• Hoyer Lift High Lifting Equipment
• Hoyer Lift Weight Limit
• Portable Patient Lift

Find out how to raise and lower the boom.

Hoyer Lift High Lifting Equipment

9 results - Hoyer Lift and Heavy Duty and Bariatric Patient Lifts from Invacare, Drive. Joerns Healthcare HPL700 Hoyer Heavy-Duty Power Patient Lifter HPL700. Flooring type is another factor, because it is quite difficult to use a Hoyer lift on carpet flooring. Castor size is the size of the wheels. The larger the wheels, the more easy it is to roll on difficult floorings. Battery powered is one of the best choices one can opt for. Typical Hoyer Client Lift diagram: Manual and Powered Hoyer Lifts operate similarly. The manual versions have hydraulic cylinders and a hand-pump, the powered lifters use rechargeable battery packs and a pushbutton hand control. All lifts share the same nomenclature names as pictured (above).

There are 2 types of Hoyer lifts:

Hoyer Lift Weight Limit

manual (or hydraulic) and

Portable Patient Lift

powered (or electric). The only difference between these types of lift is the method used to raise or lower the boom. Manual lifts have a pump handle which must be moved up and down repeatedly to raise the boom, whereas battery powered lifts have simple 'Up' and 'Down' arrows to control the boom.^[1]

• Find the small control valve at the base of a manual lift's pump handle. When the control valve is positioned toward the pump handle, the valve is closed. The valve must be in this position in order for the pump to work when elevating the boom. Keep pumping until the boom locks into place.^[2]
• When the control valve is positioned away from the pump handle, the valve is open. Gently move the control valve from the closed to the open position to control the rate at which the boom lowers.
• Experiment with raising and lowering the boom before you put the patient in the lift. It’s important to thoroughly familiarize yourself with how the lift works before using it to move a patient.