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To: John Pitera who wrote (413)3/1/2000 12:22:00 PM
From: IceShark  Read Replies (1) of 2850
 
No, I'm not a pilot, John, but I play one on TV. -g- Actually, I have several friends that are pilots of things from bush planes, Tomcats to 747's. So I pick up a bit.

The flight gear suits have been around for a long time - decades. The object is to squish as much blood out of the body to try and keep it going to the brain rather than pooling down lower. The suit and a muscle contraction manouver like trying to squeeze out a stuck turd -g- can put off tunnel vision and blackouts quite a bit.

You may have seen tests in movies where a pilot is strapped into a big centrifuge like gizmo and spun around until he blacks out. It would be my guess that this long and continuous research by the military which lead to these methods of putting off ill effects lead to VASO's product. Bet a few key employees did testing for the military at one time or another.

I haven't looked into it much, but my first question would be how tight could they possibly patent this technology? The military has freaking reams of medical test data and conclusions going back probably to the 50's. True, it is mostly for primo examples of fit humans but the alternate applications may be obvious. I would suggest you check this angle out before piling on.
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