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Soft-Shell Chamber
Full name: Soft-Shell Chamber (Mild HBOT)
A portable fabric-walled hyperbaric chamber operating at ~1.3 ATA with ambient air plus supplemental oxygen (typically 85–95%). FDA-cleared only for altitude sickness. Clinical efficacy at 1.3 ATA remains debated and the device is not approved for UHMS medical indications.
About Soft-Shell Chamber
This HBOT Hub glossary entry covers Soft-Shell Chamber (Mild HBOT) as a term used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy — its definition, clinical significance, and relevance across treatment protocols, chamber types, and research applications. Browse the full HBOT A–Z glossary for related terminology, or see our research library for context on how this concept appears in the HBOT literature.
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