The Patient Lifting Equipment market is growing rapidly due to the increasing need for safe and ergonomic patient handling solutions. As healthcare facilities focus on reducing injuries related to ...

There are multiple ways to prevent nurse injuries from patient handling. Find out the pros and cons of various interventions. It's no secret that America's healthcare workers are in danger of injuries ...

HULC is a lower-body, electro-hydraulically-powered exoskeleton designed to lift and carry heavy loads. It transfers weight through the machine’s frame to the ground, significantly reducing operator ...

Automation and robotics have made material handling effortless (aside from the headaches created by software glitches). However, there are major limitations and some tasks cannot be done with robots ...

Caregivers of wheelchair-bound people face a lot of challenges, and one of them is simply getting the person out of the wheelchair at the end of the day and into bed. Repeated heavy lifting in this ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Personal Safety Division announces that StrongArm® Technologies ErgoSkeleton™ personal performance equipment will now be available for purchase through 3M’s ...

In 1986, Sigourney Weaver appeared in the sci-fi film "Aliens" as Ellen Ripley – the film's heroine who saves the day by donning an exosuit and fighting off a terrorizing alien queen. What most ...

Members of Bioactivity work on the beginning stages of the Emergency Lift Assist device. This past March, Andy Cohen was caught in one of the worst snowstorms of the year. The Crozet native, who ...

WEBVTT THEY NEED HELP LIFTING A RESIDENT OFF THE GROUND. THE OMAHA FIRE DEPARTMENT’S MEDIC UNIT GETS DISPATCHED AROUND 50-THOUSAND TIMES A YEAR. ABOUT 300 OF THOSE CALLS ARE NON-EMERGENCY FALLS AT ...