About

Seamless Attenuating Technologies (SATECH) is a Washington-based manufacturer specializing in the development and marketing of SmartCells®, a new generation of cushioning technology. The SmartCells® technology has broad application in many markets where improving safety and reducing fatigue, stress, impact shock, and vibration are critical factors. Applications include the industrial work place for relieving fatigue and improving productivity in standing workers, and the senior care market for reducing fall injuries.

Since the late 1980s, the SmartCells® technology has played a vital role in creating safer work or play surfaces. Company representatives played a key role in helping to create standards for injury prevention and fall protection in playgrounds. The 2-inch thick SmartCells® structure achieved critical fall heights over 6’ according to the ASTM F1292 standard, meeting Consumer Product Safety Council requirements for cushioning under select playground equipment. Original patent protection for the SmartCells® structure was sought for a wide variety of surfaces including helicopter landing pads, sports surfacing and playground cushioning.

During the 1990s the Company focused on creating surfaces to improve the safety and performance of participants in field and gymnasium sports and became known for its leadership in incorporating post consumer waste and recycled rubber in the fabrication of its products.

As SATECH embarked on the 21st century, after exhaustive review of scientific literature it created a new generation of cushioning technology by designing new, thinner, more fully optimized SmartCells® structures. SATECH’s innovative ways continue to apply extensive, on-going research and development toward new applications which include the creation of mat-less anti-fatigue, force-attenuating flooring solutions which are particularly well adapted to pharmacies, labs and airline, fall protection and high-performance environments.

The new SmartCells® technology employs a remarkable dual-stiffness flooring solution that does not impair balance, while providing a stable surface for normal activities that ‘softens’ under impact to provide fall-impact protection. The SmartCells® cushioned flooring technology is the subject of a variety of clinical studies to further quantify its many benefits and to reduce risk and liability.