McLean Healthcare is an Australian owned and operated company based in Tasmania supplying a wide range of medical as well as rehabilitation products to the healthcare industry. Their product range includes pressure care products, mobility appliances, physiotherapy appliances, orthoses, TENS systems and continence appliances. Pressure care products for hospitals include a range of bed as well as bedding products designed to relieve pressure and provide comfort to the patient. Pressure care products supplied by the company include Pertinex Homewave alternating mattress replacement systems, Dynacare ripple mattresses, electric bed back rests, electric beds, wind-up beds, adjustable bed back rests, bed heel elevators, Transfoam mattresses, egg shell mattresses, foot pad heel protectors and bed boards.
Alternating mattress replacement systems are designed to be fixed to single mattresses to prevent risk of pressure ulcers to patients. Ripple mattresses contain 21 individual pressure cells that are designed to inflate and deflate on an alternating basis to ensure uniform pressure under the patient. These pressure care products can be fixed under the base sheet of the bed and a noiseless pump is provided to operate the system. Bed back rests are provided to help raise or lower the patient using the powered system. These electric pressure care products are offered for single or double beds and are designed to stay in the required position without sinking. Electric bed back rests can be raised to a 60˚ position from a flat position.