COMPANY SPOTLIGHT: Body Scoop by B-Mobile

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BODY SCOOP BY B-MOBILE

505 N. Sunnyslope Ave

Pasadena, California  91107

Phone: (626) 233-9574

Email: b-mobile@earthlink.net

Website: www.bodyscoop.net

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Who is Body Scoop by B-Mobile and what products do they provide?

In 2004, the original Body Scoop was introduced into the USA from Europe. B-Mobile  redesigned the original product based on funeral directors feedback. In 2007, after three years of redesigning, B-Mobile unveiled a product  that would casket a body from prep rooms with seven foot high ceilings, would accommodate the girth of 800 pound bodies and would allow funeral directors of any size to transfer bodies. The new design has received acclaim by funeral directors across the country. In combination with a gantry-type room covering system, transfers can be made from gurney to prep table to dressing table to casket anywhere within a room or rooms.

How did B-Mobile get involved in the funeral industry?

President Wayne Blacklock of B-Mobile spent about 11 years selling and installing lifts in hospitals, homes and special education classrooms. As a licensed general contractor and custom homebuilder for over twenty-five years, Wayne’s knowledge of construction is critical to the installation process. The positive response of funeral directors who have used the Body Scoop over the past several years continue to encourage the venture.

What makes the Body Scoop unique?

The scoop design from Europe is the breakthrough for the single person no-lift technology. Three years of design evolution met the needs of the American funeral directors as well as others around the world. The scoops lock under the body with no lifting. The stainless steel scoops and frame clean up with prep room supplies and require no maintenance. The room covering system makes transfers simple from any place in the room. The superbly engineered lifting motor provides a smooth lift from table to table and casketing. The high tech trolleys and extruded aluminum rails allow the lightest touch to move the system across the room with clients of any weight. For funeral homes with an existing hoist which they cannot currently replace, the Body Scoop can be fitted with a custom eye bolt for attachment. Motor and scoop combinations can lift up to 1000 pounds. All components are made in the USA.

What are the benefits to a funeral home using the Body Scoop?

Time, personnel and costs are critical to the operation of a funeral home. One person transfers allow the prep room employee to transfer and casket without taking another person away from his task to help. More than time is lost when a funeral director must leave a family to help make a transfer in the prep room or an embalmer must wait for help to make a transfer. Removals from a hospital can be accomplished with one person since the transfer at the other end in the prep room can be done with one person.

Without the strain of lifting all week, employees have more energy at the end of the week. With women comprising well over half of the mortuary science graduates, the Body Scoop provides the opportunity for women to make transfers without assistance. Constant lifting causes back injuries. The Body Scoop reduces lifting, thus extending the working life of all of those who have to lift and transfer.

Mechanical lifting devices that work easily and quickly can reduce insurance costs. Some funeral homes have instituted a no-lift policy in the prep room and have reduced their annual workers’ compensation premiums by approximately $2,000.00. The federal government has an ADA program that allows up to $5,000.00 tax credit for an injury prevention program like this.

A lease purchase program is available that provides a five year purchase for about $350.00 a month. The lease purchase program allows a funeral home to purchase a lift without a strain on cash flow.

How does a funeral home purchase a Body Scoop?

A visit or telephone call to Wayne Blacklock or a local distributor or installer will provide a design and estimate that will work for your funeral home. With digital pictures, room dimensions and structure description, an estimate can be provided via e-mail.

Once a contract is signed, the equipment is shipped to the funeral home and the installer will come to the funeral home to properly install the unit and train the personnel.

Contact Wayne Blacklock at 626-233-9574, or by e-mail at b-mobile@earthlink.net, or visit www.bodyscoop.net.