Vendlet V5 User manual

Vendlet ApS maintains the technical documentaon according to Annex VII in the EU
Direcves 93/42/EEC on Medical Devices.
This declaraon of conformity is valid from the date of signature.
Aabenraa, 14 june 2012
Peter Maindal
Director
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As manufacturer of the products listed below VENDLET ApS, Egelund 33, DK-6200
Aabenraa, hereby declares that the products comply with the EU Direcves 93/42/EEC
on Medical Devices:
Product: VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+
Designaon: Electronic device for handling/turning paents
in bed
Classicaon, rule: Class I according to Annex IX, rule 1 and 12
The product is tested
according to following
standards:
IEC 60601-2-52: 2009 Medical electrical equipment -
Parts 2-52: Parcular requirements for basic safety and
essenal performance of medical beds

Congratulaons on your new VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+.
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ are used for handling bedridden paents, for example:
• turning
• moving from one side of the bed to the other
• reposioning the paent up in the bed
• mobilizing the paent in and out of the bed
• transferring the paent from one bed to another
The VENDLET V5 has a load capacity of 200 kg.
The VENDLET V5+ has a load capacity of 400 kg and is designed for bariatric paents;
otherwise, the VENDLET 5+ has exactly the same funconalies and use as the
VENDLET V5.
The instrucons in this manual must be followed. VENDLET ApS shall not be liable should
the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ be used, modied, or assembled in a way that is not
described in this manual.
This manual is divided into three parts:
Part 1 contains general informaon that is useful to everyone responsible for the
purchasing, examinaon, use, assembly, and maintenance of the VENDLET V5 and
VENDLET V5+.
Part 2 is a user manual containing informaon about the operaon and daily maintenance
of the VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+.
Part 3 is a technical manual containing informaon about the assembly, maintenance, and
service of the VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+.

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INTENDED USE 7
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 8
How the VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ work 9
Accessories 10
BED AND MATTRESS COMPATIBILITY 11
Bed requirements 11
Maress requirements 11
WARRANTY AND SERVICE LIFE 12
IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT 12
SYMBOLS 13
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OPERATION 14
How to use VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ 14
Turning 14
Moving from one side of the bed to the other 15
Reposioning the paent up in the bed 16
Applying a sling 17
Mobilizing out of bed 18
Transferring from one bed to another 19
Using the VENDLET in combinaon with bed funconality 20
Stop buon 20
Side rails 21
Using the VENDLET system as side rails 21
When the VENDLET system is not used as side rails 22
Pressure-relieving maresses 23
Inconnence 23
Urine bag and drainage tube 23
ATTACHING THE SHEETS 24
Slide sheet 24

Turning sheet 25
Aaching the turning sheet before use 25
What should I do if the turning sheet is rolled askew on the bars? 25
Changing the turning sheet on an occupied bed 26
DAILY MAINTENANCE 27
Daily inspecons 27
Cleaning and washing instrucons 28
Cleaning of electric and mechanical parts 28
Washing instrucons, slide sheet 28
Washing instrucons, turning sheet 28
Troubleshoong 29
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UNPACKING 30
Parts list for VENDLET V5 / VENDLET V5+ 30
MOUNTING 31
Preparaons 31
Tools 31
Overview of bolts, washers and nuts 31
Dimensional requirements, side rails 32
Maximum loads 32
Mechanical parts 33
Aaching mounng brackets 33
Adjustment of width of mounng brackets 34
Mounng the actuator ngs with actuator 35
Mounng the support bars 35
Mounng the bars 36
Adjustment of the height of the actuator ngs 36
Electrical parts 38
Mounng the control unit 38
Roung actuator cables (including cable es) 39
Connecng the hand control 39

Connecon of cables to control unit 40
Connecon of power cables 40
Aaching the sheets 40
Aaching plasc side rails, if relevant 40
QUICK GUIDE LOCATION 41
ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES 41
Baery backup 41
Under bed light 41
Height restricon bracket 41
Height restricon switch for Guldmann GB4 41
Bracket for Volker 3080 41
FINAL INSPECTION CHECKLIST 42
DISMOUNTING, STORAGE, AND REMOUNTING 44
Dismounng 44
Storage 44
Remounng 44
MAINTENANCE/CHECK 45
Annual check 45
Mechanical parts 45
Sheets 45
Funconal test 45
Electrical parts 46
TROUBLESHOOTING 47
REPAIRS 49
Replacing the motor in a bar 50
Replacing the actuator 51
Replacing the velcro tape on a bar 52
SPARE PARTS 52
TECHNICAL DATA 52
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DISPOSAL 54
Environmental condions 54
Disposal 54

