ISO 16840-2 provides a battery of tests that provide technical information about a wide range of
wheelchair cushion characteristics.
If standard
wheelchair cushions are deemed inadequate, individuals with SCI may require custom seating.
Comparison of three
wheelchair cushions for effectiveness of pressure relief.
It is not unreasonable then, to expect that such practices would carry over into any new government program and have a deleterious effect on small companies that make specialized wheelchairs,
wheelchair cushions, catheters, etc.
No method currently exists for measuring internal tissue deformations noninvasively; so
wheelchair cushion design and selection are based mostly on measuring sitting pressures.
Biomedical Systems has added the Air Flow[R]
Wheelchair Cushion to its line of pressure sore prevention products.
Pending these future studies, weight-bearing MRI could systematically support
wheelchair cushion design and selection.
The mapping tool is a pad that is placed on the
wheelchair cushion between the buttocks and cushion.
BG Industries has introduced its new AccuMax[TM] Quantum[TM] Convertible
Wheelchair Cushion.
As the
wheelchair cushion industry matures, the focus on prevention of decubitus formation shifts from tissue loading to the contributing factors in sore formation.
Biomedical Systems has added the Air Flow
Wheelchair Cushion to its line of pressure sore prevention products.
This system is not intended to measure the properties of the materials in absolute units such as watts per square meter per hour or water vapor measured in kilograms per square meter per hour, but instead the TRCLI is designed to create conditions similar to those produced by the human body when supported on typical
wheelchair cushion materials.
