Medical Technology
Function with Big Responsibility
The highest level of functionality and absolute precision are required in the operating room and nursing ward. Day or night, gas pressure springs and dampers from Stabilus make the life of patients and nursing staff easier. Whether it is fast and controlled height adjustment, easy and precise positioning, or integrated weight compensation – wherever reliability is a must, Stabilus gas springs will lift, lower, position, or adjust. They provide comfort and mobility, support the operator, and clearly reduce risks. Maintenance-free and silent, they have been an essential structural component in medical technology for decades.
Surgery is precision work that requires a high level of sensitivity.
That is why it is critical that the operating table can be adjusted quickly and easily, so that the patient will always be in perfect reach of the surgeon.
In gurneys, it is important that they can be individually adapted to the physical state of the sick or injured person to eliminate additional pain and pressure. In transport stretchers, variable height adjustment is required for carefully moving the patient, for example, from a higher surgery stretcher to a lower hospital bed.
Function
In addition to convenient height adjustment, Stabilus gas springs allow variable, easy adjustment of the head, back, and foot sections of operating tables and transport stretchers. Load differences, as they might occur due to differences in human body weight, can be absorbed effortlessly and safely with our gas springs.
Your Advantage
- Fast and individual height adjustment
- Trendelenburg / reverse Trendelenburg adjustments
- Built-in weight compensation
- No EMFs, no fire hazard
- Mechanical actuation system, for no leaks
Our Solutions at a Glance
- BLOC-O-LIFT – gas spring for variable adjustment
- LIFT-O-MAT – for force assist and damping
Sick or injured people often have to stay in bed for a long time.
Easily adjustable hospital beds will increase the patient’s comfort and help prevent pressure-induced ulceration. In medical emergencies, the bed must allow lowering all its elements into the shock position (Trendelenburg position) within seconds.
Function
Our locking gas springs have proven themselves for smooth and safe adjustment of the various hospital bed segments for many years. They assist in the convenient and effortless moving of head and bed main sections. Oil-hydraulic dampers from Stabilus ensure safe lowering of the side rails.
Your Advantage
- Comfortable and effortless adjustment of head and bed main sections
- Individual adjustment of lying and reading positions according to personal preferences
- Fully self-contained
- No EMFs
- No fire hazard
- Mechanical actuation system, for no leaks
- Optional versions available to withstand automatic washing systems
Our Solutions at a Glance
- LIFT-O-MAT – gas spring for optimum weight compensation during lifting and lowering
- BLOC-O-LIFT – gas spring for variable height adjustment
- HYDRO-LIFT – gas spring for variable tilt adjustment
- STAB-O-SHOC – for controlled motion
In the operating room and at the intensive care unit, a number of devices must frequently be placed close to the patient.
Support brackets and tripods can be a big help here. In addition, they help fully utilize the limited space in medical facilities.
Function
In fixed and swiveling brackets for monitors, lamps, and medical equipment, our gas springs allow variable, smooth, and accurate positioning of the functional element. They can also compensate for larger weight fluctuations and still ensure a safe motion sequence.
Your Advantage
- Smooth and even adjustment over the entire range of motion possible
- Moving of the most varied, even heavy, weights thanks to variable pivot points
- Especially suitable for monitoring screens, lamps, and dentist’s chair equipment
Our Solutions at a Glance
- LIFT-O-MAT FR – gas spring for optimum weight compensation during lifting, lowering, and variable positioning
- BLOC-O-LIFT – locking gas spring for variable height and tilt adjustment
- HYDRO-LIFT – locking gas spring for variable height and tilt adjustment
Physicians demand convenience while working.
Stabilus gas springs facilitate ergonomic sitting by quickly bringing chairs and stools to the correct, individual height – either manually or, even more comfortably, by pedal actuation. The hands will remain free and more importantly, stay sterile.
Function
With our locking, self-supporting gas pressure springs, the physician’s stool can be variably adjusted up or down within seconds. Once it is in the desired position, it will bounce pleasantly, saving the spine from hard impact. Of course, height adjustment can be operated both manually and by foot release.
Your Advantage
- Fast adjustment to preferred height by the user
- Pedal and/or hand actuation
Our Solutions at a Glance
- BLOC-O-LIFT – gas spring for variable height adjustment
- STAB-O-MAT – gas spring for variable seat height adjustment in chairs
Variable height adjustability of the treatment table is one of the most important prerequisites for ergonomic and relaxed working of medical staff.
