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Vanry B-12

Product Code: HFAF-HB-3788

Every movement happens at a carer's pace, with no motor behind it.

Nothing on the B-12 moves unless a carer turns a handle, which takes powered movement out of the bedspace. Two cranks set the backrest to 70° and knee rest to 35°, on a fixed-height 1950 × 900 mm platform with a 240 kg safe working load.

Sections

Manual bed

Categories

Hospital Furniture & Fixtures

Condition

New

Origin

China

Seller Type

Certified Professional Seller

Size:

2170 × 980 × 500 mm

CE & ISO Certified

Global Shipping

Supplier: Medigear

Vanry's B-12 is a two-function manual hospital bed, and a carer's hand drives every movement. Two cranks take the backrest from 0 to 70° (±5°), and the knee rest from 0 to 35° (±5°), and the calf section has its own multi-position setting. The platform is fixed at 500 mm (±20 mm). There is no height travel, no Trendelenburg or lateral tilt, and no motor, battery, handset or cable.

Risk is where this frame changes the picture, because taking out the motor removes some hazards and leaves others in plain view. With nothing powered, no handset can be pressed by accident, no section can drive a limb into a rail, no low-height setting can trap a foot, and the frame has no mains lead or battery. The hazards remain: entrapment at the rails, falls, and the crank handles themselves, which stand out at the frame corner and can catch a shin. A fixed 500 mm platform also means no low position for patients at high risk of falling.

A 240 kg safe working load applies across the 1950 × 900 mm platform. The photograph shows slotted deck sections, ABS end panels with lilac inserts and matching corner bumpers, and a six-post aluminium side rail with yellow latches. A crank handle hangs at the end of the frame, and four castors sit on individual legs. The written listing is limited to dimensions, load and functions, so the manufacturer's configuration comes from the enquiry team with the quotation.

The unit measures 2170 × 980 × 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 B-12 suits settings where a bed's own hazards need to be few and visible: mental health and dementia units where powered controls invite misuse, care homes with residents who wander or fidget, rehabilitation bays, general wards, and community placements. Its argument is risk transfer. The frame removes every failure mode that depends on a motor or a supply, so the risk assessment can focus on what remains.

Those remaining hazards are serious. The National Patient Safety Alert issued in 2023 recorded 18 deaths and 54 serious injuries reported to the MHRA between 2018 and 2022 involving medical beds, bed rails, trolleys and associated equipment. It required documented risk assessments for everyone using bed rails, staff training, and review of equipment used by children and adults of atypical size against BS EN 50637. A manual frame changes none of that, because rail entrapment comes from gaps between rail, mattress and frame and not from a motor.

What the frame does change is the speed and source of movement. A section raised by hand moves only while a carer turns the crank and watches the patient, so the carer can see a trapped hand before the section closes on it. The trade-off is the fixed 500 mm height. Patients at high risk of falling from bed cannot be lowered close to the floor, and the risk assessment needs other measures for them or a different bed.

NHS procurement routes, and public purchasing elsewhere, look for a 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.

No powered movement in the bedspace

Every section moves only while a carer turns a crank. A patient, visitor, or child cannot start the bed by pressing a button.

Movement at a watching carer's pace

Hand-cranked sections travel slowly and stop the moment the carer stops. A limb caught near a rail or hinge is seen before force builds up.

No electrical hazards on the frame

With no mains lead, battery or control box, there is no shock, fire or trip hazard from a cable, and the bed needs no isolation before cleaning.

No handset to misuse

Mental health, dementia and learning disability settings avoid the risk of a handset cable or unsupervised adjustment altogether.

A short, visible hazard list

Rails, crank handles, mattress fit and falls are the hazards to assess. Each can be seen and checked at the bedside without specialist tools.

Positions that hold through a power cut

A section left at an angle stays there, whatever happens to the electricity supply. Care plans relying on a set backrest angle are not interrupted.

Stable fixed height

The platform never changes height, so furniture, commodes and transfer aids line up with it the same way each time.

Load headroom

A 240 kg safe working load covers most adults with mattress and bedding. The maximum patient weight on the manufacturer's labelling sets the real limit.

Two hand cranks

One crank drives the backrest and the other the knee rest. Each section stops wherever the carer stops turning.

Backrest range of 0–70°

The head section rises from flat to 70° (±5°), from reclining to near-upright sitting.

Knee rest range of 0–35°

The knee section lifts to 35° (±5°), supporting the thighs so the patient does not slide toward the foot end.

