The Product The SOS HYPERLITE Emergency Evacuation Hyperbaric Stretcher and Treatment System is truly innovative quick deployment first aid medical equipment with three specific areas of application. These are:
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The Hyperlite works in exactly the same way as a hyperbaric chamber, by providing 100% oxygen through a built-in breathing system (BIBS) mask on demand, whilst the body is pressurized in air at above ambient pressure. The equipment is suitable for use almost anywhere. It may be used in hospitals, wound care centers, multi-disciplinary or specialty maintenance clinics and on the move in aircraft, helicopters, boats, submarines, ambulances and road vehicles. |
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Injured or sick patients may be transferred into and out of the unit using a cotton drag mattress with pillow and retaining straps. Full monitoring is possible, as is patient ventilation under medical supervision. |
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Made from fire retardant materials with low fire, smoke and toxicity properties, the Hyperlite is non-magnetic, is unaffected by U-V radiation and is even suitable for radiographic diagnosis and radiotherapy treatment. Being the product of the latest computer aided design and manufacturing techniques, the system incorporates advanced composite materials in such a way as to combine incredible strength with high flexibility; a vessel that will withstand six times its working pressure when tested to destruction and yet be stored in a box that is only one quarter of its operational length. |
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The Hyperlite is truly portable, in contrast to hyperbaric chambers usually made from aluminum or steel, where size and weight make even transport a significant problem. The entire unit is self-sealing and becomes totally rigid even with minimal pressure. Being so small, the Hyperlite passes directly through the open door of any larger traditional type therapy chamber to guarantee transfer under pressure, without the requirement for a lock-on flange. Integrated into both ends of the para-aramid fiber and silicone rubber tube are reinforced flexible seals, which retain the two large diameter end windows, once the patient is inside. These windows provide good internal lighting, giving the operator excellent visual monitoring at all times and offering a comforting sense of spaciousness to the patient. When not in use, the parts of the Hyperlite can be folded away into two compact protection cases, each of which can be carried by two people. |
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For the operator, the
Hyperlite is
extremely easy to assemble, there are few connections and to avoid
error, each coupling is different. Apart from the standard two-way
intercom. there are just three controls, two to adjust the pressure
in the unit and one to change the breathing gas supply to the
patient’s built-in breathing system (BIBS) with overboard dump. The
Hyperlite is the only unit of
its kind built to the demanding BS EN ISO 13485:2003 Quality
Standard, approved for construction under the UK Lloyd’s Register
‘Rules and Regulations for the Construction and Classification of
Submersibles and Underwater Systems’. It is also fully compliant
with both the US National Standard, ASME PVHO-1 ‘Pressure Vessels
for Human Occupancy’ and the Canadian Standard Association’s
standard Z275.1-05 ‘Hyperbaric Facilities’. |
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