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Fanprobe.com

Mortuary Complexity Simplified

■ WHAT WE DO

We develop professional-grade tools, provides training equipment rentals, and delivers managed digital platforms designed to improve operational efficiency.

Funeral Industry Tools

Professional-grade tools engineered to improve safety, efficiency, and precision in prep-room and training environments.

Training Equipment Rentals

Professional mannequin rentals supporting hands-on training for educational programs and emergency response teams.

Digital Workflow Solutions

Managed digital platforms that streamline operations, modernize processes, and improve administrative efficiency.

■ WHERE IT ALL STARTED

A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight - The First Solution Wasn’t Perfect - It Just Had to Work

A large piece of meat wrapped in plastic on a stainless steel hospital gurney in a sterile environment

Using everyday materials, our founder Kristopher R. Mickens created the earliest version of what would later become the Mortuary Balancing Bar™. It wasn’t polished. It wasn’t stable. It changed constantly.

But it was tested where it mattered most—inside a real funeral home, during real preparation work.

Innovation rarely starts in a laboratory. For Fanprobe, it began in the prep room of a busy Maryland funeral home handling nearly 15+ funerals each week. When staffing was limited and every moment counted, preparation and dressing often slowed down the workflow.

There was no tool specifically designed to support positioning during preparation or casketing. Funeral professionals relied on improvisation—using whatever materials were available.

That experience revealed something simple but important:

Funeral professionals needed support, not another obstacle.

■ FROM IDEA TO INNOVATION

The Mortuary Balancing Bar™ — Engineered for the Prep Room

A black fitness or strength training resistance bar on a stainless steel table in a clinical or gym setting.

What began as a rough prototype has evolved into a durable tool designed specifically for the realities of mortuary preparation work.

The Mortuary Balancing Bar™ provides stable support beneath the lower lumbar region, allowing funeral professionals to elevate and position a decedent during dressing and casketing without relying on improvised materials.

With approximately 6.5 inches of consistent clearance, the bar improves access, leverage, and positioning control during preparation.

Every aspect of the design was shaped through real-world use in preparation rooms—refined through feedback from embalmers, funeral directors, and removal staff.

Simple. Reliable. Built for the human side of funeral work.


■ CUSTOMER REVIEWS

Verified Feedback from Funeral Professionals Using the Mortuary Balancing Bar™

Read what funeral professionals are saying about the Mortuary Balancing Bar™:

We’ve compiled detailed feedback from embalmers, funeral directors, and mortuary educators so you can review real-world experiences, practical results, and professional insights from active prep-room environments.

M. Wiseman, Wiseman Funeral Home
We have one @ We love it!!!.
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K. Martin, Universal Mortuary
A very unique product, I needed this for a long time.
Prof. Kirksey, UDC Mortuary Science Program
This should be a standard tool in all prep rooms