Patient Aids

Are those toiletry aids, which are used by patients such as commode chair, shower care, toilet tissue, toilet safety frame, bath step, bath tube rail, raised toilet seat etc. These bathroom aids can either be portable or stationery for patient convenience. For instance, while portable aids can be moved to the patient, a patient can reach the stationery ones using a wheelchair or any other mobility aid. The total market size of bathroom aids industry is approximately US $ 8 billion.

Just like a wheelchair assists patients move around, this patient aids equipment includes diverse collection of cutlery through which patients suffering from different types of diseases can use to eat their meals, water or medicines. Dining aid that is supplied in the market comes equipped with either fixed or adjustable handles. Dinning aid are of several types such as curved utensil, bed tray, disposable food catcher, weighted utensils, curved utensils, knife, fork, spoons, plates, bowels, cups etc.

Dressing aid is the collection of supportive devices, tools or patient aids equipment that are especially designed for making the task of dressing easier. Dressing aids are of many types such as dressing stick, leg lift, sock holders, elastic shoelaces, stocking, shoehorn etc. These aids can prove to be beneficial for those who are suffering from poor health, impairments, physical damage and restricted physical movement, such as those who've been advised to use a wheelchair.

Is a device or a tool used by the impaired people who have a hard problem in hearing. There are a wide variety of hearing aids available in the market, which vary in size, power and circuitry. Common types of hearing aids and patient aids equipment for hearing available in the market are BTE hearing aid, CIC hearing aid, ITE hearing aid, ITC hearing aid, and digital hearing aid. The global size of the hearing aid industry values at US$6 billion with about 5.5 million units sold each year.

Household aid includes those devices or patient aids equipment that have been specifically designed to aid patients who are suffering from some form of mobility ailments or disorders and have to use assistive devices such as a wheelchair. Folding step stool, shower chair, swivel chairs, perching stool, handy bar, foot stool, handy grabber, lift chair, stretcher chair, foot stool, dental chair are some of the widely used household aid.

Kitchen aid consists of variety of appliances or equipments like tap turner, bread knife, jug kettle tipper, utensil holder, talking kitchen timer, foam utensils, digital cooking thermometer etc. These appliances and patient aids equipment come in multitude of sizes, designs, pattern, shapes and are easy to use.

Are the portable tools or devices, which provides support and assistance to a patient while walking. Mobility aids used by the patients are walkers, a wheelchair, crutches, steel wheel chair, a motorized wheelchair, walking stick, rollator, wheeled walker, folding wheel chair, walking frame etc. The present share of mobility aids industry is around US $ 1.9 billion, which is estimated to rise to US $ 3.6 billions by the end of 2010. The wheelchair and scooter markets alone were valued at $3.2 billion in 2005 and are expected to grow to $7.4 billion by 2012.

Orthopedic aid includes those tools, machines or other patient aids equipment that are used for preventing and correcting injuries of skeletal system, muscle joints and ligaments. These devices are mainly constructed for offering stability, protecting tissues, correcting alignment and improving function of the affected body part. Orthopedic devices are of many types such as back support belt, foot orthotics, ankle foot orthosis, knee orthosis, knee ankle foot orthosis, memory foam mattress, etc.

Are the tools or devices used for restoring some or all of the physical, mental and neurological capabilities of a patient that were lost because of a serious injury or ailment. While assistive devices e.g. a wheelchair, help patient adjust to normal daily activities, rehabilitation aids help in their recovery. Cervical collar, cervical aid, neck collar, rib belt, wrist brace, cervical pillow are some of the examples of rehabilitation aids. The current size of rehabilitation aids and the patient aids equipment industry is US $ 57.8 billions.

Are the tools, machines, devices or patient aids equipment, especially created to support the respiration process in the human beings. These are a different class of equipment because unlike other devices viz. a wheelchair, which assist patients in carrying out daily activities, these help a process within the human body. Some of the prime respiratory aids are nebulizer, oxygen cylinder, mucus clearing device, incentive spirometer.

In this patient aids section, we have displayed the information about global manufacturers, suppliers and traders dealing in different types of patient aids such as commode chair, shower care, toilet tissue, toilet safety frame, bath step, bath tube rail, nebulizer, oxygen cylinder, mucus clearing device, incentive spirometer etc.