Small components – serious responsibility Gas springs, dampers, and drives for medical and rehabilitation technology

For secure height and angle adjustment

For comfortable opening and closing

For cushioned, safe closing

For secure height and angle adjustment

Non-blockable gas springs LIFT-O-MAT

For cushioned, safe closing

Hospital and nursing beds

Slightly adjustable hospital beds create more comfort for patients and staff - and help to avoid pressure loads. This is a major advantage, especially when patients are lying down for long periods of time.

In medical emergencies, it is also necessary that all elements of the bed can be lowered into the shock position, the so-called Trendelenburg position, within seconds.

Functionality

Comfortable and effort-saving, our lockable gas springs support the mobility of headboards and lying surfaces of hospital beds. They enable the back section to be raised steplessly and lock it in the desired position. The foot section can be rigidly locked at any desired angle of inclination.

When lowering, Stabilus gas pressure springs protect the bed elements from moving too quickly. Oil-hydraulic dampers also ensure safe lowering of the side rails. Optionally, our products are also available in a car wash-resistant design.

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For safe height and tilt adjustment

Blockable gas springs BLOC-O-LIFT

For safe height and tilt adjustment

Gas springs with continuous tilt adjustment HYDRO-LIFT

Additional holding function by convenient rigid or spring blocking

Hydraulic dampers STAB-O-SHOC

For damped, secure closing

Swivel and support arms, lamps and light stands

In the operating room and the intensive care unit, it’s common to need to place multiple pieces of equipment right by the patient’s side. Support arms and stands are a huge help here. They also help with the optimal utilization of precious space in medical facilities.

Functionality

Our gas springs enable variable, easy, and precise positioning of the functional elements of fixed and pivoting support arms for monitors, lamps, and medical equipment. In these applications, they can compensate for even relatively large weight shifts while ensuring a safe travel path at the same time.

They’re also perfect for surveillance monitors, lamps, and dental chair equipment thanks to their ability to move a huge variety of even relatively heavier loads through variable pivoting angles.

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LIFT-O-MAT FR friction gas springs for variable positioning

For optimal counterbalancing during lifting and lowering

HYDRO-LIFT gas springs with infinitely variable angle adjustment

For secure height and angle adjustment

Additional retention function through comfortable rigid or elastic locking

Doctor’s chairs and stools

Gas springs help provide ergonomic seating for physicians. Doctor’s chairs and stools can quickly be brought to the right height with a simple hand operation or with the foot release. This keeps your hands free and, most importantly, sterile.

Functionality

With our locking, self-supporting gas springs, the doctor’s stool can be variably adjusted up or down in the blink of an eye, springing comfortably into the desired position. This spares the spine from hard impacts.

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STAB-O-MAT gas springs for seat height adjustment

For secure height and angle adjustment

Specially designed for swivel chairs, work chairs, armchairs, and stools

Armchairs for seniors

Seniors often don’t have the strength to go from a comfortable seated position back to standing without assistance. The standing aid of an armchair designed for seniors supports the user in this situation so they can overcome the task independently.

Functionality

Our gas springs help seniors preserve their freedom of movement. Just the simple press of a button initiates the standing aid or the transition between the sitting position and the lying or reclining position. The chair gently glides into the desired position. Backrests and footrests can also be safely adjusted to any position. The gentle, supportive cushioning provided by the gas springs also supplies an additional level of comfort.

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For comfortable opening and closing

HYDRO-LIFT gas springs with infinitely variable angle adjustment

For safe height and tilt adjustment

Additional retention function through comfortable rigid or elastic locking

Massage and treatment tables

An essential factor for the ergonomic and relaxed working position of medical personnel is the variable height adjustment of the table. Precisely adjustable chest, hip, head, and foot sections bring the patient’s body to the optimal position – an important component in successful treatment.

Functionality

Stabilus gas springs bring treatment tables to the desired position safely and effortlessly, providing a sufficient degree of blocking force in doing so. This eliminates the need for additional locking devices.

What's more, our gas springs can be equipped with overload protection, known as the override function. If the treatment table is loaded beyond a predefined specification, an overload valve opens, causing the table to yield gently.

