From the depths, a life saving breakthrough emerges.
Currently, in the offshore commercial diving industry, deck decompression chambers (DDC’s) are kept onsite to provide recompression protocols for divers returning from depth and to treat the decompression illness. DDC’s are pressure vehicles for human occupancy (PVHO). Qualified/certified medical technicians are required outside the DDC to determine medical protocol and in life-threatening situations are required to enter the PVHO to render examination and treatment.
PVHO’s are also found in medical and military facilities world-wide to provide treatment for various ailments employing hyperbaric oxygen therapy. At such facilities medical technicians are available for support both outside and inside the PVHO.
Dr. Keith Van Meter has a long history of saving lives in unconventional situations. A renowned heart surgeon by training, his true passion lies in field work most notably working as emergency practitioner for commercial offshore divers. Dr. Van Meter has treated many extreme cases of injury at depths which require the use of decompression before coming to surface. As a key opinion leader and pioneer in the field of hyperbaric oxygen treatment, he witnessed first hand the remarkable life saving advantages of the technology and developed processes to administer the treatment more effectively- The Doctor's research from the past three decades has proven that if HBOT could be delivered to emergency victims in a more timely manner, the effects could be revolutionary.
HV Proto#1 Medical Evac Unit, 1979
An improvised trailer setup lays the groundwork for studying the extensive capabilities of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment.
Launching the Mission
In 2016, HyperVan’s founders opened discussions to create a first response vehicle to meet the requirements of Dr. Van Meter’s research trials. Original concept designs were drafted for a seamless system mated to a heavy-duty chassis truck, able to be operated in parallel to a traditional EMS ambulance system.
In 2023, HyperVan was awarded several patents for its innovative system design. As a medical technology company, HyperVan’s primary goal is to bring to market an innovative Hyperbaric Emergency Response System with extended capabilities for a variety of health emergency applications. The HyperVan System will be the first full point-to-point treatment for full HET including EMS treatment that is adaptable to real-world conditions.
In the emergency medical field, hyperbaric oxygen medical treatment (HBOT) provides life sustaining and, in some cases, life saving therapy. In emergency medical conditions such as carbon monoxide poisoning, air/gas embolism or cardiopulmonary arrest a patient’s only hope for survival or limb preservation may be emergent HBO treatment.
Currently, a patient in need of HBO must await wait the commencement of HBO treatment upon arrival and introduction into a pressure vessel for human occupancy (PVHO) at a HBO medical facility staffed with medically certified technicians working under the direction and supervision of HBO board certified physicians. All HBO emergency facilities are attached to university, military, private and public hospitals.
