Rehability MySlave User manual

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Manual
Before using MySlave make sure to read safety instructions and manual in question.

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Rehability Reha-Fachhandel GmbH & Co. KG
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www.rehabiltiy.de
This manual replaces all preceding ones. Technical changes are possible.
All prices on ordering sheets are in Euro (gross without tax),
applicable on all delivery “ex factory “ (EXF), excluding packaging.
For general business guidelines see our web site.
Heidelberg, March 2015

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Lifestyle traction device for manual wheelchairs
MySlave is a mini-traction device for wheelchairs. Its purpose is to support its user on longer,
primarily flat roads. With its low weight and small, compact size it is ideal for traveling, including
inner-city tours, narrow alleys and public buildings.
The device was built for in- and outdoors. It is extremely robust. With its 165mm inch front wheel it
is capable to manage lighter gravel and uneven road surfaces. Yet, with daily life offering various
challenges, this manual intends to provide information and useful help how to make the most of
your MySlave, what it easily can do for you, what you will need practice for, and what to avoid. This
manual is for you.
For inquiries regarding MySlave our team of experts is available to assist you Mondays through
Fridays, 9.00 am –6 pm. Do not hesitate to call. Your feedback is welcome.
Distribution and service MySlave Germany
Ph: 0049 6221 7054-0 E-mail: [email protected]
Contact persons: all about MySlave and rehabilitation care
Rehability GmbH
Am Taubenfeld 39
69123 Heidelberg
Ph: 06221 70 54 - 0
Fax: [phone] - 498
Mail: [email protected]
Rehability GmbH
Hungener Str. 6
60389 Frankfurt
Ph: 069 150 418 - 720
Fax: [phone] - 722
Mail: [e-mail]
Rehability Dresden GmbH
Berliner Straße 13
01067 Dresden
Ph: 0351 79 66 41 - 60
Fax: [phone] - 70
Mail: [email protected]
Rainer Runz
Sales
Phone: [phone]
Mail: [email protected]
Steffen Bender
Rehabilitation & incontinence
advisor, physiotherapist
Mobile:[phone]
Mail:[e-mail]
Steffen Scholze
Rehabilitation &
incontinence advisor
Phone: [phone]
Mobile:[phone]
Mail:[e-mail]
Thomas Weinsheimer
Sales
Phone: [phone]
Mail:[e-mail]
Thomas Reinelt
Sales
Mobile3:0163 777 69 85
Mail: [e-mail]
Frank Wirth
Sales
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Mail: [email protected]
Sven Ziegel
Sales
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Mail: [e-mail]
Susanne Daub
Sales
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Mail: [email protected]

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Inhalt
Contact persons: all about MySlave and rehabilitation care 3
1. Advice and safety features 5
1.1. Advice 5
1.2. Safety features 5
2. Driving 7
3. Purpose 8
4. Description of MySlave 9
5. Attaching / mounting MySlave to your wheelchair 11
6. Removing from wheelchair 11
7. Composition of wheelchair 11
8. Adjusting mySlave 12
9. Commissioning of MySlave 12
10. Battery of MySlave 13
10.1. Displaying battery capacity 13
10.2. Energy supply 13
10.3. Removal of battery 14
10.4. Charger and charging of battery 14
11. Maintenance 14
12. Transportation 15
13. Enclosures / appendix 15

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1. Advice and safety features
Congratulations for having selected MySlave Rehability’s traction device. We appreciate your trust
in our product. For more information how to use it, including photo and video material regarding
lifestyle and excursions, check out our homepage (www.rehability.de) or visit us on YouTube
(Rehability GmbHundCoKG).
1.1. Advice
Please thoroughly read this manual concerning MySlave before using device. This manual
contains relevant information how to best maintain traction device, as well as safety features
on how to best avoid accidents. It tells you how to keep MySlave in optimal working condition.
Your retailer offers anything you may need with regard to potential replacement. Therefore he
is able to advice you in the best way and to follow the maintenance plan recommended for
MySlave, so you can enjoy more driving pleasure with maximum safety. This manual goes along
with the pulling device and in case of sale, needs to be transferred to new owner. In the
context of product improvement, Rehability reserves the right to remove, change or add
information.
The device meets product requirements, norms and standards by EU as confirmed in the
corresponding certificate of conformity.
1.2. Safety features
Important information to avoid accidents:
The following information is for your own safety.
Please read carefully before commissioning MySlave!
MySlave has been approved for a maximum speed 15 km/h. We advise not to exceed this
speed limit.
On a downward slope, we recommend to use significantly lower speed to slow down
safely in every circumstance.
The maximum added weight for MySlave lies at 100 kg. Make sure to consider maximum
added weight indicated by wheelchair manufacturer. If indicated lower than 100 kg, the
lower number in question applies.
To prevent accidents, always keep both hands at steering wheel when driving and
putting on the brakes.
When driving at dawn and night, always make sure to be using optimal lights. Attach rear
light(s) on back tubes or on rear side cover of wheel chair. Before driving, always check
batteries of all lights and make sure to recharge / replace in time.
Retail advice:
Always include this manual when handing out MySlave to buyer. Make sure to draw
attention of buyer to safety features. D o n o t d e l i v e r MySlave without
manual!