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PART 1 - General information
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The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ may be used for moving paents to a lateral,
prone, or supine posion, from one side of the bed to the other, or, reposion them
further up in bed. The VENDLET may also be used in connecon with mobilisaon in
and out of bed and when transferring paents from one bed to another.
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ protect the caregiver from physical strain and
heavy liing in connecon with the handling of immobile paents. Paents are
turned/handled by pressing a hand control whereby the caregiver may support a
paent and ensure their correct and comfortable posioning. This provides room for
increased awareness in the care, which boosts employee job sasfacon and paent
well-being.
To the paent, the turning process becomes uniform and steady as the sheet
supports the body over its full length.
The target group is paents who are being cared for dressed, washed etc. in bed. This
will oen be paents who are lied in and out of bed or paents who are
mobilised using a standing aid. Hence, the user will typically be paents with few
physical and/or cognive resources and palliave paents.
The VENDLET is also suitable for paents at risk of developing pressure ulcers in that
the uniform and steady transfer in the sheet minimises fricon and the associated
shear that can damage the ssue and cause pressure ulcers. Furthermore, the
VENDLETs oen seem to have a posive eect on paents suering from spaal
awareness.
The VENDLET is intended for paents weighing at least 40 kg. The VENDLET V5 has a
load capacity of max. 200 kg, whereas the VENDLET V5+ has a load capacity of max.
400 kg. Consequently, the target group of the VENDLET V5+ is bariatric paents.
For safety reasons, the paents should not operate the VENDLET.
Prior to the rst use of the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+, it is important to assess
whether the VENDLET is suitable for the paent in queson. It may be necessary to
take special precauons, for example if a paent is very restless in bed.

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The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ consist of two bars ed with motors. The bed is
ed with a motorised bar on both sides; the bar on the le side of the paent has
a blue colour marking and the bar on the right side of the paent has a red colour
marking. Each motorised bar is ed with a long velcro strip which makes it possible
to aach a long turning sheet between the two bars. The turning sheet is wrapped
around the two bars, making it possible to move it from side to side.
A slide sheet is inserted under the turning sheet in order to reduce the fricon of the
turning sheet against the maress.
The bars are ed with an actuator at each end in order to raise and lower the bars.
To allow the individual adjustment of each VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ to any bed
and maress, the actuators are mounted on height-adjustable brackets.
Blue bar
Red bar
Turning sheet
Hand control
Support bar Slide sheet
VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+
Fings for actuator
Actuator

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Furthermore, the VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ consist of a control unit and a hand
control. The control unit is placed underneath the bed.
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ may be used as side rails in which case each bar
must be ed with two plasc sides before the paent is le in the bed.
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The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ are switched on by double-clicking the on
the hand control. The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ produce an acousc signal, a
“beep”, upon acvaon and the green diode over the power symbol turns on.
When a VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ has been inacve for 90 seconds, the system
produces another acousc signal, a “beep-beep” sound, the diode turns o, and then
the VENDLET system is o again.
When the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ has been turned on, the bars may be turned
in both direcons or raised or lowered. The colour coding on the bars relates to the
colours on the hand control buons.
Press and hold the individual buons long enough to obtain the desired operaon;
the motors will stop when the buon is released. Likewise, you may stop an acvated
funcon by clicking the .
Tighten the sheet on
the red bar
Slacken the sheet on
the red bar
Raise the red bar
Lower the red bar
Power w.
illuminated diode /
stop buon
Tighten the sheet
on the blue bar
Slacken the sheet
on the blue bar
Raise the blue bar
Lower the blue bar
Under bed light
(accessory)
Hand control VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+

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When the bar is up on the side where the turning sheet is being ghtened, the
paent will be turned. If, on the other hand, the bar is down on the side where the
turning sheet is being ghtened, the paent will be moved towards the edge of the
bed. These fundamental principles provide you with a number of ways to move and/
or transfer paents. See the “How to Use the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+” secon in
Part 2 – User Manual for further details.
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ can be operated by only one carer.
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Height extensions, spacers and brackets:
If parcularly thick maresses are used, it may be necessary to use height extensions,
see page 37. Likewise, it may be necessary to use spacers if the distance between
the VENDLET system and the maress is insucient, see page 34. Spacers and height
extensions are available as accessories.
If you use a Volker Bed you need special brackets, see page 41.
Use special brackets to restrict the height adjustment of the bed, see page 41.
Wider sheets and side rail cover:
Wider turning sheets and slide sheets are also available if the VENDLET V5 or
VENDLET V5+ is to be used on wider beds, see page 24. If you need it you can pur-
chase covers for the side rails, see page 22.
Baery backup and under bed light:
Addionally, a baery backup is available to operate the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+
without a connecon to the supply network. We also provide an under bed light that
may be acvated via the VENDLET hand control, see page 41.
For safety reasons, paents should not operate the VENDLETs.
Consequently, the hand control should be placed on the outer side of the
headboard or outside the bed before
the paent is le alone.
Lowering the bed to a very low posion
may leave the actuator bracket very
close to the oor. Consequently, you
should not place your feet under the
actuator ngs.

