safety, warnings, precautions, prohibitions
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The use of a product not released for medical use by the manufacturer in a medical application can result in
increased risks for the patients and for the operator – especially in the case of an accident on the treadmill
ergometer. In this case all parties involved (your insurance company, your professional association, possibly
patients lawyers and courts) will question negligence and liability. Therefore the use of a sports device for medical
purposes bears increased risks for the distributor, customer, operator, end user and last but not least the patient.
Despite that some of the above mentioned laws and guidelines are only binding within the European Union, the
patient’s needs, the risks and the required safety procedures are the same all over the world. We ask all parties
involved to help in improving safety.
Some examples for safety features at h/p/cosmos devices:
Potential isolation
transformer
Opto coupler board
Potential equalization
connector
Shielded motor
cable
Frequency inverter metal housing (for shielding)
Danger zone sticker
Medical devices are equipped with an Emergency-Off-
Button instead of a conventional Safety-Stop-Button,
which disconnects the device from the power supply when
pushing the button in emergency cases. Sport devices
mostly are only equipped with an emercency-stop-button,
which only stops the machine but does not disconnet it
completely from the mains.