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Avoid driving across curbs that may be too high to prevent tipping and reduce danger of
tipping. Lower curbs with a height up to 3 cm maximally must slowly be passed in a right
angle.
Adjust your driving style to degree of disability. Particularly, when on a lateral slope or in
curves go slowly and carefully. For slim wheelchairs with low cambers, the risk for tipping
is particularly high. To reduce danger of tipping we recommend a wider lane, which can
be reached when using 3° cambers. Beware that these cambers will add to the external
width of your wheelchair. (10 mm per 1° on each side) in the lower area.
The following safety features should be checked before each and every trip.
Regularly check pressure of tires on wheelchair. Air pressure of drive wheels on
wheelchair = guidelines provided by manufacturer.
For exact data and numbers, see information printed on built-in tires.
A too low air pressure increases risk to tip over, particularly in curves!
Inspect all components, particularly all screws whether they sit tight. This especially
concerns the four cross tube screws of adapter unit. They need to be checked diligently,
and if necessary be tightened to prevent contortion. For exact numbers regarding
torque, see attached list.
Check handlebar tube and pull tight if necessary.
Make sure drive wheel has been aligned to the center of wheelchair. Wheel needs to be
exactly at the center, in the middle of drive lane of wheelchair. Diversions of up to 1 cm
from the center are permitted. To be sure, this should be measured. A misaligned drive
wheel can lead to accidents if wheelchair is not heading straight. At the same time,
accidents may also result from increased risk to oscillate.
The save handling of a wheelchair/MySlave-tandem requires experience and training.
Especially for beginners, slow and careful driving is imperative.
At the beginning, avoid mountainous terrain and difficult roads until you are fully familiar
with how MySlave functions and operates.

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2. Driving
When attaching MySlave to your wheelchair, your four wheelchair turns into a tricycle with all
corresponding advantages and disadvantages.
Especially when driving curves, a tricyle –based geometry is significantly less stable than driving with a
regular wheelchair would be!
It is important to keep this in mind and to get used to the MySlave /wheelchair-tandem first.
This means: Avoid jerky and unpredictable steering moves!!
How fast you drive MySlave depends on every single traffic situation in question.
Beware:
Acceleration of MySlave should allow slowing down safely in any given situation!
Especially in curves and if sight is limited, drive carefully while bending upper body slightly
toward the inner side of curve (like when riding a bike); otherwise risk to tip over increases.
In case of significant instability of torso, torso directors are a must. Adjustments can be made
with the help of dynamic / static units for one’s back.
If stability of torso is too low, use of MySlave is impossible.
Reduce speed when changing from going uphill to driving onto flat territory and when
changing from flat territory to going downhill
Following maneuvers should be avoided when using MySlave:
Driving across multiple steps and stairs (Risk to fall).
Heading diagonally across curbs (Risk to fall).
Turning on sloping / precipitous streets (Risk to fall).
Erratic steering moves (Risk to fall).
Abruptly hitting the brakes (Risk to fall).
Forcefully hitting the brakes on wet surface (Risk to fall).
Driving with an activated pedestal remote release (Risk to fall).
A double-sided (back pose) steering allows for going straight. Negative cambers on back wheels of wheelchair
considerably increase overall stability.
A normal dry road surface allows for managing slopes of up to approximately 12% (depending on the
positioning of drive wheels on wheelchair!)
To effectively thwart off by-turning of drive wheel, you have the option to use a cushioned wheelbase
extension (GRV). You may want to have your retailer look into this!
You can considerably increase traction by bending upper body forward when going uphill or when driving
on a wet surface.

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3. Purpose
MySlave is a mini-traction device for wheelchairs. Its purpose is to support its user on longer, primarily
flat roads. With its low weight of just 8,6 kg (basic, mobile device) and low packaging measurements it is
ideal for traveling, including inner-city tours, narrow alleys and public buildings. Particularly in places
where space is limited, such as in shopping centers / malls or in administrative buildings, it is easily
usable given its maneuverability.
Attach your device easily to the front of your wheelchair. With the help of an electrically driven wheel,
MySlave is capable to pull a number of manual wheelchairs.
Our product does not change, nor alter, the basic features and functions of your wheelchair. Any advantages
a manually driven wheelchair may offer, remain.
MySlave allows easy commissioning and operation by any wheelchair driver. The device will empower its
owner to maneuver around in her / his own surroundings more independently. Such added flexibility
and mobility cannot be attained by a manually driven wheelchair.

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4. Description of MySlave
MySlave comes with a propulsion unit, which –given its U-shaped frame –is easily adaptable to a variety
of wheelchairs. You can attach the individually configurable adapter of MySlave directly to front tubes
of wheelchairs with integrated foot pegs.
For wheelchairs with removable foot pegs we recommend to use a cranked adapter unit. This will allow for
simpler adjustment of MySlave, at a higher point.
A coupling technology especially designed for MySlave will automatically lift steering wheels by
approximately 40 mm to then position them. Your wheelchair will now be in a position to be pulled or to
be moved backward with reduced speed.
The U-shaped adapter unit is perfectly adjustable to the width of your wheelchair. The same applies to
the angle of frame concerning front frame tubes / feet handles. Tilt of adapter unit follows from required
leg freedom (>30mm) of wheelchair steering wheel.
This guarantees individual adaptation to wheelchair in question.
The multifaceted adjustability of complete propulsion unit makes switch to other tested wheelchair
models possible.
(See attached overview.)
This may require an exchange of mounting blocks / main mount, and in case of change of width the
replacement of U-handles.
Given the circumventing frame construction of adapter unit, lower legs and feet of driver will be
optimally safeguarded and protected.

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Motor of hubs is located in drive wheel.
A reloadable battery pack sustains it.
MySlave offers 4 speed levels and a
throttled reverse gear.
Within the individual speed levels you
can smoothly manage speed with the
help of an integrated piloting from 0–
15 km/h with the help of a rotary gas-
driven handle.
With the help of a special lock
battery can be taken off / replaced
without tools. Starting with version
1.1, the battery has to be removed
for charging.