients. Since the chair permits "touchless"
transfer, it prevents Covid-19 cross infection during transfer-mobility and
Activities of Daily Living. It reduces the time required, number of caregivers, and
direct contact with patients during ADLs. It is currently a prototype device
and is not yet available for purchase.
The
system is unique because it transfers patients laterally
using a patented zero-lift method that constructs a stretcher
around the patient in bed and raises the patient slowly
by adjusting the
stretcher. This eliminates friction during lateral transfer because the
patient is no longer touching the mattress. Since
toileting
and showering can be done in the chair, it prevents patient
falls and caregiver injuries
by
requiring only two patient transfers per day (in and out of bed). It also reduces patient pain,
and requires fewer caregivers than conventional transfer
methods that utilize floor sling-lifts.
The main two components of the system are the
BAS Chair
TM
and BASComfort
TM
mattress
which together use our patented Build-A-StretcherTM
technology to mobilize patients.
The BAS (pronounced BASE) Chair
TM
functions as six devices in one. It serves as a
bed to mobile chair patient transfer device
mobile chair
reclining gurney
mobile chair to other patient support surface (i.e., examining
table) transfer
system
With an inexpensive stand, it can also serve as a
shower chair
commode or toileting chair
It is also lighter, more mobile, and much less expensive
than competing lateral transfer devices such as transfer chairs. It also
makes common patient care activities more efficent since transfer to the
chair, into showers, and onto commodes takes a fraction of the time of
other patient handling methods. All these activities require only one
caregiver.
Its cost saving advantages include:
No-lift transfer lowers medical Worker Comp. costs: annual costs
exceed $1.2 billion, indirect costs are 3 to 4 times this amount
Drastically reducing patient falls by requiring only two lateral transfers of a
dependent patient
per day
instead of the normal 6 to 20 sling-lift or stand-pivot transfers
Single caregiver transfer allows individual caregivers to mobilize patients heavier than
themselves
thus reducing
personnel costs
in homes and facilities
Single caregiver 2.5 minute transfer from bed, 30 second transfer to shower, amd 60 second
transfer to commode reduces nursing costs and the time spent transferring
patients
For the cost of less than two week's care at a nursing home,
the BAS ChairTM
can allow
the patient's family to save $85,000 or more a year in nursing home costs
Continuous support of the patient's entire body during transfer means increased patient safety,
fewer falls, less medical liability
Easier transfer to a sitting position means fewer bed sores as pressure is
relieved on areas of skin normally subject to pressure ulcers,
treatment of pressure ulcers costs are estimated to exceed $9 billion annually
Safer transfer of confused, disoriented (later stage Alzheimers or stroke)
patients by avoiding the
insecurity of hoisting which can lead to anxiety and acting out behaviors,
Dementia costs: $200 billion annually, $1.1 trillion by 2050, Strokes cost:
$73.7 billion annually (2010)
Improved patient mobility reduces the need for expensive low air
loss, alternating pressure, and air-fluidized mattresses
Compact size means lower storage costs, increased accessibility, and moving less
furniture making the device usable in small spaces (i.e., bedrooms)
Reduced patient pain during transfer means fewer combative patients, fewer allergic
reactions to medication, decreased cost of
pain medication
Reduced pain means earlier mobilization and rehab, shorter hospital stays
Fast, no-lift shower and toileting attachment reduces
slips and falls by eliminating dangerous "stand and pivot" transfers to
shower benches and commodes
Fewer bulky medical devices means fewer hazards and decreased liability from
patients and staff
falling on and tripping over equipment
Allows patients to stay at home longer ("age in place") instead of being forced into
costly
long-term care facilities
when they become dependent and lose mobility significantly reducing Medicare costs
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