I-Transia™
2Safety

2.1GeneralGuidelines

WARNING!
–Readandunderstandtheseinstructions.DONOT
usethisproductwithoutreadingandunderstanding
theseinstructionsandthehoistusermanual.Ifyou
needhelpwiththeseinstructions,contactahealthcare
professionaloranInvacaredealer.Otherwiseinjuryor
damagemayoccur.
ACCESSORIESWARNING
–Invacareproductscanonlybeusedwithaccessories
madebyInvacare.AccessoriesnotmadebyInvacare
havenotbeentestedbyInvacare.Accessoriesnot
madebyInvacareshouldnotbeused.
Theinformationcontainedinthisdocumentissubjectto
changewithoutnotice.
Checkallpartsforshippingdamagebeforeusing.Incaseofdamage,
DONOTusetheequipment.ContactanInvacaredealerforfurther
instructions.

2.2OperatingInformation

Thissectionofthemanualcontainsgeneralsafetyinformationabout
yourproduct.Forspecificsafetyinformation,refertotheappropriate
sectionofthemanualandprocedureswithinthatsection.

General

WARNING!
Thismanualcoverstheinstallationofthefreestanding
railsystem.RefertotheI-Transiausermanualforsafety
informationrelatedtousingandmaintainingthehoist.
–Readtheinstructionscarefullybeforeusingthe
I-Transiaandinconnectionwithcleaningandservice
ofthehoist.
–Thefreestandingsystemcanbesetupandtakendown
byoneperson.
–Thefreestandingrailsystemshouldbesetuponalevel
surface.
–TheI-Transia’smaximumloadmustneverbeexceeded.
–TheI-Transiamayonlybeusedtoliftormoveaperson
withdisabilities.
–Thefreestandingrailsystemmustnotbeusedforany
otherpurposethanthatstatedinthisusermanual.The
railsystemisnotaplaygroundoraswingdevice.
–IftheI-Transiafailswhileinuse,stopusingthehoist,
transferthepatientusingadifferentmethodand
contactanInvacaredealerforrepairbyacertified
technician.
–Thisproductismechanicallyprotectedagainstderailing
andjamming.
–Theendstopshavetobeproperlyinstalledandlocked
withspringpins,andthe2yellowthumbscrewson
thetopbracketshavetobeproperlytightenedbefore
usingthesystem.
–Checkthefreestandingsystemregularlytoensureit
isstable.

PinchPointsandPositioning

WARNING!
RiskofInjury
PinchpointsarepresentonthestrapcarabinerAand
fingerscouldbepinched.
ThehangerbarBcanmovesuddenlyandcauseinjury.
–ALWAYSkeephandsandfingersclearofmovingparts
toavoidinjury.
–Whenpositioningthehoist,beawareofthepositionof
thehangerbarBandthepatient.Injurycouldoccur.
WARNING!
Pinchpointsarepresentinthepivotpointsofthevertical
polesandbetweenthetoprailandtheverticalpoles.
–ALWAYSkeephandsandfingersclearofmovingparts
toavoidinjury.
–ALWAYSkeephandsandfingersclearofpinchpoints
duringsetupofthefreestandingrailsystem.

2.3LoadLimits

Readthelabeloneachcomponentwhichindicatesthemaximumload
limitsforeachcomponent.
Thecomponent,e.g.hangerbar,liftingsling,etc.labelledwiththe
lowestloadlimitdeterminesthemaximumloadlimitfortheentire
system.
Thismaximumloadlimitmustnotbeexceeded.
Pleasenotethatthemaxloadmaychangewhendifferentcomponents
areused,suchashangerbars,liftingslings,etc.
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