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Spirea
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Accidents/Near-accidents
Please inform your Invacare sales company (phone number is on the back
cover) of any accidents/near-accidents that were caused by this wheelchair
and that have led to/could have led to personal injury.
The relevant authority in your country must also be notified.
Testing
Rea
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Spirea
2
has been tested and approved by The Swedish Handicap
Institute and is CE -marked according to the Medical Device Directive.
Recycling
The wheelchair Spirea
2
can be divided into the following main compo-
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Chassis
The chassis is produced in aluminium and is fully recyclable. Recycling
aluminium requires only 2–5 % of the energy compared to new produced
aluminium.
Plastic parts
The plastic parts in the chairs are produced of plastic of the family "Ther-
moplastic" and are marked with recycling symbols (where it is possible
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can be recycled or burned in approved facilities.
Upholstery
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way to recycle the parts is to burn them in approved facilities.
Wheels, tyres and tubes
or aluminium and can be recycled according to above.
to above.
Packing
All Invacare Rea AB packing material are developed to fit the products
in an optimal way to reduce unnecessary waste in material. All boxes
are recyclable.
Contact your local recyclling agent to get correct information how to
handle the above mentioned materials.
Surface treatment
Lacquered surfaces are lacquered with polyester. Some steel parts are
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parts are lacquered.