SleepTech July - August 2018

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these contributing sensations,
such as thermal comfort, can be
regulated to improve the overall
sensation of comfort.
Thermal comfort
The human body is warm-blooded
and must maintain a body
temperature within very close
limits. It uses food as a fuel, converting
it into energy. Some of
this energy may leave the body
through radiation from the skin
or evaporation of sweat, whilst
the remaining energy is devoted
to maintaining the body core
temperature essential for our
internal organs
Thermal comfort is described
as that condition of mind which
expresses satisfaction with the
thermal environment. This can
only be reached when thermal
balance between the body’s
heat production and heat loss
produces optimum body thermal
sensation.
Thermic® - Welcome to your
comfort zone
Enter Thermic®, Devan’s patented
thermoregulating technology.
Thermic® is a reactive
patented technology that keeps
the body’s heat production and
heat loss in balance and thus
provides a sensation of thermal
comfort. The solution is specifically
engineered for bedding
textiles and is based on reactive
microencapsulated Phase
Change Materials (PCMs). These
materials possess the ability
to change their physical state
(phase) from ‘solid to liquid’ and
from ‘liquid to solid’, within a
certain temperature range, in response
to ambient temperature
differences.
The PCM draws heat away from
the body, stores this energy
temporarily, and releases the
energy as heat when the temperature
cools down. This mech-