Adjustable Protector EquaGel Pressure Cushion with washable cover NSW Health 217B & Qld MASS
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Adjustable Protector EquaGel Pressure Cushion with washable cover NSW Health 217B & Qld MASS
It is not a liquid.
This gel has unbelievable tensile and compression strength. One of its most amazing features is referred to as column buckling. Simply put, each wall of gel is capable of supporting only a marginal load. When that threshold is exceeded, the wall buckles under and passes the weight to the surrounding walls for support. This “buckling and weight-passing” happens instantly and repeatedly until the maximum surface area of pressing weight is evenly supported by sufficient walls to hold the weight up, regardless of its shape.
Applied to seat cushions, the pressure points of the ischium and coccyx are allowed to buckle into the cushion without resistance while the buttocks are supported evenly.
The area’s most likely to develop pressure sores are allowed to float nearly pressure-free within the pad while the client’s weight is distributed evenly across the cushion.
Adjustable Protector EquaGel Pressure Cushion with washable cover NSW Health 217B & Qld MASS Features
- The Equagel Adjustable Protector puts you in charge of your comfort.
- The top half of the cushion - the comfort layer - has two options to fit your needs and to adjust the protection you need.
- One has a sculpted trochanter bucket 1/4" deep for extra cushioning and the second top layer has a deeper bucket 3/4" for comfort and added stability.
- Find the layer that best suits you! EquaGelTM is a dry-polymer gel, almost rubbery.
Adjustable Protector EquaGel Pressure Cushion with washable cover NSW Health 217B & Qld MASS Specifications
- 100% EquaGel™
- 2 1/2” tall EquaGel™ in two stages.
- The top layer is thin wall gel and a tight grid for a comfort layer.
- The bottom layer is thicker wall gel and a wide grid for deep posture support.
- The pelvic area of the cushion is contoured to more evenly distribute a user’s weight than flat cushions, while retaining 1 3/4” of buckling gel under the pressure points.
- Fluid resistant, Vapor permeable, flame resistant cover
- Included are two different pelvic contour inserts that can increase the amount of therapeutic gel under the pelvis from 1 3/4” to 2”, 2 1/4”, or 2 1/2” deep.
- The gel contour inserts are slipped into the fabric pocket inside the cover, beneath the gel. You may customize your cushion by using no insert, only the thin, only the thick, or both inserts. Insert them with the rounded edges going into the fabric sleeve first, grid side up.