Precisely adjustable back, seat, head, and foot sections can optimally position the patient, contributing to treatment success.
Function
Gas pressure springs from Stabilus will safely and effortlessly bring the patient bed into the treatment position. The locking forces of our gas springs are sufficiently high; no additional locking mechanisms are necessary. In addition, the gas springs can be equipped with overload protection (override function). If the bed is stressed beyond a preset load, the overload valve will open and the corresponding panel will gently yield.
Your Advantage
- Fast and individual height adjustment
- Variable and effortless adjustment of back, seat, head, and leg panels
- No EMFs, no fire hazard
- Mechanical actuation system, for no leaks
Our Solutions at a Glance
- BLOC-O-LIFT – gas spring for variable height adjustment
- BLOC-O-LIFT – gas spring with tension override function as overload protection
- HYDRO-LIFT – gas spring for variable tilt adjustment of hospital bed foot sections
- STAB-O-SHOC – for force-assisted damping
- LIFT-O-MAT – gas spring for optimal weight compensation during lifting and lowering
Pedal-operated metal trash cans are used wherever absolute hygiene is vital – as in the medical sector.
Unfortunately, closing them is associated with a loud noise, because the lid will drop freely when the pedal is released.
Function
Gas springs and small dampers from Stabilus will eliminate these uncontrolled falls and ensure soft and gentle closing. During opening, the lid will glide open smoothly without hitting furniture or walls.
Your Advantage
- Safe and silent closing of lids and flaps
Our Solutions at a Glance
- LIFT-O-MAT – gas spring for easy, controlled opening
- STAB-O-SHOC – damper for dampened, silent closing
Older or weaker patients often have difficulties rising from a wheelchair by themselves. Some injuries require elevating the legs, which must also be ensured in the wheelchair. An adjustable backrest further promotes comfortable sitting.
Function
In wheelchairs, Stabilus gas springs provide easy height and tilt adjustment of backrest and seat. Less strength will be required for rising, and the patient will be able to get from the bed into the wheelchair more easily. In the mobile foot sections, our gas pressure springs allow elevation of one or both legs. Our dampers will gently dampen the wheels while the chair is in motion.
Your Advantage
- Height and tilt adjustment of backrest and foot sections
- Seat height adjustment (facilitates getting directly into and out of bed!)
- Wheel damping
Our Solutions at a Glance
- LIFT-O-MAT – gas spring for optimum weight compensation during lifting and lowering
- LIFT-O-MAT PTL for uncoupling drive modules
- BLOC-O-LIFT – locking gas spring for variable height and tilt adjustment
- STAB-O-SHOC – for controlled motion and chassis damping
In hospitals and nursing homes, meals are often eaten in bed. For this purpose, nightstands have fold-out table tops, which can be moved over the bed. With the help of our gas springs, the serving top height is easily adjustable even under heavy loads.
Function
We have developed the Stabilus-BLOC-O-LIFT OBT (Over Bed Table) especially for hospital night stand applications. This gas spring allows lifting the table top without any actuation mechanism. This will increase patient comfort and, at the same time, allow fast lifting of the table top by medical staff – for example in an emergency.
Your Advantage
- Easy lifting of the table top without an actuation mechanism
- Smooth height adjustment even under changing weight loads
- Fully self-contained
- No EMFs, no fire hazard
- Mechanical actuation system, therefore no leaks
Our Solutions at a Glance
- BLOC-O-LIFT OBT – special gas spring for hospital overbed tables
- BLOC-O-LIFT – gas spring for variable height adjustment
As with all medical applications, the demands on the functionality of furniture and cabinets are also very high.
Stabilus gas springs will hold lids and cabinet doors securely open and gently support the opening and closing motion.
Function
Our gas springs are elegant and reliable solutions for functional furniture in hospitals and physician’s offices. They allow force-assisted opening and silent closing of cabinet doors, dampen lid movements gently, and will securely hold a door in any position.
Your Advantage
- Easy opening of even the heaviest lids
- Will stay safely open
- Dampened closing
- No loud slamming shut
- Easy mounting
- Maintenance-free
- Also available in silver-grey and white
Our Solutions at a Glance
- LIFT-O-MAT – gas spring for lifting, lowering, moving, and positioning
- STAB-O-SHOC – damper for reliable braking of fast movements
