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Vanry A-6-3

Product Code: HFAF-HB-3782

One crank sits the patient up, the other keeps them from sliding down.

Sitting up for a meal takes two hand cranks on the A-6-3: the backrest climbs to 70° and the knee rest to 35°, so the patient stays where the carer set them. The fixed-height 1950 × 900 mm platform is rated to 240 kg.

Sections

Manual bed

Categories

Hospital Furniture & Fixtures

Condition

New

Origin

China

Seller Type

Certified Professional Seller

Size:

2140 × 1000 × 500 mm

CE & ISO Certified

Global Shipping

Supplier: Medigear

Hebei Vanry Medical Devices' A-6-3 is a two-function manual hospital bed designed around a 70° backrest and a 35° knee break. Two hand cranks drive those sections, taking the backrest from 0 to 70° (±5°) and the knee rest from 0 to 35° (±5°). Vanry also lists multi-position adjustment of the calf section. The platform stands at a fixed 500 mm (±20 mm), with no height travel, no Trendelenburg or reverse Trendelenburg tilt, no lateral tilt and nothing electrical.

Everything the frame does serves one job: getting an adult from lying flat to sitting upright and keeping them there. Raising the knee rest after the backrest puts a bend under the thighs, and that bend resists the slow slide toward the foot end that follows a raised head section. For the patient, meals, drinks, conversation and reading happen sitting up. For the budget, the mechanism is two screws and two handles, with no motors, lift columns or tilt linkage to buy or maintain.

The safe working load is 240 kg on a 1950 × 900 mm platform. The product photograph shows a perforated steel deck, an aluminium side rail with vertical posts, ABS end panels with hand grips (one carrying a green-blue insert), and four castors. Vanry's written listing gives dimensions, load and functions only. The rails shape the falls and entrapment assessment, and the castors shape how the bed is moved, so the manufacturer's written configuration comes from the enquiry team before any quotation is agreed. No mattress appears in either source.

The unit measures 2140 × 1000 × 500 mm (±20 mm). Medigear. UK offers it to buyers in more than 80 countries, and the enquiry team provides stock and lead time.

The A-6-3 belongs where patients spend long stretches sitting up and rarely need the platform moved: elderly care wards, long-stay and residential nursing, rehabilitation bays, recovery areas, and field or surge facilities that need a simple frame in numbers. Its argument is what the budget buys. Every part of the mechanism serves posture, and the functions it leaves out are ones these settings use least.

The backrest range covers the full spread of sitting positions. A 30° rest suits sleep and comfort; 45 to 60° suits meals and visitors, and the 70° ceiling brings a patient close to upright for eating and drinking. Head elevation carries a trade-off. The 2026 Cochrane review of ventilated adults found that higher head-of-bed angles probably increase pressure ulcers, and that population differs. Hence, the finding is a caution for other wards and not a measured risk.

The knee rest earns its place through posture, and the evidence is limited. A study of ten healthy women held at 30° head-up for two hours found that adding 10° of leg elevation reduced sliding down the bed significantly, but it made no difference to pressure measured at the sacrum. The knee break helps a patient stay put, while repositioning and pressure-relieving surfaces still do the protective work.

The fixed 500 mm height limits some settings. Frequent washing, wound care, or bedside examination puts carers in a stooped posture, and fall pathways that rely on a low platform need a bed that lowers. NHS procurement routes, and public purchasing elsewhere, look for the device class and a declaration of conformity. The conformity documentation those procurement routes require is issued by the manufacturer and shared by the enquiry team.

Every mechanism supports an upright position.

The backrest, knee break, and calf section together create an upright, supported posture. Buyers pay for the adjustments long-stay patients use every day, and none they would leave idle.

Less slide toward the foot end

A raised knee section holds the pelvis in place under a raised backrest. Carers spend less time hauling patients back up the bed, which is one of the most common repositioning tasks on a care ward.

Two cranks, two decisions

With one handle for the back and one for the knees, a new carer learns the bed on the first shift: no function map to memorise and no wrong handle to reach for.

Nothing to charge, test or wire

The frame has no electrical parts, so it drops out of electrical inspection schedules and never waits on a socket or a battery. Power cuts leave the patient exactly where the carer set them.

Few moving parts to wear

Two crank screws, the section hinges and the castors make up the wear list. A fixed frame has no lift columns or tilt linkages, so maintenance stays short and the spares list stays small.

A 240 kg safe working load

The stated load covers heavier adults with room for a mattress and bedding. Reading the maximum patient weight from the manufacturer's labelling keeps that margin honest when you add a thicker mattress.

A fixed height that never drifts

The platform stays at 500 mm (±20 mm) whatever the load, so bedside furniture, overbed tables, and chair transfers line up the same way every day.

Straightforward fleet buying

A simple, fixed-height frame suits bulk purchase for surge beds, new wards and field deployment. Standardising on one model keeps induction and the spares shelf simple.

Two hand cranks

Two cranks drive the frame, one for the backrest and one for the knee rest. Each handle moves its own section through the range and holds it wherever the carer stops.

Backrest to 70°

The head section runs from flat to 70° (±5°), which is the full-fowler range. Patients can recline for sleep, sit halfway for visitors, or come near upright for meals.

