Seating Matters are the only specialised seating company dedicating 100% of our time and resources to clinical research, innovation, and product development in clinical seating.
Our chairs represent the final step of an extensive process involving research, real-life patient feedback, development, clinical trials, ongoing enhancements, and rigorous evaluation.
Our dedicated Seating Matters R&D and Clinical teams have spent more than three decades finessing our product range. They continue to develop new lines that meet patient needs, and reduce the cost of care.
Four Steps to Quality
It takes continuous, careful planning to ensure our chairs are functional as well as being aesthetically pleasing. Our design team are adamant that the chairs need to be designed in such a way that they fit into a home environment. Each and every part of a Seating Matters chair has been engineered and devised to offer optimum quality and support for the user.
Each chair model is specifically designed for stability, ensuring that it has a low centre of gravity and a wide, stable base. This offers a high level of safety and occupant protection, reducing the risk of injury to patients and care givers alike.
Ease of Use
Seating Matters carefully considers the needs of caregivers and patients, ensuring that our chairs are simple to operate and easy to use. All Seating Matters chairs can be adjusted without tools in less than one minute, making them a good choice for multi-user environments, or for patients with progressive conditions.
Stringent Testing
The entire Seating Matters range has met and surpassed a rigorous testing process at our in-house testing facility. Here, we replicate sustained use of a chair over a 10-year life cycle. Each product undergoes a ‘drop test’, where a fully loaded chair is dropped 50mm onto a rigid test plane 10,000 times. A further 'drum test' involves two large metal rotating drums coming into contact with the castors every 3 seconds for 48 hours straight.
7 Year Warranty
Seating Matters upholds an industry-leading 7 Year Frame Warranty on most of our chair models. This Warranty offers essential peace of mind and reassurance that a patient’s chair will stand the test of time. Some terms and conditions apply.
INFECTION CONTROL
Seating Matters collaborates with hospitals and healthcare professionals to design chairs that meet the highest standards of infection control, significantly reducing potential entrapment areas, inhibiting bacteria growth, and supporting easy cleaning. This is achieved through features like medical-grade upholstery, removable arms, removable cushions, and a modular design.
Standards of Compliance
All Seating Matters chairs comply to the following standards, with each model undergoing stringent testing, development, clinical trialling, and review.
BS 4751
Mobile sanitary chairs.
BS ISO 7176-1
Determination of static stability testing:
• Static test for forward stability.
• Static test for rearward stability.
• Static test for sideways stability.
BS ISO 7176-3
Determination of effectiveness of brakes.
BS ISO 7176-8
Requirements and test methods for static, impact and fatigue strengths.
ISO 7176-11
Test dummies.
ISO 7176-13
Determination of coefficient of friction of test surfaces for wheelchairs.
BS ISO 7176-16
Resistance to ignition of upholstered parts.
BS EN 12183
Manually propelled wheelchair requirements and test methods.
BS EN 15373
Furniture strength, durability and safety requirements for non-domestic seating.
Seating Matters are an ISO 9001 Quality Management System approved company.
NDIS Funding - Australian Standards - Assistive Technology
The NDIS AT Template asks the following:
3.7.4 Does this AT comply with relevant AT Australian Standards (or ISO AT standards)? If yes, note which standards.
The Seating Matters chairs comply with all relevant AT Australian Standards and International ISO AT Standards:
● AS/NZS ISO 7176-1:2014 – Wheelchairs. Determination of static stability testing.
● AS/NZS ISO 7176-3:2014 – Determination of effectiveness of brakes.
● AS/NZS ISO 7176-8 – Requirements and test methods for static, impact and fatigue strengths.
● AS/NZS ISO 7176.11-2013 – Wheelchairs – Test dummies.
● AS/NZS ISO 7176.16-2013 – Wheelchairs – Resistance to ignition of postural support devices.
● ISO 9001 Quality Certified organisation – ISO 9001:2015 Manufacture and Supply of Specialised Seating.
● CE Approved.
● Registered with the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Seating Matters are an ISO 9001 Quality Management System approved company.
