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Power exam chair. (Product Marketplace).


Midmark Corporation offers its improved 419 Power Procedure Examination Chair. The chair allows maximum access to the patient's head and neck area.

The Midmark 4l9 features an improved triple-articulating headrest, which allows physicians to control forward/back, in/out, and up/down motions with a single control lever lever, simple machine consisting of a bar supported at some stationary point along its length and used to overcome resistance at a second point by application of force at a third point. The stationary point of a lever is known as its fulcrum. . With its narrow neck and unique, slim backrest, the chair gives the physician greater legroom leg·room  
n.
Room in which to stretch the legs while seated.


legroom
Noun

space to move one's legs comfortably, as in a car

legroom n
 for improved patient access. In addition, the ergonomically sculptured sculp·ture  
n.
1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.

2.
a. A work of art created by sculpture.

b.
 backrest provides patient comfort. Midmark's exclusive "ready-positioning" feature maintains patient positioning automatically.

With a low access height of 223/8, the chair is easy for patients to get on and off without staff assistance. It powers up to as high as 40 3/8" to satisfy all of a physician's procedural needs.

The Midmark 419 comes with optional push-button (electronics) push-button - A roughly fingertip-sized plastic cover attached to a spring-loaded, normally-open switch, which, when pressed, closes the switch. Typical examples are the keys on a computer or calculator keyboard and mouse buttons.  programmability. Foot controls are standard, but an optional hand control system is available. Several accessories are available, including an 1V pole, a vision-block screen, a hand procedure armboard, and many others.

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Publication:Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Date:Jun 1, 2002
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