“Since we hade the backrest fitted we only have two patients who cannot use it and we see the most severe cases”

Denise French
Royal Hospital for
Neuro-Disability

The backrest is one of the most important parts of a tilting platform it must be comfortable, safe and easy to use.

The Design Specific High Comfort™ backrest is supplied on all of our platform range has been developed and evolved through discussion and consultation with our long-term users in both acute clinics and community dental practices.

The design of the High Comfort™ backrest meets the needs of standard hard backed wheelchairs as well as the more demanding and highly specialised wheelchairs

It can also be readily adapted to accommodate soft backed wheelchairs, existing wheelchair headrests, the presence of oxygen cylinders and many other items of peripheral equipment.

•	Large soft padded head cushion for comfort
•	Supports the patient not the wheelchair
•	No stress to the wheelchair
•	Safety does not depend on the construction of the wheelchair
•	Fully adaptable for hard backed chairs
•	Simple adjustment mechanism
•	Can be adjusted even when the patient is tilted
•	Fully adaptable for hard backed wheelchairs
•	Accommodates wheelchair adaptations such as spinal supports and oxygen cylinders
•	Folds away when not required
•	Accommodates any width of wheelchair
•	Rigid construction
•	Ergonomic contours

Features

Schematic