Overlays and cushions engineered for skin that cannot reposition itself. The mechanism is simple: thousands of upright fibres sharing load that a flat surface would concentrate.
Pressure injury develops where sustained load closes the small vessels that feed the skin — most often at the sacrum, the heels, the shoulders and the hips. The clinical response is to redistribute that load, and to keep the interface dry.
Microclimate matters as much as pressure. A 2011 mathematical model published in the Journal of Tissue Viability showed that local temperature and moisture at the skin surface influence the risk of superficial pressure ulcers independently of load.
Our overlays address both: upright fibres share the load, and the wool moves moisture away from the interface. They are CE Class I medical devices, machine washable at 80 °C, and specified above AS 4480.1-1998.
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