RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Johnson Controls has introduced what it describes as ‘an innovative range’ of sounders, visual alarm devices (VADs), and visual indicating devices (VIDs), ‘to help improve performance of fire detection systems and ensure evacuation responses occur quickly during a real fire event’.

The company said: “With two leading fire detection brands in Europe – Zettler and FireClass, Johnson Controls offers highly sophisticated fire detection solutions for a range of different environments and project size.”

Assa Abloy says its new eCLIQ electronic locking system features a ‘pioneering’ chip and 128-bit AES encryption, and has been developed to offer high security and resistance to electronic attack.

Polar has designed, fabricated, and installed specialist and bepsoke healthcare windows, doors, and curtain walling products, for Atherleigh Park, a new £40 m inpatient mental healthcare facility in Leigh, Lancashire for adults suffering with mental health, dementia, and memory conditions.

Horne Engineering’s ‘Care’ shower panels are specifically designed for hospitals, mental healthcare facilities, elderly, extra, and dementia care settings, and for disability access and Changing Places facilities.

A new ‘pollution-absorbing paint technology’ that comes in the form of a paint or clear coating, can be applied both internally and externally, is said by the Swiss company behind it to be ‘easy-to-use and scientifically proven’, and which ‘turns walls and surfaces into a natural air purifier’, is now available in the UK

Intastop, which claims to have introduced the original aluminium door edge guard to the UK market, has added a 10 mm PVC-u Door Edge Guard version to its extensive range, the largest in the UK.

Pineapple Contracts says its Scorpio Collapsible Mattress is designed to prevent windows and viewing panels being blocked by such items, ‘reducing the number and scale of necessary interventions’.

Healthcare furniture manufacturer, Pineapple Contracts, has launched a new addition to its award-winning Ryno range in response to customer feedback.

Tough Furniture has responded to ‘growing awareness of the importance of reducing ligature risk in all areas of secure mental health environments, and not just serviceusers’ bedrooms’, by introducing a wallmounted TV protection cabinet, the ALTV, which ‘combines an elegant, non-intrusive appearance with practical risk reduction through its signature sloping top and bottom design’.

Dart Valley Systems – which specialises in water-saving technology for commercial washrooms, and has produced ‘leading automatic washroom technology’ for over 30 years (see also pages 12-14) – says it has worked hard in the past 12 months to expand its Safe Ensuite range and control systems.

Samuel Heath’s Powermatic Free Swing controlled, concealed door closers have been used at new state-of-the-art psychiatric care facilities at Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

Gradus says its new range of PVC-u wall cladding, SureProtect PVC-u sheet, provides ‘a durable, defensive layer designed to protect large surface areas from scuffs, scrapes, and impact damage’. The company said: “It delivers a cost effective way to reduce the need to repair and repaint wall and door surfaces, and optimises the appearance retention of the building interior.”

An ‘intelligent’ flow sensor said to enable ventilation to adapt to actual demand, thereby improving indoor air quality and energy efficiency, has been jointly developed by Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre and Fläkt Woods Oy, part of global air technology specialist, FläktGroup

One of only seven PET-MR scanners in the UK has begun operating at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, as part of a multi-million pound project with a major focus on dementia research, described by Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) as ‘a pivotal moment for imaging at Manchester’.

Forbo Flooring Systems has partnered with The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) to review over 1,000 floor finishes, assessing their suitability for use in dementia-friendly environments, and can now offer a selection of independently accredited products ‘ideal for dementia-supportive settings’.

Over 70 en-suite bedrooms at Carmarthen’s Glangwili General Hospital are to be fitted with a new, ‘revolutionary’ Shower Doorset designed and manufactured by Kingsway Group to offer an antiligature solution to Hywel Dda Health Board.

Eaton has unveiled ‘a stylish new addition’ to its range of highly efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial buildings.

Crittall Fendor has enhanced its CleanVent – an external sliding window system designed to provide maximum natural light and ventilation – with the addition of a Slipper Clutch mechanism.

Oxehealth, a scientific ‘spin-off’ from the University of Oxford, claims to be the world’s first company to deploy continuous ‘medical-grade’, contact-free vital signs monitoring using low-cost digital optical sensors to mental health services.

A new virtual reality device designed to help architects and designers create dementia friendly buildings by enabling them to ‘see things through the eyes of a person living with dementia’ has been launched.