About Sands

The company had its roots “down under” and the introduction of Sands chamber designs came about by a curious occurrence. In the early 1980's Sands was designing an inflatable portable chamber system. The Australian Government's Department of Industry and Science appointed Sands to research and develop a transportable chamber. The trigger factor was the discovery and archaeological excavation of the Royal Navy Frigate, HMS Pandora. Sands discontinued R&D on the inflatable chambers because they were scientifically unsound. Instead, he concentrated on a two piece, double lock 6 ATA transportable chamber system (TRCS) that was robust and met with standards of both hyperbaric and diving physicians. The Sands TRCS design is now in fleet wide use by the US Navy, Coast Guard and the Marine Corps as well as fire and rescue services around the world. In 1990 Sands relocated to San Diego. The impetus was Dr. Nuebauer who asked him to design chambers for traumatic brain injured patients. Since many of these patients have contractual deformities the Sands III is the largest monoplace (48 inches) in the world. For the past 15 years the chamber has set the standard for ease of accessibility with its unique comfort couch. The latest design is a collaboration with ICHM specialist physicians. Known as the Sands VII, it will be released soon.