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Antirollback Brake.


Universal Medical Products has announced the introduction of "Brake Sentry"--a restraint-free antirollback device that can be added to most sling-type wheelchairs. It prevents a wheelchair wheel·chair or wheel chair
n.
A chair mounted on large wheels for the use of a sick or disabled person.


wheelchair,
n
 from rolling backward when a resident uses his upper body weight to get up.

Brake Sentry is shipped fully assembled as·sem·ble  
v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles

v.tr.
1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury.

2.
 with an installation video and comes equipped with the following features: manual brake deactivator for easy maneuvering of an empty chair; automatic brake deactivator release; and inaccessible inaccessible Surgery adjective Unreachable; referring to a lesion that unmanageable by standard surgical techniques–eg, lesions deep in the brain or adjacent to vital structures–ie, not accessible. See Accessible.  moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid. . It is restraint-free (OBRA-compliant).
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Title Annotation:Universal Medical Products' Brake Sentry - information on product
Publication:Nursing Homes
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2001
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