Calf multi-position adjustment

Vanry lists a separate multi-position setting for the calf section, independent of the knee rest.

Fixed height of 500 mm

The platform sits at 500 mm (±20 mm) with no lift mechanism, and with no low position.

Frame of 2170 × 980 mm

Overall length is 2170 mm and width 980 mm (±20 mm), setting the footprint before clearance.

Platform of 1950 × 900 mm

The lying surface measures 1950 × 900 mm (±20 mm). A mattress that fills it without side gaps is part of rail safety.

Safe working load of 240 kg

The 240 kg rating covers patient, mattress and bedding together, and the lower maximum patient weight is printed on the manufacturer's labelling.

Slotted deck sections

The photographed deck is made of slotted sections that articulate with the backrest and knee rest.

Six-post aluminium side rail

A side rail with six aluminium posts and yellow latches appears in the photograph. The rail configuration supplied is set out by the enquiry team.

Hanging crank handle

The photograph shows a crank handle hanging at the end of the frame when idle. Its folding or stowing arrangement is described in the instructions for use.

ABS end panels with lilac inserts

The head and foot panels are moulded ABS with lilac inserts and hand cut-outs, and lilac bumpers guard the corners.

Four castors on individual legs

Each photographed leg ends in a castor. Size and braking are given in the manufacturer's configuration, which the enquiry team shares.

The B-12 suits buyers who want a short, visible hazard list for each bed, with no powered movement in the room. Mental health and dementia units, care homes, rehabilitation bays, and community placements benefit most. It does not remove rail entrapment or falls risk, and its fixed 500 mm height rules it out for patients who need a low bed, tilt or height travel. Children and small adults also need rails meeting BS EN 50637. Before ordering, settle the rail configuration, the mattress and how the crank handles stow. Medigear.uk lists the B-12 for business buyers worldwide and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Before ordering, request the instructions for use, declaration of conformity, packing list, and maximum patient weight from the enquiry team.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Powered movement is gone entirely. No handset can be pressed by accident, no motor can drive a section into a limb or a rail, no electric low position can trap a foot underneath, and no electrical supply, lead, or battery is on the frame. Sections move only as fast as a carer turns the crank.

Entrapment at the side rails, falls from the bed, and pressure and shear from sitting up all remain, just as they do on any bed. The crank handles add one of their own, since they project at the frame corner and can catch a passer-by. The risk assessment for the bed space needs to cover each of these.

A 2023 National Patient Safety Alert recorded 18 deaths and 54 serious injuries reported to the MHRA between 2018 and 2022 involving medical beds, bed rails, trolleys and related equipment. It required organisations to complete documented risk assessments for every patient using bed rails and to keep them updated. Establish the rail configuration before the bed enters a falls risk assessment.

In the photograph, a crank handle hangs down at the end of the frame when not in use. The manufacturer's instructions for use set out whether the handles fold, stow, or detach, and the enquiry team shares them. Staff should return handles to their resting position after every adjustment.

The platform measures 1950 × 900 mm (±20 mm), and the mattress needs to fill it without side gaps. Confirm the mattress depth before ordering, once the rails are fitted, because MHRA guidance ties rail height above the mattress to roll-over and entrapment risk. The permitted range appears in the instructions for use.

For some patients it is. At 500 mm (±20 mm), the platform cannot drop to a low position for patients at high risk of falling from bed, and a floor mat beside a fixed-height bed covers only part of that risk. Patients on falls pathways that call for a low bed need a height-adjustable specification.

Vanry gives a safe working load of 240 kg for the patient, mattress, bedding and anything else on the platform. The maximum patient weight sits below that figure and is stated on the manufacturer's labelling and instructions for use, which the enquiry team shares.

PUWER 1998 requires the bed to be kept in a safe condition wherever staff use it, which covers the crank screws, hinges, rails, castors and brakes. With no electrical parts, there is no electrical test. The fixed platform lifts nothing, so LOLER does not apply either.

The B-12 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. Vanry states company-level CE certification and publishes ISO 13485:2016, neither naming this model. For Great Britain, CE marking is accepted under transitional arrangements, with UKCA as the alternative, pending the outcome of the MHRA's 2026 consultation on indefinite recognition.

Patients at high risk of falls who need a low platform, patients who need tilt or height travel, and those who want to adjust their own position all need a different specification. So do children or small-stature adults unless the rails meet BS EN 50637, and anyone near 240 kg once the mattress is counted.