Sling Dynamic Arm Support

SLING helps persons with limited arm function to move their arms and hands. SLING eliminates gravity and the burden to lift the arm. It helps to reach, grab and manipulate again during daily activities such as eating, drinking, computer work, communication and play.

 

SLING is used by persons who are challenged by muscular weakness or paralysis but can still grab objects. Most users have neurological or neuromuscular disorders.

 

SLING can be applied single-sided as well as double-sided to wheelchairs, work chairs, tables or on a mobile carriage. Users experience its use as extremely smooth and easy because of the precise construction and application of high-quality materials.

 

SLING carries the weight of the arm. Movements initiated from the shoulder girdle are converted into movements of the forearm. A cord that connects the user’s arm is lead over a vertical bar to a counterweight in a vertical tube thus compensating for gravity and allowing the user to move the forearm free in space.

 

The rotating movements of vertical construction parts allow for supported vertical arm movements and at the same time the sliding movements of the rail system ensure an optimal application of forces used on the underarm. SLING likewise enables the arm to be moved both horizontally and vertically.

 

•  ‘Use it or lose it’: prolonged arm function through the deployment of remaining human capacities.

•  Easy to use.

•  Highly adjustable.

•  Interchangeable between different (wheel)chairs.

•  Space under the user’s arm is left free – no parts that may bump against objects.

•  SLING can be mounted on a mobile carriage particularly for tilting wheelchairs etc.