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Aura controlled pressure isolation chair

Aura by Intelligent Care (Incare) is a biocontainment transport chair for moving infectious or immunosuppressed patients safely within any hospital environment.

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What is the Aura biocontainment transport chair?

Aura is a controlled pressure biocontainment transport chair: a medical device for moving a seated patient, whether infectious or immunosuppressed, within any hospital environment.

It was designed for the emergency room and for every occasion in which a patient has to be moved safely. Its aim is to prevent or minimize the transfer of contaminated air from contagious or potentially contagious patients, or, the other way round, to keep it away from patients with fragile immune defenses.

Intelligent Care (Incare) is part of Stretchers Industries OOD, a manufacturer based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and supplies hospitals and healthcare providers across Europe and beyond.

Aura biocontainment transport chair with orange seat inside a transparent enclosure on a wheeled frame
Aura: biocontainment transport chair with transparent enclosure, orange seat and wheeled frame.

Technical data

Construction and equipment of the Aura biocontainment transport chair as specified by Incare. Contact us for the full data sheet.

Structure
Metal frame covered with a highly resistant transparent PVC sheet
Ventilation
Positive / negative controlled pressure ventilation system
Pass-through
Sealed pocket for objects and equipment
Staff access
Glove windows equipped with sleeves
Line routing
Passage sleeves for cables and tubes
Optional
Tracking localization system

How does Aura work?

A ventilation system controls the pressure inside the transparent enclosure, so that air does not pass uncontrolled between the patient and the people nearby.

Negative pressure

Containing an infectious patient

Negative pressure keeps contaminated air inside the chair, protecting staff and other patients from airborne infections such as tuberculosis, measles or Covid.

Positive pressure

Protecting a vulnerable patient

Positive pressure keeps outside air from reaching patients with weakened immune defenses, for example patients undergoing oncology treatment or other immunosuppressed patients.

For airborne diseases such as tuberculosis, see the WHO tuberculosis fact sheet. Our guide to infectious patient transport in hospitals covers how chairs, stretchers and beds fit into a transfer protocol.

Design and features

Aura is a compact biocontainment transport chair that fits any emergency room and protects the patient and the medical staff at the same time.

  • Transport of infectious or immunosuppressed patients with ease
  • Protection for both patient and medical staff at the same time
  • Small unit suitable for any emergency room
  • Ventilation system operating at positive or negative pressure
  • Sealed pocket for passing objects and equipment safely
  • IV pole holder, tray and oxygen cylinder holder
  • Cable and tube passage sleeves
  • Glove windows equipped with sleeves
  • Tracking system for localization
Sealed pass-through pocket and glove window of the biocontainment transport chair
Sealed pass-through pocket and glove window of the biocontainment transport chair: items reach the patient without opening the enclosure.
Aura biocontainment transport chair seen from the sideAura biocontainment transport chair seen from the front at an angleClose-up of the frame, wheels and air hose of the biocontainment transport chair

Where it is used

The biocontainment transport chair is used in emergency rooms and throughout the hospital, whenever a patient who can sit has to be moved safely.

Typical transfers are from triage to an isolation room, to radiology or to an outpatient clinic. A chair takes less space than a stretcher in corridors and lifts and suits patients who do not need to lie down. When the patient must lie down, Incare offers the STR MK3 isolation unit for stretchers and the STR MK 4 emergency stretcher.

Frequently asked questions about Aura

Which patients is Aura designed for?

Infectious or potentially infectious patients affected by airborne infections, such as tuberculosis, measles or Covid, and patients with weakened immune defenses, for example during oncology treatment, and other immunosuppressed patients.

Does Aura work in both pressure modes?

Yes. Its ventilation system operates at positive or negative pressure, so the same biocontainment transport chair can contain an infectious patient or protect an immunosuppressed one.

What is the chair made of?

A metal frame covered with a highly resistant transparent polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet.

Which accessories are available?

IV pole holder, tray for objects, oxygen cylinder holder, cable and tube passage sleeves, glove windows with sleeves, and a tracking system for localization.

Related isolation products

Compare the biocontainment transport chair with other Incare isolation units.

STR MK3 transparent isolation unit with glove ports on a stretcher, an alternative to the biocontainment transport chairSTR MK3Isolation unit placed on top of a hospital stretcher, with U15 filtration and negative or positive pressure.View productSTR MK 4 emergency stretcher with transparent isolation canopy, an alternative to the biocontainment transport chairSTR MK 4Emergency stretcher with integrated isolation canopy; motorized version STR MK 5.View productPithos antechamber rendered attached to a door frame, an alternative to the biocontainment transport chairPithosAntechamber that attaches to the door frame of an existing hospital room.View product

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Our team can configure the biocontainment transport chair with the accessories your department needs. See also our catalogues.

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