Are you prepared? Disaster Preparedness for Medical Equipment - How to Prevent Hospital Functions from Stopping in the Event of an Earthquake
It is said that there are more than 330,000 dialysis patients in Japan (according to data from the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, 2017), and it is essential for them to visit the hospital three times a week or more regularly for treatment. If a major earthquake were to occur and they were unable to receive treatment, their lives would be in immediate danger. Yacmo's Medical Utena is a seismic isolator for medical equipment (especially dialysis machines) that prevents medical equipment from tipping over or being damaged in the event of an earthquake, protecting the lives of many patients.
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The dialysis machines used for dialysis treatment are separate from the machines used for each patient, and there are also machines that supply dialysate to the entire clinic. If these machines are damaged by the earthquake, the entire clinic will not be able to provide dialysis treatment for some time.
In order to prevent such a situation from occurring, a clinic considered installing dialysis machines on a seismic isolation table. The dialysis machines often handle chemicals and water, which could be spilled when being supplied to the machines, so the seismic isolators were required to have excellent chemical and water resistance.
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We have developed a seismic isolation table “Medical Utena” for medical equipment (dialysis machines). Medical Utena is a special version of our “Server Utena,” which has an established reputation for excellent seismic isolation performance, with chemical and water resistant specifications.
Features and appearance include
- Stainless steel cover: Water and other spills do not come directly onto the main body of the seismic isolator.
- Rails with cationic electrodeposition coating: Cationic electrodeposition coating is a rust-resistant coating that is also used on automobile chassis.
- Detail parts such as screws are also made of stainless steel
- The roller part, which is a key component of the seismic isolation mechanism, is made of stainless steel, making it resistant to rust.
- Superior seismic isolation performance is equivalent to「Server Utena」.
This is an actual installation of a certain clinic's dialysis machine on top of the Medical Utena.
Dialysis machines can be fixed to the Medical Utena top by means of belts. It is also possible to fix the machine with bolts if information such as leg dimensions is available.
result
Prevents medical equipment from toppling over or being damaged in the event of a major earthquake.
Medical Utena is protecting the lives of many patients today.