Choosing an appropriate medical examination couch is essential to optimize the daily work of doctors and healthcare professionals, while ensuring both patient comfort and safety.
To choose the right one, it’s important to evaluate its comfort, functionality, quality and durability over time. Let’s take a detailed look at all the aspects to consider carefully:
Key Features of a Professional Medical Examination couch
Stability and Strength
The frame of the couch must be sturdy and able to support patients safely. The use of steel tubing for the frame is the ideal choice to ensure solid and reliable support, offering strength and security.
Patient Comfort
The upholstery must be of high quality to ensure maximum comfort and full compliance with Class 1 IM fire resistance standards. The optimal padding is made of high-density polyurethane, ideal for providing adequate support to the patient while maintaining its shape over time.
Adjustability
A good couch, thanks to its two or three-section structure, should allow simple and precise adjustments to both the height and the backrest to accommodate different clinical needs and patient positions.
Further adjustments apply to gynecological examination couches, where it is important to evaluate the ability to rotate and adjust height and depth of leg supports, ensuring the best comfort for patients and maximum functionality for healthcare professionals.
Ease of Cleaning
It is advisable to opt for easy-to-clean upholstery that is durable and simple to disinfect frequently. PVC or leatherette coverings combine maximum practicality with an elegant appearance. For easy maintenance, don’t overlook the design: prefer modern, linear shapes without hard-to-clean crevices.
Versatility
The couch must be versatile and suitable for various uses, from routine medical examinations to minor surgery, optimizing the efficiency of the clinic and enabling safe emergency interventions.
Difference Between Hydraulic and Electric couches
Hydraulic couches
Hydraulic couches use hydraulic pumps to adjust the height and sometimes the inclination. These models are ideal in environments without access to electricity. The advantages include portability and simplicity, as they can be moved easily and do not require complex maintenance.
Electric couches
Electric couches are equipped with electric motors that allow precise height and inclination adjustments by remote control. They are ideal for environments with access to electricity. They offer ease of adjustment, allowing smooth and continuous position changes without physical effort.
Skema couches by Moretti Industry
The Skema couches, by Moretti Industry, a division of Moretti SpA, represent excellence in the Italian and European market for professional medical examination couches, both for hydraulic and electric versions.
The frame is made of sturdy and elegant painted or chromed steel tubing and the washable and self-extinguishing leatherette upholstery is Class 1 IM certified for fire resistance. It is available in a wide range of colors, allowing customization based on the aesthetic and functional needs of any healthcare environment.
Each Skema couch is designed and manufactured at Moretti’s operational headquarters in Tuscany, following a rigorous internal design and production process that ensures high quality. By choosing Skema, you get a durable and reliable product with guaranteed and measurable delivery times, as well as excellent post-sales support.
The Skema range also includes height-adjustable gynecological examination couches, equipped with an electrically adjustable backrest and a gas spring-operated leg section. These couches come with 360° rotating height-adjustable leg supports and a stainless steel tray for liquid collection, ensuring maximum functionality during gynecological exams.
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