Description
Mölnlycke Z-Flo Fluidized Positioner
How Z-Flo Fluidized Positioners works
Z-Flo Fluidized Positioners are used to mitigate pressure injury risk factors while maintaining neutral body alignment. These patented and versatile positioners are not predisposed to an existing shape. Therefore, each distinctive patient, their anatomy, medical devices and preexisting conditions can be addressed and accounted for. Z-Flo Fluidized Positioners provide measurable patient and economic rewards across the patient care journey.
Z-Flo Fluidized Positioners offer significant advantages over traditional offloading/positioning methods such as pillows and foam wedges. Z-Flo Fluidized Positioners:
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Offer continuous protection
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Are easy to mold
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Conform to virtually any shape
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Maintain their shape once molded
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Adapt to multiple anatomical sites, including occiput, sacrum and extremities
- Are effective for 90 days after first use
What differentiates Z-Flo Fluidized Positioners from other offloading and positioning approaches?
The fluidized positioners unique material is easily molded but can hold a position once shaped until it is molded again. These qualities of Zero Flow and Zero Memory combine to create Fluidized Conformational Positioning, which is therapeutic for patients.
Features
Contoured envelopment
- Ability to customize shape and dictate position
- Maintains set position more effectively than foam, wedges or pillows
- Can accommodate medical devices, tubes or pre-existing condition
Highly effective immersion
- Continuously redistributes pressure to protect patients at risk
- Minimize tissue loads
- Significantly reduces stress and shear compared to medical foam and gel products
Indications for Use
Molnlycke Z-Flo Fluidized Positioner is designed to provide patient positioning, pressure redistribution and/or to offload anatomical sites, which may be used as part of a prophylactic therapy to help prevent pressure ulcers.
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Z-Flo Application Guide
Z-Flo Positioners Adult Pediatrics Brochure
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Product Item Number
1401005,1401007,1401011
