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MAXx ® The Ultimate Rescue Backboard

Patent No. 7,303,705B2
 

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MAXx - The Ultimate Backboard!
  • High impact ABS vacuum-formed plastic
    and urethane foam
     
  • High pressure injection urethane foam
     
  • Large textured handholds and pins integrally molded into the board
     
  • Ergonomically correct
     
  • Design expedites boarding techniques

 
 
December 2004
Dear Valued Customer,
The photos below are of a series of stress tests comparing our MAXx® board against a common competitor.  All tests were performed with the help and supervision of Battalion Chief Julie Downey and other personnel of Davie Fire Rescue.

 

  • Each board was submitted to a horizontal and perpendicular ‘drive over test with the dual tires of a fully equipped fire apparatus provided by Davie Fire Rescue, Broward County, Florida.

     

 

  • During the test, our MAXx® board maintained structural integrity (with no delamination of the outer ABS plastic shell from the foam), and showed only small signs of stress from the 42,000 lbs of the apparatus. The board exhibited only a stress crease  in the runner on the bottom of the board for approximately two feet.  This board is still in service with only slight discoloration of the plastic as shown in photo.
     
  • The competitor’s board displayed major signs of loss to structural integrity. As the tires rolled over the board, it visibly delaminated the outer shell from the inner foam and became clearly warped and weakened.
  
  • Each board underwent a strength-bending test performed by placing one’s knee in the middle of each board, anchoring the tail on the ground, and pulling back on the board. Our MAXx® board maintained its strength and had normal flexion of the board.

  • However, the competitor’s board creased, buckled, and folded in half as shown in picture with the same simple knee test.

The Competitors Board
 
  • The fire crew pounded away on the board pins with a sledge hammer and haligan bar, leaving only slight discoloration to the MAXx® pins.

 


The board was then laid flat and the pins remained intact as the board was slammed with the sledge hammer.  The fiberglass pins of the competitor’s board were easily removed with slight blows.

A ‘Saws All’ was then taken to the boards to view the effects the immense weight of the fire engine had on the inner foam.  The cross-cuts on the boards clearly showed.
 
The MAXx® board maintained its lamination and had continuous foam throughout the board (no voids anywhere), due in part to our patent pending manufacturer's foaming process.

The competitors’ board had delamination and compression of their low density foam. The board’s integrity had clearly failed under the weight and pressure. Their board had no foam (voids) within the handholds or other major strength areas of the board.


Please consider all of the safety and strength benefits of our board. MAXx® denies all fluid entry because of our high density urethane, and foam filling.

Thank you and enjoy the pictures… Seeing is Believing !

                                                           Sincerely,
                                                   George S. Panton Jr.
   

 
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE !!

May 14, 2003
Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates
200 E. Sheridan Rd
Melbourne, FL  32901

X-ray Penetration Report
for the MAXx ® Trauma Board
 
On May 7th, 2003, the MAXx®  trauma board was brought to Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates in Melbourne, Florida, to test for radiolucency. 

Using an x-ray technique of 59 kilovolts-peak (kvp) and 2.65 milliamps per second (maS) the produced radiograph showed total penetration of the board.  At a lighter technique of 46 kv at 1.6mmS - only then did the board become faintly visualized. 

Due to the fact that trauma radiography rarely employs a technique below 70 kvp the board is said to radiolucent in that respect.

Greg Caputo RT(R) (CT)
Staff MRI Technologist
 

October 16, 2003
Aquatic Safety Consulting
Ph. (407) 877-6291

During aquatic rescue, both spinal and non-spinal injury situations, it is easy to submerge and
control during rescues and extrication.  It has been used in Junior Lifeguard programs successfully. 
It is definitely user friendly.

Every once in awhile, we are asked to review and test a new product.  The latest one is known as MAXx®. 

MAXx® is a new state-of-the-art rescue backboard developed by rescue personnel and plastic engineers.  This is not “just another plastic backboard”.

The main concern addressed by MAXx® is fluid resistance.  This backboard is made of high impact ABS vacuum-formed plastic sheets.  The seams are thermally welded.  And urethane foam is injected under extreme pressure.  These features allow no fluid entry.

Another definite advantage - MAXx® is 100% radiolucent.  That means that it is virtually invisible on x-ray film or MRI.  MAXx® is lightweight, has large textured handholds and the speed clip pins are integrally molded in the board.  There is a smooth deck cradle, a tail drop for easier extrication and it accepts any head immobilizer.  MAXx® was designed ergonomically correct to expedite boarding techniques and eliminate injuries to rescue personnel and patients.

Let MAXx® be your next rescue companion.  Public awareness to this great product is a must.

Tom Werts, President
Aquatic Safety Consulting
 

  • MAXx's PATENT PENDING DESIGN ALLOWS NO FLUID ENTRY
     

  • SEAMLESS HIGH IMPACT ABS TWIN SHEET VACUUM-FORMED PLASTIC
     

  • X-RAY
    The most X-Ray translucent backboard available - rapid injury assessment by physicians

  • LARGE TEXTURED HANDHOLDS AND PINS INTEGRALLY MOLDED INTO THE BOARD
    Greater vertical strap adjustment and safety glove clearances

  • NON-SLIP
    Handholds are textured to facilitate wet rescues

  • DESIGN
    Accommodations snap-in head immobilizers (adjustable) pediatric or adult

  • PINS
    Speed clipping for rapid patient securing - pins are molded integrally

  • STRENGTH
    Moves heavy patients (400+ lbs. capacity) with less flexion to help maintain spinal alignment

  • ERGONOMIC DESIGN
    Runner height and handle layout facilitates proper lifting and transferring techniques

  • TAIL DROP
    Easier placement and extraction from car seats

  • BOTTOM RUNNER
    Stabilize MAXxTM, facilitate aquatic rescues and create handle clearance in gloved situations

  • DECK CRADLE
    Aquatic patient stability and dry comfort

  • MELTING POINT
    Higher in case of contact with hot surfaces

  • COLOR
    Easy identification on the apparatus which quickens response and hospital turn around time

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