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Sintang MT 0001

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Sintang MT Hospital Furniture & Fixtures

Sintang MT 0001

Product Code: HFAF-EAPF-3165

A backrest is not comfort. It's who you can treat.

Some patients cannot lie flat, and this couch is for them. The Sintang MT 0001 measures 1840 × 690 or 760 × 790 mm.

Sections

Treatment Couches

Categories

Hospital Furniture & Fixtures

Condition

New

Origin

China

Seller Type

Certified Professional Seller

Size:

1840 × 690 or 760 × 790 mm

CE & ISO Certified

Global Shipping

Supplier: Medigear

The Sintang MT H-Brace Steel Base Treatment Table with Adjustable Backrest is a rigid all-steel treatment couch measuring 1840 mm long by either 690 or 760 mm wide, at a fixed working height of 790 mm, with a two-section top carrying an adjustable backrest and a published load capacity of 227 kg under normal use. The frame carries an H-shaped brace between the legs.

The backrest is easy to read as a comfort feature and is better understood as an access one. A meaningful proportion of patients cannot lie flat — orthopnoea from heart failure or advanced respiratory disease, late pregnancy, significant reflux, high body mass, and simple anxiety at being supine all put a patient in that group. A flat surface either excludes them or produces a hurried, distressed examination. A backrest that raises means those patients are seen properly in the same room as everyone else.

It also widens what the couch does for patients who can lie flat. Respiratory examination is performed sitting forward; consultations and counselling work better with eye contact than with a clinician looking down; and observation after a procedure is more comfortable, and safer, semi-recumbent than supine.

Two things about the mechanism are not published and both matter. Ask whether the backrest can be adjusted by one person with a patient already on the couch, since a mechanism that needs the couch empty is materially less useful. And ask how the hinge line between the sections is covered, because that junction flexes with every adjustment and is where upholstery fails first. Medigear.uk can arrange supply, delivery and documentation from Sintang MT across the United Kingdom.

Treatment and examination couches carry the routine work of a clinic, and a version with an adjustable backrest widens which patients that room can properly accommodate. Typical use covers general examination, respiratory assessment, minor procedures, injections and dressings, phlebotomy, consultation and counselling, and post-procedure observation.

The backrest earns its place with patients who cannot lie flat. Orthopnoea associated with heart failure or advanced respiratory disease, late pregnancy, significant reflux and high body mass all make a supine position uncomfortable or genuinely difficult, and anxiety at lying flat affects more patients than tends to be recorded. Without a backrest, those consultations either happen hurriedly or move to another room; with one, they happen properly where they were scheduled.

Respiratory examination is the clearest positive indication. Auscultation of the posterior chest requires the patient sitting forward, and a backrest supports that position without a clinician propping the patient or piling pillows.

Communication-led work benefits in a quieter way. Consultation, explanation and counselling all run better at eye level than with one person supine and the other standing over them, and a semi-recumbent position changes the dynamic of a difficult conversation.

Post-procedure observation is more comfortable and more easily monitored semi-recumbent than flat, particularly where a patient is recovering from a vasovagal episode and needs to be brought up gradually rather than sat upright at once.

The fixed working height sorts the applications as on any non-adjustable couch, with the caveat that the patients most helped by a raised back are often those who find climbing onto a high surface hardest.

Patients who cannot lie flat are still seen.

A raised back accommodates orthopnoea, late pregnancy, reflux and anxiety about being supine, which keeps those consultations in the room they were booked into.

Respiratory examination properly supported

Auscultation of the posterior chest needs the patient sitting forward, and a backrest holds that position without pillows or a clinician propping them.

Eye-level consultation

Explanation, history-taking and counselling all run better with the patient raised than with one person supine and the other standing over them.

Safer post-procedure observation

Recovery is more comfortable and more easily monitored semi-recumbent, and a patient can be brought upright gradually rather than all at once.

A rigid all-steel structure

Steel throughout with a braced base gives a frame that resists movement under load, keeping the couch quiet and stable over years of use.

A brace that resists racking

Tying the legs with an H-shaped member stops the frame from working side to side, which is the failure mode that develops first in a four-legged table.

Two widths to choose from

Offering 690 and 760 mm lets the couch be matched to the patient mix and to whether clinicians routinely reach across.

UK supply and documentation through one route

Medigear.uk can arrange supply, delivery, documentation and assembly enquiries from Sintang MT across the United Kingdom, including the order code and conformity evidence worth settling before listing.

Adjustable backrest

A two-section top with a raising back section — request the angle range, number of positions and locking method.

Adjustment with a patient in place

Not stated — ask whether one-handed adjustment is possible with a patient on the couch, what force is needed, and from which side.

Hinge line

The junction between sections flexes with every adjustment — ask how it is covered, whether upholstery is continuous or two panels, and how the gap is sealed and cleaned.

Fixed working height, 790 mm

The couch does not adjust in height — confirm it suits both clinician posture and patient access.

Two width options, 690 and 760 mm

A choice between patient surface and clinician reach across.

Length 1840 mm

Accommodates most adults lying flat; taller patients will extend beyond the end.

Rigid all-steel frame

Steel construction throughout, giving stiffness and durability under daily loading.

