![]() ![]() USER ASSUMES ALL RISKS, INCLUDING ALL RISKS OF BODILY INJURY, DEATH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, ARISING OUT OF USER’S ACTIVITIES WHILE WEARING A HELMET EQUIPPED WITH THE MIPS® SYSTEM. MIPS AB AND ITS AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, "MIPS") DO NOT WARRANT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUFFERS A COLLISION, FALL, OR OTHER BLOW TO THE HEAD OR PERSON WHILE WEARING A HELMET EQUIPPED WITH THE MIPS® SYSTEM WILL NEVER SUFFER ANY CONCUSSION OR OTHER INJURY TO THE BRAIN, THE HEAD, OR OTHER BODY PARTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US. THIS MIGHT OCCUR DUE TO THE HIGH PRESSURE ON THE SCALP FROM THE IMPACT OR AS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE LOW-FRICTION LAYER’S MOVEMENT IN CERTAIN ANGLED IMPACTS TO HELP REDUCE THE ROTATIONAL ENERGIES TO THE HEAD. SOME MIPS® LOW-FRICTION LAYERS, ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS OF A HELMET, MIGHT CAUSE LACERATIONS TO THE WEARER’S SCALP IN SOME RARE ACCIDENTS. USERS ARE WARNED NOT TO REMOVE, REPOSITION OR OTHERWISE TAMPER WITH THE MIPS® SYSTEM IN A HELMET OR USE A HELMET WITH THE MIPS® SYSTEM IF THE MIPS® SYSTEM IS DAMAGED OR DISPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE MIPS® SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO REDUCE ROTATIONAL ENERGIES TO THE HEAD, WHICH MAY LEAD TO BRAIN INJURIES, THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE PROTECTIVE CAPABILITIES OF ALL HELMETS, INCLUDING HELMETS WITH THE MIPS® SYSTEM. NO HELMET OR IMPACT PROTECTION SYSTEM CAN PROTECT A USER FROM ALL INJURIES. Folksam and Länsförsäkringar, Swedish insurance companies, which conducts annual tests of bicycle helmets, started to include protection from angled impacts to the head in their evaluation in 2012. ![]() Proof of the increased awareness about protection from rotational motion is the fact that certain consumer tests have started including protection from angled impacts in their methods of comparing different helmets for example the American test insitute, Virginia Tech. This increased focus on the subject has been especially visible over recent years. – ECE 22.06 Economic Commission for Europe – FIM Helmet Certification Program (FHCP) Several working groups, linked to organisations and regulatory bodies, which in various ways influence helmet standards, are increasingly discussing the effects of rotational motion and various ways of incorporating protection from rotational motion in the helmet standards. Furthermore, more than 140 helmet brands around the world used Mips safety system in their helmet models in 2021, which points to an increased brand and consumer awareness when it comes to protection from rotational motion. The growing awareness can be exemplified by an increased focus from organisations’ and regulatory bodies’ working groups on helmet standards. Mips has noticed an increased awareness of the importance of protection from rotational motion. Similar research has shown that it is very likely that rotational motion causes concussion or mild traumatic brain injury more than straight impact. ![]() Research has shown that the most common severe brain injuries like Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) and Subdural Hematoma (SDH) arise more easily when the head is subjected to rotational motion. This rotational motion results in shearing and/or stretching of brain tissue which affects the brain and increases the risk of both minor and more severe brain injuries. Rotational motion is a result of an angled impact to the head and is a combination of rotational energy (angular velocity) and rotational forces (from angular acceleration). ![]()
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