General
1.3 Warranty
We provide a manufacturer's warranty for the product in accordance
with our General Terms and Conditions of
countries. Guarantee claims can only be made through the provider
from whom the appliance was obtained.
Standard Invacare Terms
This is to certify that your Softform® Premier Active 2 Mattress is
warranted by Invacare Ltd for a period stated in the Table "Technical
Data" of this user guide.
This is subject to the individual country's Sales Agreements.
Please contact your local Invacare Sales Office for further information.
The Warranty of your Invacare Softform®product is valid from time of
shipping.
If a defect or fault is discovered please contact and notify the provider
from whom the appliance was obtained immediately.
The manufacturer will not accept responsibility for damage caused by
misuse or non-observance of the instructions set out in this user guide.
During the period of the warranty any products that have become
defective due to faulty workmanship or materials will be renewed
without charge.
The warranty will be forfeited should any unauthorized alteration be
made to the equipment.
Both warranty and fire retardancy Certification will become null and
void if non-Invacare spares are used on any Invacare Softform®Mattress
products.
The purchaser's statutory rights under the Consumer Protection Act
are not affected.
Quality and Flame Retardancy
Quality is fundamental to the company's operation, working within the
disciplines of ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.
The Invacare Softform®Premier Active 2 Mattress features the CE
mark, in compliance with the Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC
Class 1.
Business in the respective
Invacare is continuously working towards ensuring that the company's
impact on the environment, locally and globally, is reduced to a mini-
mum. It is Invacare's goal to:
• Comply with the current environmental legislation (e.g. WEEE and
REACH directives)
• Ensure that we, at the widest possible range, use RoHS compliant
materials and components.
The foam and covers used to manufacture the Invacare Softform® ran-
ge of mattresses are independently tested and certified in accordance
with EN 597-1 and EN 597-2 and BS 7177 Crib 5.
The control unit is tested to EC Directive 89/336/EEC, EN 55022 and
EN 61001-1, 2. Manufactured to comply with EN 60601-1.
For further information please contact Invacare in your country
(addresses see back page of this manual).
1.4 Intended use
This pressure redistribution mattress and control unit are intended to
be used in conjunction with an appropriately sized bed frame, as part
of an overall pressure ulcer prevention program of care.
It can be used safely in static mode (deflated) for static pressure redis-
tribution, or in dynamic mode (inflated) should an alternating pressure
support surface be required.
This product has been designed to deliver effective pressure reduction
to users, when the product is in normal use which is defined by Inva-
care Ltd as when the support surface is covered with a cotton, cotton
combination or linen bed sheet, and any one of these would be the
only item deployed between the support surface and the user.
1.5 Service Life
We estimate a life expectancy of five years for these products, pro-
vided they are used in strict accordance with the intended use as set
out in this document and all maintenance and service requirements
are met. The estimated life expectancy can be exceeded if the product
is carefully
used and properly maintained, and provided technical and
scientific advances do not result in technical limitations. The life expec-
tancy can also be considerably reduced by extreme or incorrect usage.
The fact that we estimate a life expectancy for these products does
not constitute an additional warranty.
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