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Levitex foam technology

Advanced foam technology for pressure care

Comfort that keeps you moving

We build everything around comfort, because comfort is what lets people rest, move and get back to living. Levitex foam is one of the tools we use to deliver it: clinically proven to relieve pressure, yet firm enough for patients to feel where they are and move with confidence. In independent user testing it was rated more comfortable than standard hospital surfaces and other pressure-relieving materials.

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Peer-reviewed evidence Independent university testing Standard on every Lento chair
Peer-reviewed pressure care evidence
Peer-reviewed, Journal of Wound Care
Independent testing at Salford and UCLan, standard on every Lento chair
Three reasons it matters

Comfort that does three jobs at once.

Comfort that improves life

All-day comfort that helps people rest, engage and keep their dignity. Comfort is what gets a patient out of bed into sitting.

Support you can move against

Firm enough to feel and push against, so patients keep the sensory feedback they need to reposition and stand.

Clinically proven pressure care

Lower peak pressure, a larger contact area, and a cooler, breathable surface that supports repositioning all day.

Comfort that improves life

Comfort is not a luxury. It changes the day.

Everyone deserves to be comfortable. When someone is comfortable, everything else becomes possible: they can rest properly, eat and drink more easily, join in with family and visitors, and hold on to their dignity and independence. When they are not, the day shrinks to getting through it.

Levitex foam is central to how we deliver that comfort, and in independent user testing it was rated more comfortable than standard hospital surfaces and other pressure-relieving materials. That is where comfort stops being a nice to have and starts changing outcomes.

Levitex® Cradle Cushion
The clinical case for comfort

Comfort that gets patients moving again.

At Vivid Care, we hear the same story from wards and community teams across the country: a patient is medically fit to sit out, but the chair is uncomfortable and staff are worried about causing a pressure injury. This delay has a high cost. Time spent immobile in bed is time lost to deconditioning, and every extra day of avoidable bedrest makes the next stage of rehabilitation harder. Sitting out, properly supported, is one of the simplest and most effective interventions available to a therapy team.

Why patients stay in bed

  • Fear of causing or worsening a pressure injury.
  • The available chair is simply uncomfortable to sit in for any length of time.

Movement and rehabilitation benefits

  • Supports early mobilisation and re-adjustment to upright posture.
  • Helps regulate blood pressure after periods of bedrest.
  • Maintains muscle tone and slows deconditioning.
  • Conditions the body for standing and transfers.
  • Enables functional activity such as eating, reading and engaging with visitors.
  • Supports cognitive and social engagement, both linked to recovery outcomes.
  • Levitex-equipped seating is designed to remove both objections at once.
The differentiator

Most foams choose softness over support. Levitex gives you both.

Many pressure-relief surfaces, including air cells, gel pads and deep-envelopment foams, work the same way: they spread body weight by letting the pelvis sink in. That is effective pressure redistribution, but it comes at a cost that is rarely discussed. The same envelopment that protects skin also reduces proprioception, the sensory feedback a patient relies on to know where their body is and how to move it.

Levitex foam was engineered to close this gap. Its progressive-density structure behaves like a soft surface at rest, then firms when a patient shifts their weight to reposition or stand. This delivers the pressure protection clinicians require, without reducing the sensory feedback the patient needs.

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How it works

Firm where it needs to be, soft where it does not.

Levitex is a unique and patented progressive-density foam. Under gentle load, where a patient first makes contact, it stays soft and spreads weight over a large contact area for comfort and pressure relief. As load increases, when a patient presses down to shift their weight or stand, it firms up to give a stable base to move against.

In other words, Levitex behaves like a soft surface until it compresses further, at which point it acts like a firm one, giving you the comfort of one and the support of the other in the same cushion. This prevents the cushion from “bottoming out”.

That single property is why Levitex can do two things most surfaces treat as a trade-off: protect the skin like a soft surface, and support movement like a firm one. The graph shows the idea: soft at around 25% compression, significantly firmer by 65%.

Graph showing Levitex foam staying soft at 25 percent compression then firming significantly by 65 percent, compared with memory foam which rises earlier and flattens
Clinically proven pressure care

Full skin protection, without the downsides of memory foam.

Levitex delivers the pressure protection clinicians expect. In an independent 27-volunteer study published in the Journal of Wound Care, it produced significantly lower peak pressure than both a standard hospital surface and a dynamic airflow surface, cutting head and heel pressure by more than 30% against each. Independent review also found a larger body contact area than memory foam, spreading load more evenly.

