Aviv Clinics, Florida. USA
Located near The Villages retirement community in Wildwood, Florida, the Aviv Clinic features a landmark hyperbaric installation - the largest civilian capacity in the United States.
The facility houses two massive, triple-lock twin chambers, offering four specialized therapy compartments that can accommodate up to 56 clients simultaneously.
These engineering marvels are nearly 19 meters long, 4 meters wide, and weigh approximately 65 tons each. Developed through a close collaboration between Fink Engineering, Aviv’s medical researchers, and elite interior designers, the clinic offers a world-class therapeutic environment specifically tailored to the needs of its clientele.
The Brain & Performance Centre. UAE
Building on the momentum of the Wildwood project, Aviv launched the Brain and Performance Centre (BPC) in Dubai. Completed in June 2022, the facility reflects the city’s signature aesthetic: a true showpiece of modern luxury. This expansive center features three triple-compartment chambers, each accommodating 28 patients for a world-leading total capacity of 84 seats, including a specialized wing dedicated to pediatric care.
Beyond its scale, the BPC serves as a regional benchmark for safety and excellence.
It is the first facility in the GCC region to receive accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), a prestigious distinction that underscores the operational rigor of the Aviv team.
The Mayo Clinic. USA
The Mayo Clinic’s Triple Lock was installed and commissioned in March 2008 and has been successfully treating patients since. This chamber, consisting of two 5.7 x 3.12 meter long compartments separated by an Entrance Lock, is the largest Fink has produced for the USA and has a high altitude hypobaric capability.
As well as conducting the routine treatment of patients, the Mayo Clinic has undertaken a series of research and development projects in the aviation field, including conducting simulated flights to 43,000 ft for manned testing of a new aviators mask.
Unites States Air Force
Originally destined for the Brooks City base which has been so pivotal in the development of aviation and hyperbaric medicine, the USAF’s new Double Lock ended up finding a home just a short distance away in Wilford Hall Medical Centre at Lackland Air Force base.
The Double Lock is fitted with a toilet and sink in the Entrance Lock, has large flush fitting rectangular doors and utilizes touch screen controls for chamber operation.
Fink also provided the LP Air System complete with twin compressors, volume tanks, refrigerated dryers and CO analysis.
Hennepin County Medical Centre
Fink Engineering completed the installation and commissioning of the Hennepin County Hospital’s new Triple Lock Hyperbaric Facility in 2012 which replaces the existing chamber which has been in operation since the mid 60’s.
Fink commenced on-site installation of the Life Support Systems for the chamber in January 2012 after the hospital renovation works were completed for the hyperbaric area. The Fire Deluge tanks, LP compressors and gas storage were installed above the chamber in the third floor mechanical room specially designed for the purpose.
The control console was built at Fink’s works in Australia and re-assembled on site and interconnected to the chamber via pre-run cabling.
FE’s new and improved operating software maintains the very user-friendly operator interface required for combining intensive care patients use with routine wound care patients in two different locks whilst still leaving an Entrance Lock free for access.
Of particular interest for this chamber is the unique headwall installation; a concept promoted by Bill Gossett that facilitates the same Med Gas and Medical Monitoring configuration found in the balance of the hospital. Compartments 1 & 3 have dual Headwall Installations whilst Compartment 2 has a single to allow enough room for the customised toilet surround.
Provision has been made to enable Treatment Locks 2 and 3 to have a future hypobaric capability thus enabling research in simulated altitude conditions. Each lock is fitted with FE’s unique whisper quiet pressurisation/depressurisation and environmental control system that keeps the internal noise level in the low 50’s dBA level. Each lock is also boasts FE’s unique square medical lock and full size rectangular doors which roll on stainless steel frictionless bearings.
This unique chamber has also been designed and partially outfitted for the future installation of the equipment necessary to turn Treatment Locks 2 and 3 into altitude locks.
Prince Of Wales
The world’s largest rectangular hyperbaric facility was officially opened in February 2012 after having been operational for the previous ten months. The new facility replaced the existing cylindrical chamber that had been operational for the past 40+ years.
The new innovative chamber has four compartments and is capable of seating 30 patients. One of the large compartments is used for the routine treatment of intensive care patients and the other large compartment for routine wound care. The smaller entrance compartment provides access to each of the above and the smallest end compartment is used for treatment of decompression illness and for training.
FE commissioned the supporting plant and equipment to power the chamber including the compressors, filters, piping, deluge and sanitary systems last year. The chamber operates from a central control panel which utilizes our innovative intuitive software to pressurize and depressurize each of the compartments via touch screen and our proven user-friendly software. Wireless communications, audio/visual entertainment, quiet and effective environmental control, modern toilet facilities and other user friendly support systems developed by FE over the past decade were incorporated to make it efficient and comfortable for both patients, nurses, physicians and operators.
The Alfred Hospital
The Alfred Hospital Hyperbaric Facility was given a complete upgrade which included stripping the Triple Lock chamber to its bare steel and then the subsequent redesign and rebuild of the chamber interior and all of its life support systems.
Of particular note is the installation of new state of the art internal LED lighting that is dimmable via an internal HMI touch screen and which provides the best lighting to date for hyperbaric chambers. A new Control Panel includes the latest user friendly programmable operating system and fits well into the Alfred’s remodeled hyperbaric area.
Support systems were also upgraded including a new 32 cylinder high pressure air bank for compressed air back up, new ECS, new wireless communications, a sound proof room to house the new pressurization and exhaust valving and a state of the art video surveillance system for internal chamber monitoring
Aurora Health - St Luke's Hospital. USA
Commissioned at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee in April 2009. The chamber is located below street level in a new architecturally splendid hyperbaric area. The chamber consists of two 6 x 3.12 metre Main Compartments separated by a central Entrance Lock which services both compartments. The support equipment, supplied by FE, is located in the sub basement below the chamber and consists of new compressors, air receivers, deluge tanks, gas store and sewage connections to support chamber operation.
The Triple Lock takes over from the Bonnie and Clyde chambers that have been the mainstay of St. Luke’s hyperbaric expertise for many years.
Toronto General Hospital. Canada
In 2005, Fink Engineering installed the first of its North American Double Lock chambers into the Toronto General Hospital’s new hyperbaric area. The hyperbaric area is located on the ground floor of the Eaton Wing of the hospital and has been fully fitted out to accommodate not only the patients for the Double Lock but also for the TGH’s two active monoplace chambers.
Fink Engineering’s installation team worked closely with Toronto’s hyperbaric staff and their building contractors to provide a very user friendly environment for patient care. The new installation includes the 6 ATA rated DL8 with BIBS and hood supplies in both locks, a hyperbaric toilet and sink in the Entrance Lock and Fink Engineering’s touch screen control system.
Salt Lake City - Intermountain Healthcare. USA
Installed in 2008, this chamber was the first of our designs to arrive in the USA and heralded a new very user friendly approach for treating patients with hyperbaric oxygen.
This unique extended Double Lock has a hyperbaric working pressure of 4 ATA but also a hypobaric capability for simulated altitude to 30,000 feet. It is fitted with external full size rectangular doors for altitude use.
This was the first of our systems where the treatment profiles were fully automated via touch screen control, which allowed the operator to select from pre-programmed profiles or to create their own via our new user friendly programmable interface.
Fiona Stanley Hospital. Australia
Earlier in 2012, FE completed the installation of the Triple Lock Facility and supporting equipment at the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, WA. The $2 billion project …
