Kradal & Esense: safer floors, easier mobility

Esense, a brand of Indes Healthcare, has a strategic partnership with Kradal, a specialist in energy-absorbing safety flooring. This collaboration brings together innovative flooring technology and advanced electric drive systems to improve both patient safety and mobility of medical equipment.

Reducing fall injuries with advanced flooring technology

Kradal™ flooring is specifically developed to reduce fall-related injuries in healthcare environments, such as hospitals and nursing homes. Its Smart Foam technology absorbs impact energy while maintaining a stable and firm walking surface.

Clinical research conducted by Karlstad University, published in the Injury Prevention journal, shows that Kradal flooring can reduce the risk of injury from falls by nearly 60%. Additional impact testing demonstrated up to 46% reduction in force compared to standard vinyl flooring.

These results make Kradal an ideal solution for healthcare facilities focused on fall prevention, patient safety, and injury reduction.

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Making heavy equipment easy to move

While energy-absorbing flooring improves safety, it can increase rolling resistance for equipment such as patient lifts, hospital beds, and trolleys. This is where Esense adds critical value. Esense develops electric drive systems for healthcare equipment, enabling caregivers to move heavy loads with minimal physical effort. Its technology is already used worldwide in applications including:

• Patient lifts
• Hospital beds
• Stretchers
• Medical trolleys

By integrating Esense drive support, equipment remains easy to manoeuvre, even on high-resistance safety floors like Kradal.

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A shared mission: change heavy to healthy

Kradal and Esense share a common goal: creating safer, healthier, and more ergonomic healthcare environments. By combining fall-reducing flooring with power-assisted mobility, the partnership delivers a complete solution that:

• Reduces injury risk for patients
• Lowers physical strain for caregivers
• Improves efficiency in daily operations

Together, they truly change heavy to healthy.

 Experience the Kradal solution in Enschede

The combined Kradal and Esense solution can be experienced at the Indes Healthcare office in Enschede, the Netherlands. Visitors can see firsthand how safety flooring and electric drive technology work together to enhance both safety and mobility in healthcare settings.

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