Example: A pool float is a firmly inflated pressurized device. You lay on it at the side of the pool on a concrete surface and it feels very hard and before long you may actually see the indentation of the float in your skin. Now you put the float in the pool and get on it... it's an entirely different story now! The pool now acts as a true buffer against the transmission of mechanical energy between you and the earth (floatation).
An Anti-Support Surface has the technology to simulate and suspend a body in an environment which is less or equal to the molecular density of the subject in suspension. This environment (floating) acts as a mechanical energy buffer between the earth and the suspended body. Boyle's law states that at a constant temperature the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to it's ambient pressure. If the device has the intelligence to identify the mass and surface area of the object in suspension then it can correctly calculate the exact air pressure required (viscosity) to suspend the object in a state of floatation. This cannot be accomplished by just blowing an arbitrary constant volume of air into a mattress.
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| Patient lays down on our anti-support surface | The Auto-Vector system automatically calculates the exact settings needed to safely provide relief from the pressure of the patient's body in contact with the surface |
Vascular Occlusion (measurement of the amount of blood blocked) is minimized as the surface dynamically reacts to patient's movements instantaneously and in real-time |
Biologics only produces intelligent, micro-processor driven, dynamic support surfaces that are able to float objects in a fluid-like enviroment... and that's why we refer to our products as Anti-Support Surfaces. Contact us today for a demonstration/more information.
More information, such as specific studies will be referenced on our website shortly. Please continue to check back with us for the latest developments in Fluid Immersion SimulationTM as well as our full line of Anti-Support SurfacesTM.