The ASCENDER™
Seating System product line consists of Bariatric chairs and
transporters and Orthopedic chairs and transporters which are used
by hospitals, rehab centers, nursing homes, and individuals. The
COMMODE/LIFT product line consists of three variations on the
basic design which can be used as a bedside commode,
over-the-toilet commode, or lift system in institutions or the
home. The ASCENDER™ Seating System was invented by Harold Sharff in
1982 and is currently in use in over 800 hospitals nation-wide,
many of which are leading orthopedic centers in their geographic
areas.
A list
of those leading hospitals would include the following:
- Brigham
& Women's Hospital - Boston(Where research, development, and
clinical studies occurred)
-
Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston
-
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center - New York
- John's
Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore
- UCLA
Medical Center - Los Angeles
- Mount
Sinai Medical Center - New York
- St.
Luke's Medical Center - Jacksonville, FL
- Lahey
Clinic - Burlington, MA
-
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
- Wesley
Long Community Hospital - Greensboro, NC
- New
England Medical Center - Boston
- Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital - New Brunswick, NJ
- Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital - Philadelphia
- Buffalo
General Hospital - Buffalo
- Ohio
State University Medical Center - Columbus, OH
The
original concept for the product came directly from the medical
profession that was seeking a chair that would protect joints,
conserve energy, provide correct anatomical positioning, and allow
safe, easy entry and exit.
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