H-brace base

An H-shaped member tying the legs to resist racking.

Load capacity: 227 kg

Published as 500 lb under normal use — ask whether it applies in all backrest positions, and whether static or dynamic; a standard rather than bariatric rating.

Open frame beneath

No storage unit fitted, leaving clear space under the couch and unobstructed access from both sides.

Upholstery specification

Not stated — request padding depth, foam density, covering material and approved disinfectants.

Fire classification

Not stated — request the BS 7176 resistance-to-ignition classification and supporting evidence.

Paper roll holder

Shown in photography, not in the written specification — confirm whether included.

Model number

Given as 0001, which reads as a catalogue index — confirm the working order code and whether it differs by width.

The Sintang MT H-Brace Steel Base Treatment Table with Adjustable Backrest gives UK clinics a rigid all-steel treatment couch at 1840 mm long, in 690 or 760 mm widths, at a fixed 790 mm working height, with a two-section top and a published load capacity of 227 kg under normal use. The backrest is the reason to choose it, and it is better understood as an access feature than a comfort one — patients with orthopnoea, in late pregnancy, with significant reflux or simply anxious about lying flat are seen properly rather than hurriedly. It also supports respiratory examination, eye-level consultation and post-procedure observation. Five things need settling before order: whether the backrest adjusts with a patient in place and by one person; the angle range, number of positions and locking method; how the hinge line is covered, sealed and cleaned; whether the 227 kg capacity applies in all backrest positions; and the upholstery specification with its BS 7176 classification. Medigear.uk can arrange supply, delivery, documentation and assembly enquiries from Sintang MT across the United Kingdom. Contact the Medigear.uk team for pricing, lead times and width selection.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

Those who cannot lie flat, and there are more of them than a room without one tends to reveal. Orthopnoea associated with heart failure or advanced respiratory disease, late pregnancy, significant reflux, high body mass and straightforward anxiety about being supine all put a patient in that category. It also improves examination for everyone else — respiratory assessment is performed sitting forward, consultation and counselling work better at eye level, and post-procedure observation is safer semi-recumbent. Treat the backrest as widening who the room can see rather than as a comfort extra.

Ask, because this is the question that decides how useful the mechanism is day to day. A backrest adjusted before the patient gets on serves one purpose; one adjusted by a single clinician, with one hand, while a patient is already positioned serves a different and much better one. Ask whether one-handed adjustment is possible with a patient in place, what force is required, and whether the clinician has to move to a particular side to reach the mechanism.

Neither figure is published. Ask the number of positions and the angle range, since a backrest offering a few coarse steps behaves very differently from one with fine increments across a wide arc. Ask the locking method — ratchet, notched bar or gas strut — and how it releases, since a ratchet that must be raised to its limit before dropping is awkward with a patient leaning on it. Ask what holds the backrest against a patient's weight and whether it can creep under load.

It is the point that fails first on any articulated couch, so it is worth asking about specifically. The junction flexes with every adjustment, which works the upholstery there harder than anywhere else, and the gap collects debris and takes fluid that runs across the surface. Ask how the hinge is covered, whether the upholstery is continuous across the join or two separate panels, how the gap is sealed, and how it should be cleaned. Ask too whether the backrest section can be re-covered independently.

Worth confirming, because the load path changes. With the top flat, weight distributes across the frame; with the backrest raised, part of that weight bears on an inclined section and through the hinge and its support mechanism. Ask whether the published figure applies in all backrest positions or only flat, whether it is a static or dynamic rating, and what the backrest section itself is rated to carry. It is a standard rather than a bariatric capacity in either case.

At 790 mm, the surface suits standing examination, dressings, injections and procedures performed at arm's length, and is high for sustained manual therapy where force is directed downward through the arms. It is also a substantial rise for a patient to climb, since a seated adult's hip sits roughly 450 to 500 mm from the floor — worth weighing alongside the backrest, since the patients who benefit most from a raised back are often those who find climbing hardest. On width, 760 mm gives a larger patient more surface while 690 mm shortens the clinician's reach across.

Neither is stated. The sheet covers the frame, the backrest and the dimensions but says nothing about padding depth, foam density or the covering material, all of which govern comfort, durability and how the surface responds to daily disinfection — and which matter more than usual here because of the hinge. Ask also for the BS 7176 resistance-to-ignition classification, the standard applied to upholstered furniture in non-domestic settings, where healthcare environments commonly specify the medium or high hazard category.

Confirm the manufacturer's position. Examination and treatment couches supplied for a medical purpose are commonly classified as Class I medical devices in the United Kingdom, which brings a declaration of conformity and UKCA or CE marking with them. Ask Sintang MT whether this table is declared as a medical device and request the declaration of conformity and any supporting documentation for your equipment file.

The model number reads as a catalogue index rather than a working part number, so ask for the code to quote and whether it differs by width. Ask whether the couch ships assembled or flat, what tools and how many people assembly requires, and the packed dimensions for access planning. Ask the warranty term and coverage, since the frame, backrest mechanism, and upholstery commonly differ — and ask specifically whether the hinge and backrest mechanism are covered, as those are the moving parts. Confirm whether the paper roll holder shown in the photograph is included.