Alliana Active Air Cushion

From the manufacturer

Most alternating-air seat cushions have the same practical failure: they tether the client to a power point. A cushion that only works while plugged in is a cushion the client sits off for most of the day, which defeats the purpose of prescribing an active surface at all. The Alliana cushion runs on an onboard pump with a published 14-hour battery life, driving six soft polyurethane air cells. That is a full waking day away from mains power — in the car, at an appointment, at work, out in the community. For a client whose pressure risk is highest precisely when they are out and sitting still for long stretches, that is the feature carrying the clinical argument, and it is worth stating plainly in a submission rather than burying it under "portable". Three modes are offered — alternating, pulsating and static. Alternating cycles cells to periodically fully offload tissue; pulsating gives gentler, smaller pressure variation for clients who find full alternation uncomfortable or who have pain or spasticity provoked by it; static holds the surface constant, which is what you want during transfers and for stability while driving a chair. The distributor rates it across low to very high risk. The pump is described as ultra-quiet, which matters more than it sounds: audible pump noise is a common reason clients switch an active surface off in social settings or at night. It fits most standard chairs, so it can go onto a lift recliner, a dining chair or a wheelchair rather than being tied to one seat. One caution: an alternating cushion redistributes load, it does not substitute for repositioning or for addressing the underlying seating posture. Where the client is in a posterior pelvic tilt or sacral sitting, fix the seating first — an active cushion under a bad posture still loads the sacrum.

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