Many people poor in health, especially those with heart
conditions, could get a better and safer night’s sleep if
their bedroom was maintained at constant atmospheric pressure.
The idea has been invented and patented by Yuri Neshitov,
Contacts and Technologies Director of the magazine, Innovations,
A onetime heart patient himself, he has been working in
conjunction with Professor Michael Vorogushin St Petersburg
University and CEO of the Center of Linear Accelerators and
Cyclotrons at the Research Institution of Electrophysics
Apparatus.
Many physicians believe that a pressure change of around 8mm of
mercury, or 10mbar, within 24 hours is enough to unfavourably
affect weather dependent people. In mid latitude cyclones,
pressures can drop down to 970 mbar, against an average sea level
pressure of 1013 mbar. Pressures can drop sometimes drop more
than this: Typhoon Tip in the North West Pacific Ocean in 1979
got down to 870mbar.
Their solution is called ‘AVC’ which stands for
Autonomous Ventilation and Conditioning and takes the form of
pressure controlled rooms, based on clean room technology, where
a slight excess pressure prevents dust and micro organisms from
getting inside.
In its simplest form, the technology takes the form of a
computer controlled pressure regulated room with an airlock door,
but to achieve its full potential, it needs to be extended to a
package that can be applied to commercial luxury hotel suites and
hospital wards. The AVC developers say they can show interested
visitors to St Petersburg all the technologies required to make the rooms function, and are now looking
for partners willing to commercialise the idea, which is patented
in Russia with patent applications pending in a number of other
countries.
For more information email Neshitov@r-d.ru and/or shelleys@shelleys.demon.co.uk
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