Our Deep Alpha Cradle® Brand Forms Make the Difference

At Smithers Medical Products, Inc., our products are designed to help you create a fully customized patient repositioning system, personalized to each individual patient’s needs. That means every distinct anatomical feature of your patient translates into the custom mold they will use through the duration of their treatment, for maximum treatment accuracy. In today’s world, with MERS, SARS, COVID-19, and other developing flus and influenzas, your immunocompromised patients cannot risk lying down on a previously used, wiped down, bean bag. Individual customized forms are the option they deserve.

With our patented Alpha Cradle® Patient Repositioning Systems, each patient has their own customized anatomical mold to ensure the best possible treatment outcome. Our foam filled bags work with any treatment table tops or devices, simply by placing the bag of soft foam on top! Our larger foam sizes make body forms durable enough for repeated use, with large patients getting into and out of the forms daily.

Make the Form You Need, on the Device You Use™

Custom Molds Created Quickly and Easily
The ACPRS has been designed to set up quickly, with minimum effort and maximum results. These unique forms are easy in, easy out, saving valuable time by quickly enabling your patient to get into and out of the exact treatment position. Our durable foam makes flat bottomed forms that last throughout the treatment period, unlike vacuum bags that leak air and may cause you to stop to re-simulate a patient. Alpha Cradle forms retain their shape and durability with even the heaviest of patients.

The patient rests as the warm foam begins to rise around every contour of their unique anatomy. Once the foam has finished forming and hardened, the patient simply gets up and the form is complete. Simple ports can be cut with a serrated knife if ports are required.

immobilization form
patient in alpha cradle form
A simple, pre-fabricated form is used to create your patient’s immobilization device. The pre-fabricated form is laid on the treatment table, and two non-toxic liquid solutions are combined to form the proprietary foaming agent, and all placed inside a blue bag. The patient simply lays in the form, while the now-combined foaming agent gently expands between the patient, the form, and the blue bag.
The success of the chest wall technique is due to the sophisticated treatment planning, the skill of the technologists, and the Alpha Cradle® custom form which provides precise reproducibility and maximum comfort for the patient.

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