Prism Medical A-205 Patient Hoist with Battery & Hand Control

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Prism Leeds, United Kingdom

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Prism Medical A-205 Patient Hoist with Battery & Hand Control

Name: Prism Medical A-205 Patient Hoist with Battery & Hand Control
Brand: Prism
SKU: PRI4159V
Price: 499.99 GBP
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Key attributes

Brand: Prism
Category: Hoist
SKU: PRI4159V
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Prism Medical A-205 Aluminium Mobile Patient Hoist with Battery and Hand Control, Pre-owned

The A-205 is Prism Medical's aluminium mobile patient hoist, supplied here with its battery and hand control. It runs a 24 V Linak lifting actuator with powered mast and powered base, carries a quick release carry bar that turns through a full circle, and rolls on 100 mm castors. The frame is anodised and powder coated aluminium rather than painted steel.

The lifting range is what decides whether a hoist is worth owning, and this one runs from 390 mm at its lowest to 1770 mm at its highest. The low figure is the one that matters. A person who has fallen is the hardest transfer in residential and community care, and a hoist whose boom will not drop close to the floor simply cannot do it: the sling cannot be reached, and the fallen person waits for an ambulance crew instead. At 390 mm this hoist will work a floor recovery. At 1770 mm it will reach onto a high bed, a changing bench or a plinth.

The base is powered, which is a bigger deal in practice than it sounds. The legs open from 586 mm to 940 mm measured inside, or 690 mm to 1041 mm outside, so the hoist straddles an armchair, a wheelchair base or a commode. On a manual hoist that opening is done with a foot pedal, which means a carer bending to the floor at the same moment they are steadying a patient in a sling. Here it is done from the hand control, standing upright, with both hands still on the transfer. The aluminium frame is the other practical choice: lighter to push along a corridor and unbothered by the damp of a wet room or a bathroom.

A hoist lifts a person, so it falls under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, which call for a thorough examination by a competent person at least every six months, over and above routine servicing. The carry bar takes loop slings on spring loaded clips and can accept weigh scales. The mast can be assembled at three height positions, emergency stop and manual emergency lowering are fitted, charging is on board, and the control box carries diagnostics and usage tracking. Supplied pre-owned with its battery and hand control.

References

Model	A-205
Brand	Prism Medical
Product	Aluminium mobile patient hoist
Lifting range	390 mm to 1770 mm
Actuator	24 V Linak
Carry bar	Quick release, turns through a full circle, spring loaded sling clips
Sling type	Loop
Safe working load	Taken from the hoist label before dispatch
Statutory examination	LOLER 1998, at least every six months
Condition	Pre-owned

Features

Lifting range from 390 mm to 1770 mm, low enough to work a floor recovery and high enough for a raised bed or changing bench.
Powered base, so the legs are opened from the hand control rather than by bending to a foot pedal mid transfer.
Legs opening from 586 mm to 940 mm inside, to straddle an armchair, a wheelchair base or a commode.
Anodised and powder coated aluminium frame, lighter to push and untroubled by a wet room.
24 V Linak lifting actuator with powered mast.
Quick release carry bar turning through a full circle, so the bar does not foul the mast while the person is positioned.
Spring loaded clips on the carry bar for loop slings, and provision for weigh scales.
Mast assembled at any of three height positions.
Emergency stop and manual emergency lowering fitted as standard.
On board charging, so no separate charging dock is needed.
Control box with diagnostics and hoist usage tracking.
100 mm castors on a base 1300 mm long and 110 mm high.
Battery and hand control supplied with the hoist.

Points to note before ordering

Safe working load is read from the hoist, not from a catalogue. Published figures for the A-205 appear as both 205 kg and 200 kg. On a patient hoist that is not a figure to take on trust, so Elarix Medical reads the safe working load from the label on the hoist itself and states it in writing before dispatch.
Slings are not included and are not interchangeable. This carry bar takes loop slings on spring loaded clips, so clip and stud type slings do not fit it. A sling is also matched to the individual being lifted, by size, design and condition, not simply to the hoist. Slings carried over from another machine are checked against this carry bar before use.
Battery condition on a pre-owned hoist. Sealed batteries lose capacity with age and with the way they have been charged, and a hoist that lifts once and then stops mid transfer is worse than one that does not start. Elarix Medical states the battery type and its condition in writing, confirms the charging arrangement works, and quotes a fresh battery where the fitted one has aged.
Pre-owned condition. Marks to the frame consistent with service use. Castors, boom, mast joints, carry bar clips, emergency stop and manual lowering are checked and their state stated in writing, and Elarix Medical photographs the actual hoist on request.

Technical specifications

Brand: Prism Medical
Model: A-205
Condition: Pre-owned
Product type: Mobile patient hoist
Frame material: Anodised and powder coated aluminium
Safe working load: Taken from the hoist label before dispatch
Lifting range, lowest: 390 mm
Lifting range, highest: 1770 mm
Base length: 1300 mm
Base height: 110 mm
Leg width, inside, closed: 586 mm
Leg width, inside, open: 940 mm
Leg width, outside, closed: 690 mm
Leg width, outside, open: 1041 mm
Overall width, legs closed: 690 mm
Leg operation: Powered, from the hand control
Mast: Powered, assembled at any of three height positions
Lifting actuator: 24 V Linak
Battery: 24 V, type and condition stated before dispatch
Charging: On board
Hand control: Supplied, function tested on the hoist
Emergency stop: Fitted
Emergency lowering: Manual, fitted
Control box: Diagnostics and hoist usage tracking
Carry bar: Quick release, turning through a full circle
Sling attachment: Spring loaded clips, for loop slings
Weigh scales: Carry bar able to accept scales, not supplied
Castors: 100 mm
Hoist weight: Confirmed from the hoist before dispatch
Statutory examination: LOLER 1998, thorough examination at least every six months
Work equipment framework: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
Cleaning: Surface decontamination to local policy, no immersion of the control box or actuator
Commissioning: Electrical safety test and function check by Elarix Medical; LOLER thorough examination arranged separately