Sweden-based brain protection system company MIPS has partnered with Swedish industrial safety company Guardio for development of the first MIPS-equipped industrial safety helmet, slated for release in June 2019.
MIPS specializes in helmet-based safety and protection of the brain. Based on an ingredient brand model, MIPS Brain Protection System (BPS) is sold to the global helmet industry. MIPS solutions are patented in all relevant markets and are based on more than 20 years of research and development together with the Royal Institute of Technology and the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. MIPS cooperates with 78 helmet brands that offer 448 models equipped with MIPS BPS on the global helmet market.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “the construction industry has the greatest number of both fatal and nonfatal traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among U.S. workplaces.” It further states that from 2003 – 2010, 25% of all construction fatalities were caused by a TBI.
By partnering with MIPS to create the Armet helmet, Guardio is poised to build a safer environment for workers around the world.
The MIPS brain protection system is designed to reduce the rotational motion transmitted to the brain from angled impacts to the head. Rotational motion can affect the brain and increase the risk for minor and severe brain injuries. MIPS’ added protection system has been proven to reduce the rotational motion when implemented in a helmet by absorbing and redirecting energies and forces otherwise transmitted to the brain.
Max Strandwitz, CEO of MIPS, said: “We are very excited about the partnership with Guardio which means that we now can add protection to safety helmets as well. This is a new category for us but a category that MIPS have been looking at for a long time. Guardio is a partner that shares our values and we are looking forward to when the helmet will be released on the market.”