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expected to make quick, yet optimal assessments.
“It’s designed to make evaluations more time efficient,”
Doherty says. “If you have two back-to-back appoint- ments and the first one is with a proportional chin control and it doesn’t go well, you may need to switch to a head array. You can shut the chair off, turn it back on using Clinic Mode [and set up the head array]. As long as you have the input device, you can set it up quickly.”
Clinic Mode can be quickly enabled during evalu- ations and will be disabled on Q-Logic 3 power chairs provided to consumers.
“Sometimes in evaluations, you think we’re going to go down a particular path, and that’s not the path you eventually take,” Doherty says of the challenge of deter- mining the optimal driving controls for each client. Clinic Mode “gives you the opportunity to further tweak the system for the person. You can hook up a programmer and do the programming.”
Other improvements for clinicians: “As far as Bluetooth goes, we will have the ability to connect to multiple devices. With Q-Logic 2, if you have two devices that need mouse access, in order to access the second
one, you have to unpair the first one, which didn’t work out well. With Q-Logic 3, we now have the ability to link multiple devices with the system. When they go to their Bluetooth screen, the list of devices comes up, and they can choose which device they want to access. It’s a simple setup for a user.”
Also, “We can have up to six input devices on a
chair at once. You can have a specialty control with an enhanced display. You can have a specialty control with a SCIM module. You can have a sip and puff, a single-switch scanner, an attendant control and a hand control all on the chair at once. For evaluation purposes, that can be really efficient and effective because you can have things set up ahead of time, program it and swap a device really quickly. Time is of the essence during an evaluation.”
Meet Them Where They Are & Where They’ll Go
Other new features include the previously mentioned home key (think: smartphone/tablet shortcut) on the hand control to “access their driving parameters, their seat functions, their auxiliary menu or their settings. Just a hit of the button and a movement of the input device,” Doherty says. The idea is to shorten the number of key clicks or commands needed to get back to the home screen — a function that saves time and can be critical for clients needing to conserve effort and energy.
Q-Logic’s single-switch scanner now can be custom- ized: “People can use preset single-switch scanning layouts or customize them to the individual’s needs,” Doherty adds. “So they can control how the scanner mobilitymgmt.com
Close-up view of Q-Logic 3’s display and joystick.
Q-Logic 3’s iAccess system takes customization to new heights.
is going to scan.” Q-Logic 3 is also “teachable.” For instance, a client can “teach” a left double tap to a head array, and the system will remember that timing when operating the system.
The Q-Logic 3 was designed to keep clients fully informed and to let them take the lead. Q-Logic 3’s power positioning screen includes animated arrows to show in which direction, for instance, the chair is tilting. Clients can choose among six colors for their back- ground screen to maximize visual contrast...or just to see more of their favorite color.
That level of customizability creates an interesting result: Q-Logic 3 is so individually configurable that its reach is virtually universal.
“With the expanse of customization that can be performed with Q-Logic 3, I can’t think of a group of consumers that would not benefit from it,” Doherty says. “For folks with progressive conditions, we have a lot of options for switching input devices, so I think that will make it easier to transition from one input device to another. There are some folks who have to switch input devices in the middle of the day, and I think the transition can be made a lot easier with this system. Those who struggle with a large number of menus can also benefit from some of the new features.
“Truly, with the expandable electronics that Q-Logic 3 offers, even someone who just uses a standard joystick will find that the home key or iAccess could really enhance their life. And for people with progres- sive conditions to be able to modify a system, so it can continue to meet their needs, is huge.”
Meet Q-Logic 3 in person at March’s International Seating Symposium, booth 224. l
— Laurie Watanabe
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