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"The end result worked magnificently. PTS just does fabulous work."
Bill Elkins, Founder
bioCool
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Heating Lunch Bag: Raychem
Yet another complex project. This bag has a heating element sewn into
it, giving soldiers the option for hot food in even the harshest conditions.
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Thermal/Pressure Splint for Head and Torso: bioCool
Bill Elkins is a great man who had an insight one day into the positive
effects of temperature and pressure on healing. The sewn vest/hood shown
is an extremely complicated structure that brings precisely cooled water
and precisely calibrated oscillating pressure to inflamed or traumatized
parts of the body. We were proud to be chosen to work with Bill. Details
concerning the effects of these devices on inflammation, head trauma,
multiple sclerosis, and other conditions can be seen here. |
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Avalanche Rescue Vest: Avagear
Arieh Visocekas thought death in avalanches could be and should be
avoided. All it would take was some wearable equipment that would make a
person lighter than an onrushing million-ton maelstrom of snow moving at
100 miles per hour. With PTS, he developed and built a rescue vest to
solve this problem. It had a large uninflated balloon stored in its
perimeter, and a CO2 cylinder to inflate it when a mountaineer's luck
ran out. A person so equipped would float to the top of the flow, thus
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Thermal/Pressure Splint for Shoulders: CoolWorks
CoolWorks, the predecessor to bioCool, was the company where Bill Elkins
did a lot of the development and refinements on the first generation of
thermal/pressure splints.
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War Games Vest: SRI International
How do you give clothing a sense of direction PTS helped SRI
International answer that question with this War Games Vest, which
includes an embedded GPS capability. |
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Gas-Cylinder Blanket: LabCommerce
We built this bag using materials that were extremely difficult to work
with. The project was a success, and led to more work but it was no
cakewalk. (details) |
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Kool-Aid Man Inflatables: Entertainment Research Group
Working to our customer's concept, PTS scaled and patterned the initial prototype of this 6' high inflatable from a 12 in. clay model and interim drawings (details). After it was approved for production, PTS built one hundred units in-house. One thing led to another. Soon our shop was full of 6 ft. high Jingle Bears, Toy Soldiers, Candy Canes - the usual suspects.
Please note that we do not sell these costumes. They were a one-time contracted design project. |
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