International Biophysics Corp.
AffloVest
AffloVest Offers New Approach to High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation
The AffloVest is a high
frequency chest wall
oscillation (HFCWO)
vest that quietly runs
on batteries to provide
truly portable therapy
that can be billed
under Medicare
code E0483.
Unlike other
HFCWO devices,
the AffloVest
takes a new
therapy approach
and using eight,
battery-powered
oscillating motors, which are sewn into the AffloVest in
areas correlating with the anatomy of the lungs. Rather
than use air pressure, the oscillating motors create
percussive waves that help the lungs break up and
move built-up secretions in the airways to help patients
with conditions such as COPD, cystic fibrosis, multiple
sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Lou Gehrig’s disease or
ALS, quadriplegia and other neuromuscular diseases.