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BLOC-O-LIFT locking gas springs with extension override

For secure height and angle adjustment

For effective protection against overload

HYDRO-LIFT gas springs with infinitely variable angle adjustment

Additional retention function through comfortable rigid or elastic locking

For cushioned, safe closing

For comfortable opening and closing

Trash cans and waste bins

In the health sector, impeccable hygiene is non-negotiable. That’s why most waste bins are made of metal and have a mechanism for operation with your foot. It is also important to protect patients, visitors, and health care workers against acoustic stress with gliding, cushioned opening and closing of the cover. Many times a day.

Functionality

With the help of gas springs and small damping elements, uncontrolled dropping of the waste bin lid is turned into gentle and quiet closure. When opening, the cover smoothly glides up and doesn’t hit the furniture or the wall.

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For comfortable opening and closing

For cushioned, safe closing

Wheelchairs and mobility scooters

Patients who are older or are lacking in strength often have trouble standing up out of the wheelchair on their own. Certain injuries require elevation of the leg, which of course also must be a function provided by the wheelchair. Additionally, an adjustable backrest facilitates comfortable sitting.

A suitable alternative to the wheelchair is the mobility scooter, which gives those who are impaired or lacking in strength some of their mobility back. Our gas springs prove to be a useful assistant here in optimally positioning the wheelchair or scooter to the physical condition of its user. Not only that, but they also help with standing and guarantee safety and comfort.

Functionality

In wheelchairs and scooters, gas springs provide variable height and angle adjustment of the backrest and seat pan. This means that the patient doesn’t need to exert as much strength to stand. In the movable foot sections, our gas springs enable elevation of the legs, even on just one side.

During travel, our dampers ensure gentle cushioning of the wheels. The lift function of the scooter gently supports standing, while smooth damping of the seat relieves the spine and its discs to increase riding comfort.

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LIFT-O-MAT PTL gas springs with self-locking function

For comfortable opening and closing

Force assistance and end-position locking based on the ballpoint pen principle

For secure height and angle adjustment

BLOC-O-LIFT OBT locking gas springs

For cushioned, safe closing

Hospital nightstand

Nightstands have fold-out table surfaces so bedridden patients can eat while in bed as comfortably as possible. These tables can be rotated over the bed. With the help of our gas springs, the height of this eating surface can easily be adjusted even when heavily loaded.

Functionality

We developed our gas springs for over-bed tables specifically for use in hospital nightstands. They make it possible to lift the table surface without any release mechanism at all. This both improves patient comfort and enables medical personnel to safely and easily raise the table surface.

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Special gas springs for hospital nightstands

For secure height and angle adjustment

Cabinets

Just like all applications in the medical field, the functionality of furniture and cabinets is placed under the highest demands. Our gas springs hold panels and cabinet doors open securely and provide gentle support along the travel path during opening and closing.

Functionality

Our gas springs are the elegant and reliable solution for functional furniture in hospitals and doctor’s offices. They enable force-assisted opening and quiet closing of cabinet doors, gently cushion panel movements, and ensure positioning of the door in every single position exactly as needed. They are available in silver-gray and white – whichever is right for your design.

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For comfortable opening and closing

For cushioned, safe closing

Walking and standing aids

People with disabilities or who are going through a rehabilitation regimen after trauma are sometimes unable to support their full body weight with their legs. In such cases, standing and walking aids help these patients rise to a standing position and walk. This provides an exceptional level of relief.

Functionality

Gas springs enable quick, individualized adjustment of a walking aid’s height to its respective user. When it comes to standing aids, they take on a role of strength assistance. This relieves caretakers and even helps heavier patients to move themselves independently.

Arm supports can be variably adjusted into different intermediate positions based on the patient’s stature. That’s the functionality made possible by locking gas springs.

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For secure height and angle adjustment

For comfortable opening and closing

Laboratory equipment

Stabilus Group products are also a great help in the lab – whether at university hospitals or research facilities or in households receiving skilled nursing services. Typical application areas include centrifuges, agitators, and incubators.

Functionality

In centrifuges, our gas springs and drives support easy opening, closing, and positioning of covers.

Our damping technology is used in vibration elements, agitator plates, and centrifuge rotors. Our products are also used in incubators, which serve for example to store and grow bacterial, cell, and tissue cultures.

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