It also avoids a problem soft foams create. Memory foam is thermosensitive: it relies on body heat to soften, which means it tends to trap warmth and moisture against the skin. Heat and moisture are recognised risk factors for skin breakdown, and a common reason patients feel clammy and uncomfortable. Levitex does not depend on body heat, works from the first moment of contact, and is paired with breathable four-way-stretch covers, so it is far less prone to trapping heat against the skin. And because it recovers its shape faster than memory foam, it supports the frequent repositioning that sits at the heart of pressure injury prevention.

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Levitex compared with memory foam

Levitex foam Memory foam
Response to load Progressive: soft at first, firmer under load Softens and envelops, can bottom out
Heat and moisture Not thermosensitive, breathable, less prone to trapping heat Thermosensitive, tends to trap heat and moisture
Shape recovery Faster return, supports repositioning Slower return, stays compressed longer
Movement feedback Keeps proprioception, easier to move Reduces proprioception, harder to move
Contact area Larger contact area in independent review Baseline
Research-backed foam technology

Built with posture specialists. Proven through independent, peer-reviewed research.

We have partnered with Levitex Foams Ltd to bring this clinically-backed technology into our Lento seating range. Here is what the independent testing found, and what it means for the patients in your care.

Progressive force distribution

Soft at 25% compression, significantly more resistant at 65%, confirmed under IFD (Indentation Force Deflection) load testing. Independent review also showed a measurable increase in body contact area compared with memory foam.

Why it matters: this is what allows patients to push up and reposition, not just sit passively.

Source: IFD load testing, independent review.

Not thermosensitive

Levitex foam does not rely on body warmth to adapt its shape, so support is consistent from the moment a patient sits down to the moment they stand up.

Why it matters: full pressure protection from first contact, with no waiting for the cushion to adjust before it starts working and no loss of support when temperature changes.

Source: material specification.

Faster rate of return

Ball resilience testing shows Levitex foam recovers its shape faster than memory foam, supporting repositioning throughout the day rather than staying compressed.

Why it matters: supports more frequent, effective repositioning, a core plank of pressure injury prevention.

Source: ball resilience testing.

Independently and peer-reviewed tested

In an independent study of 27 volunteers published in the Journal of Wound Care, the Levitex surface produced significantly lower peak pressure than a standard hospital surface and a dynamic airflow surface, cutting head and heel pressure by more than 30% against both.

Why it matters: skin protection you would expect from any clinical-grade foam, plus the movement benefits standard foam cannot offer.

Source: Webb and Chohan, Journal of Wound Care 32(8), DOI 10.12968/jowc.2023.32.8.513.

Integrated into our seating

The Levitex Cradle Cushion, standard on every Lento chair.

Our own engineering, built around Levitex foam.

We did not simply drop Levitex foam into an existing cushion. Our product design team engineered the Levitex Cradle Cushion from the ground up, shaping the foam precisely to the contours of the thighs and pelvis for additional pressure relief and optimum alignment, then layering it with two further grades of precision foam for stability and support.

It is engineering we are proud to have built in-house, and it comes as standard across the Lento range, part of delivering world-class comfort for every client at no additional cost.

  • Contact layer
  • Support layer
  • Base stability layer
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“I can wriggle and move on this cushion. The other one makes me feel trapped. Wriggling is good.”

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Backed by independent research

Developed with posture specialists. Verified independently.

Every finding referenced on this page is drawn from independent university testing or peer-reviewed publication. Full methodology and results are available for your own clinical governance review, from University of Salford, University of Central Lancashire, and the Journal of Wound Care.

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Q&A

Common questions from clinicians

If Levitex foam is firmer, does it still relieve pressure?

Yes. In an independent 27-volunteer study published in the Journal of Wound Care, Levitex significantly reduced peak pressure compared with a standard hospital surface and a dynamic airflow surface, cutting head and heel pressure by more than 30% against both. Firmness under higher load and pressure redistribution are not mutually exclusive. Levitex foam’s progressive density is designed to deliver both.

Try before you decide.

Whether you are assessing one patient or reviewing a fleet of chairs for a whole unit, our team will bring the chair and the cushion to you.

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Content on this page is for clinical and educational purposes and does not replace individualised patient assessment.

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