Knee rest to 35°

The knee section rises from 0 to 35° (±5°), putting a bend under the thighs that anchors the pelvis when the backrest is up.

Calf multi-position adjustment

Vanry lists the calf section as adjustable through several positions of its own. Leg support can then be set for comfort, or for elevating the lower legs where a care plan asks for it.

Fixed 500 mm height

The platform sits at 500 mm (±20 mm) with no height travel. That is a working height for sitting transfers and a stooping height for carers doing long tasks at the bedside.

1950 × 900 mm platform

The deck measures 1950 × 900 mm (±20 mm). Mattresses should match that footprint, and rails, if fitted, set a limit on mattress depth.

Perforated steel deck

The photographed deck is perforated steel in hinged sections. Perforations let air move under the mattress and cut the weight of the platform.

Aluminium side rail

A side rail with vertical aluminium posts and a latch appears in Vanry's photograph. How many rails ship, and on which sides, is set out in the manufacturer's configuration from the enquiry team.

Moulded ABS end panels

The head and foot panels in the photograph are moulded ABS with cut-out hand grips, and one carries a green-blue insert. Smooth plastic panels wipe clean between patients and give carers a firm grip when moving the bed.

Four castors

Four castors appear under the photographed frame. Wheel size and the brake arrangement are defined in Vanry's configuration, which the enquiry team shares before quotation.

Overall footprint of 2140 × 1000 mm

The frame measures 2140 × 1000 mm (±20 mm), which is the space to plan per bay before adding clearance for carers and furniture.

No electrical parts

There is no motor, handset, battery or cable anywhere on the frame. Cleaning needs no isolation, and a power cut changes nothing.

The A-6-3 suits buyers who need adult beds for sitting up, feeding, visiting and resting, in settings where height travel and tilt go largely unused. Elderly care, long-stay nursing, rehabilitation and surge capacity get the most from it. Look past it for falls pathways that need a low platform and for bedside work long enough to strain carers at 500 mm. It also misses patients who must adjust themselves, children or small adults without BS EN 50637 rails, and loads near 240 kg with the mattress. Settle the rail and castor configuration, the mattress and the maximum patient weight first. Medigear.uk lists the A-6-3 for business buyers worldwide and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Ask the enquiry team for the declaration of conformity, packing list, and spares list before ordering.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Fowler positions describe a patient sitting up in bed, and a full-Fowler bed can take the backrest high enough for an upright posture. On the A-6-3, that means 70° (±5°) at the head, paired with a knee rest to 35° (±5°). Those are the two cranked functions shown on Vanry's sheet, and the calf section adds its own multi-position setting.

The A-6-3 has a fixed height of 500 mm (±20 mm). Carers wash, dress, or examine a patient at that height, and transfers happen there too. Wards where staff spend long periods at the bedside should cover the stooping load in their manual handling risk assessment, and the enquiry team can point to a height-adjustable specification where that assessment calls for one.

Trendelenburg and reverse Trendelenburg sit outside this model's function list, and so does lateral tilt. Care plans that call for whole-platform tilt need a bed with a tilt mechanism, which this frame does not carry. The backrest and knee rest cover sitting, reclining and contouring.

Vanry's photograph shows an aluminium side rail, moulded end panels, and four castors, and its listing covers dimensions, load, and functions. Establish the side rail configuration before the bed goes into a falls risk assessment, since fitted rails bring their own entrapment checks. A mattress is a separate purchase.

The deck measures 1950 × 900 mm (±20 mm), so the mattress needs to match that footprint closely to avoid gaps at the sides and ends. Establish the mattress depth before ordering where rails are fitted, because MHRA guidance on bed rails ties rail height above the mattress to entrapment risk. The instructions for use set the permitted mattress range, and the enquiry team shares them.

Vanry gives a safe working load of 240 kg. The patient, mattress and any bedding or equipment all count toward it, so the heaviest patient the bed can take is the load figure minus everything else on the platform. The manufacturer's labelling and instructions for use set out the maximum patient weight, which the enquiry team shares with the quotation.

There is no motor, battery or cable, so electrical testing does not arise. With no height travel, the bed does not lift the patient, so LOLER thorough examination is not required. PUWER 1998 still applies wherever employees use it, which means planned checks of the cranks, joints, castors and brakes.

Vanry states that the company holds CE certification and shows ISO 13485:2016 among its published certificates, without naming this model on either. The A-6-3 is typically Class I under UK MDR 2002, or higher depending on use, as stated on the manufacturer's declaration of conformity, which the enquiry team shares. CE-marked devices remain accepted in Great Britain under transitional arrangements, with UKCA as the alternative route, and the MHRA's 2026 consultation on indefinite recognition is worth checking for its outcome.

Patients above the load once the mattress is counted, and children or small-stature adults who would need rails meeting BS EN 50637, are outside this bed's scope. So are patients who need their own controls, since both cranks need a carer. Units that tilt patients, or that need a low transfer height for falls management, need functions this frame does not have.

Upkeep is mechanical and modest: planned PUWER checks, lubrication of the two crank screws, castor and brake wear, and periodic mattress replacement. The quotation from the enquiry team sets out warranty terms and spare parts. No battery, handset or actuator ever needs replacing.