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VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ are intended for mounng on a wide range of hospital
and care beds and with a wide range of maresses.
The following bed and maress requirements must be met.
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1. The bed must meet the established EN 1970, EN 60601-2-38, or EN 60601-2-52
standards.
2. The maximum occupant weight and maximum load requirements of the bed
manufacturer must not be exceeded following the installaon of the VENDLET V5
or VENDLET V5+ system.
3. The bed must have a square steel frame (dimensions H 45-50 mm, W min. 20
mm, L min. 195 cm. without protrusions). The bed width is not crucial as extra
wide turning sheets and slide sheets are available.
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1. The maress(es) must meet the requirements of the bed manufacturer and be
suitable for the bed.
2. The maximum occupant weight requirements of the maress manufacturer must
not be exceeded.
3. Following the installaon of the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+, the distance
between the maress sides and the support bar must be minimum 2.5 cm and
maximum 4 cm.
4. If the maress is so and easily compressible, it must be ensured that there is
no crush hazard due to extra compression at the edge of the maress.
5. When alternang air maresses are used, it should be possible to inate the
maress to a rm state before the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ is operated.
So maresses will increase the fricon against the maress and create an
uneven base for the paent which will be uncomfortable for the paent when
the VENDLET system is operated.
6. If the paent changes maresses, the VENDLET installaon must be evaluated.
A new maress might change the condions and necessitate the reinstallaon of
the VENDLET system.

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Vendlet ApS provides a 1-year factory warranty on all electric parts. Opening the
control unit, actuators, or hand control will void the warranty.
Certain types of care and hospi-
tal beds have a parcularly long
bed frame, which means that the
actuator may collide with the bed
brake, when the bed is lowered.
Further, the maress frame may
in some cases collide with the
actuator, if the bed head or foot is
lowered considerably.
Damages to the actuator, due to
collision with bed parts, are not
covered by the warranty.
Vendlet ApS provides a 3-year warranty on all mechanical parts (except sheets and
side rails).
The normal VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ service life is 10 years. The service life may
be signicantly extended if the product is used and handled with care and maintained
in accordance with the guidelines in this manual.
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In case of an adverse event or a near-accident involving the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET
V5+ system, the accident must be reported to the competent authority in the country
in which the accident happened and to the Danish Health and Medicines Authority.
Likewise, we kindly request that you also inform Vendlet ApS on tel. [phone] or
[e-mail].

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Warning triangle indicates when special aenon is necessary
CE marking: The product complies with the Medical Device Direcve (93/42/EEC)
C-Tick marking: Cercaon trademark - Australia / New Zealand
Recognised Component Mark for Canada and the United States
China RoHS
P.O. Serial no.
According to EN 60601-1 the product is Type B equipment
For indoor use
Safety isolang transformer
Product with a thermofuse
User weight max.
Electronics scrap. When disposing of the products, sub-components should be recycled
Operang instrucons
Power / stop buon
Tighten the sheet on the red or blue bar
Slacken the sheet on the red or blue bar
Raise the red or blue bar
Lower the red or blue bar

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PART 2 - User manual
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Handling paents with a VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ system enables care takers to
work on a one-to-one basis: one hand is used to operate the hand control and the
other hand is free to guide the arms and legs of the paent. In order to improve the
safety and well-being of the paent, we recommend that you place the hand holding
the hand control on the shoulder of the paent or similar.
You should always use the resources of the paent. For example, if the paent can
move his/her arm to the side, he or she should do so. You should also consider leng
the paent operate the hand control and thereby involve him/her in the process if
this is feasible.
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Turning
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ may be used to turning paents. Follow this
procedure to move a paent from a supine posion to lying on his/her right side:
1. Double-click the buon to acvate the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+.
2. Press the buon to raise the blue bar.
3. Press the buon to ghten the turning sheet on the blue bar.
4. Place the le arm of the paent on his/her stomach or chest the moment before
he/she starts turning.
5. Immediately aer this, guide the right arm of the paent to the side.
6. Then shi the le leg in parallel above the right leg.
7. The paent now lies on his/her right side.
The red bar does not necessarily have to be raised. But if this makes the paent or the
care giver feel more safe, the red bar could be raised during the process.
Moving paents with the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+ is ideally suited for dressing
and access to care tasks and hygiene, applying a sling, and reposioning.

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Guide the right arm of the paent to the side Shi the le leg of the paent in parallel above
the right leg
Moving from one side of the bed to the other
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ may also be used to move paents to the side of
the bed.
1. Double-click the buon to acvate the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+.
2. Press the and buons to lower the bars if they have been raised.
3. Use the bar on the side to which the paent should be moved and ghten the
turning sheet.
In many situaons, this will give the care giver a beer work posture, for example in
connecon with examinaons, training, care tasks, dressing, etc.
Sound work posture in connecon with examinaon
Watch instrucon videos on our webpage vendlet.com
or scan the QR-code.

