EQUIPMENT AND APPLICATIONS
Medical and dental fields utilize compressed air for a wide range of applications, including:
- Physical therapy and rehabilitation facilities, where equipment resistance can be carefully controlled via compressed air. This method is safer and gentler than free weights for patients rehabbing an injury, and can be easily adjusted by physical therapists.
- Dental practices and surgery, in which compressed air plays a major role in everything from sterility to patient comfort. For example, the suction tubes used during standard dental cleanings are powered by extremely high-quality compressed air.
- Surgical practice and operating rooms, where compressed air power tools are a key component in the process of cleaning out wounds. And surgery, of course, is an especially sensitive application; for example, when internal organs are exposed to compressed air, it’s particularly important that the tool be highly reliable, steady, and sterile.
- Veterinary practices and animal treatment facilities, where many of today’s vets have chosen to utilize the technologies used in human surgery in order to make animals more comfortable. Compressed air tools are much safer to use with animals than electric tools, and have allowed modern veterinary clinics to greatly expand their services and range of treatments.