Device Category Dossier

Cushion, sitting, wheelchair

Device Category Dossier for Cushion, sitting, wheelchair. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Wheelchair pads are padded devices designed to provide support, comfort, and assistance to wheelchair occupants typically by improving posture, providing back and/or side support, compensating for seat height, relieving stress points, and providing pressure alleviation for the buttocks, lumbar region, and the legs, and/or by providing an antislip mechanism. These devices assist users to fulfil necessary functional requirements whilst sitting in a wheelchair , with applications in both surgical and non-surgical patient positioning for periods of less than 12 hours .