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Reposioning the paent up in the bed
It is a well-known problem that paents oen slide down to the foot of the bed, for
example when the back support has been raised – even if the kneebreak on the bed
was acvated before the back support.
Typically, when a paent slides towards the foot of the bed, the turning sheet follows
the body of the paent. In such situaons, you may use the VENDLET to move the
paent up in the bed again.
1. Ensure that bed surface is horizontal.
2. Double-click the buon to acvate the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+.
3. Press the and buons to lower the bars if they are raised.
4. Press the and buons to slacken the turning sheet.
5. Stand next to the headboard and press the or buon to pull the paent
from side to side while you gently guide the turning sheet towards the upper end
of the bar.
6. Repeat the procedure on the opposite side and so on unl the sheet has been
completely reposioned and the paent is moved up in the bed again.
Gently guide the slack turning sheet towards the
upper end of the bar
The turning sheet is now almost back in place
Watch instrucon videos on our webpage vendlet.com
or scan the QR-code.

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Applying a sling
It is easy to apply a sling on the paent
when VENDLET is used.
1. Double-click the buon to
acvate VENDLET V5 or
VENDLET V5+.
2. Use the turning funcon of the
VENDLET system to move the
paent onto his/her side.
3. Place the sling along the back of
the paent and make sure that the
sling is centred and correctly placed
in accordance with the instrucons
of the sling manufacturer.
4. Use the VENDLET turning funcon
to move the paent onto his/her
back again.
5. Free the straps on the opposite
side.
6. Place all straps in such a way that
they are ready to be placed on the
liing beam of the hoist.
Place the sling along the back of the paent
All straps are in place, and the paent is ready for
transferring
Pull the straps out on the opposite side
Watch instrucon videos on our
webpage vendlet.com
or scan the QR-code.

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Mobilizing out of bed
The VENDLET V5 and VENDLET V5+ may also be used for moving paents in and out
of bed – preferably in combinaon with a turntable.
1. Double-click the buon to acvate
the VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+.
2. Use the VENDLET turning funcon to
place the turntable under the paent.
3. Press the and buons to lower
the bars if they are raised.
4. Press the and buons to
slacken the turning sheet.
5. Raise the head-secon of the bed to
make the paent sit up.
6. Turn the paent on the turntable;
stop when his/her feet protrude over
the side of the bed.
7. Lower the head-secon of the bed
while supporng the paent.
8. Press the or buon to move
the paent to the edge of the bed.
9. Lower the bed unl the feet of the
paent reach the oor.
10. Press the or buon to move
the paent closer to the edge of the
bed and raise the bed at the same
me. This helps the paent to stand
up.
Place the turntable under the paent
Raise the bed and help the paent exit the bed
Raise the back of the bed to move the paent to a
sing posion.
Watch instrucon videos on our
webpage vendlet.com
or scan the QR-code.

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Transferring from one bed to another
When the paent lies in a VENDLET V5 or VENDLET V5+, the VENDLET - in
combinaon with a slide board and a slide sheet - may be used to transferring
the paent onto another bed.
1. First use VENDLET’s turning funcon to place the sliding board underneath the
paent. Insert the sliding board from the side that is turned towards the new
bed.
2. Press the or buon to lower the bar facing the other bed.
3. Press the or buon to raise the opposite bar.
4. Place a slide sheet on the other bed.
5. Place the other bed right next to the bed with the VENDLET and lower or raise
the bed to a slightly lower posion relave to the bed with the VENDLET.
6. Remember to lock the wheels on both beds.
7. Press the or buon to pull in the turning sheet on the bar facing the other
bed. Now, the VENDLET transfers the paent and the slide board to the other bed
and the slide sheet.
8. Hold the slide board with your hands and pull to move the paent to the centre
of the bed.
9. Remove the slide board and the slide sheet.

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PART 2 - User manual
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Neither the VENDLET V5 nor the VENDLET V5+
interferes with the funconality of the bed.
Slacken the turning sheet before raising the back,
thigh, and/or foot part of the bed. If the VENDLET
V5 or VENDLET V5+ is being used as side rails,
you must remove the plasc sides before raising
the back, thigh and/or foot part of the bed.
Under normal circumstances, the bed surface
must be level before you use the VENDLET V5 or
VENDLET V5+. In some situaons, however, it may be advantageous to use the back
or foot part of the bed when moving or turning paents. For example, if the paent
has wide hips and frail shoulders, he/she will rest more comfortably on the bed if the
head and foot parts are raised a lile before the process.
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The power buon also funcons as a stop buon.
If the hand control buon controlling the ghtening of the sheet fails, the operaon
can be stopped by pressing the buon.