ISSUE: Edward Moore Design, Inc., a Canadian Government recognized research and development laboratory since 1985, was developing a cooling and heating system to be utilized in three unique medical devices. They needed the unit to be as energy efficient as possible and also use insulation which was acceptable for the hospital environment.
SOLUTION: Nansulate® GP was specified into the heating and cooling unit for the three new medical devices.
The first device is an air conditioned/heated massaging mattress cover, which can be used for bed ridden patients, controlling the temperature of the mattess, providing comfort and preventing bed sores. It is scheduled for clinical testing in November 2008 and offshoots of this technology are now destined to target the general consumer market.
Edward Moore, President, describes the projects further, “Nansulate has been specified into the main cooling and heating system for this design. Nansulate added to the mattress cover system was found to reduce cooling temperature at a rate of 1.8 degrees per minute, as compared to the foam insulation alone which reduced temperature at a rate of 1.1 degrees per minute. All test were performed under identical conditions cooling one gallon of fluid.
By speeding up the cooling process, substantial energy savings were achieved. In addition, Nansulate prevented sweating during the cooling process and also prevents growth of unwanted substances on the surface of the system.
The same carefully researched cooling and heating system specifying Nansulate will be incorporated into a new machine to form x-ray invisible casts with perfectly even pressure over the entire area of a broken limb. The casts can be worn while swimming or bathing and re-formed, again with perfectly even
pressure, when swelling reduces. Thanks to Nansulate the time to form a perfectly even pressure cast will be approximately three minutes.
An additional portable machine specifying Nansulate in the unique heating and cooling system, is to heat and or cool with adjustable massage any area of the body for sports medicine and general
physiotherapy needs. This machine will free up the doctor or technician to perform other tasks. The portability of the battery operated machine is due in large part to the energy savings realized with Nansulate insulating coatings.”

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