Our Mission

Welkins is dedicated to transforming human survival, performance, and quality of life in threatening and extreme conditions across the spectrum of human activity. Utilizing a common core of NASA-derived and battlefield-proven technology, Welkins provides innovative products and engineering services for applications across medical, military, industrial, and athletic markets.

Our Products

We develop innovative temperature management systems for the hospital, sideline, battlefield, and beyond.

Our key products lines are:

• Medical: FDA-cleared systems providing hospitals and emergency care givers the means to control patient temperature in a safe, non-invasive, and effective way across the continuum of care—from the critical minutes after an injury thru the ICU and recovery. Read More »
• Athletic: portable personal cooling devices designed to improve safety, performance, and recovery for athletes of all ages and sports. Read More »

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Our Services

We provide dynamic and cost effective engineering services to Government and private sector customers.

Our core competencies include:

• Research & development
• New product development
• Rapid prototyping
• Additive manufacturing
• Validation testing
• Product cost and manufacturing optimization
• Low volume, specialized manufacturing

​Read more about our services here.

Our Story

Welkins was founded in 2004, but our roots and technology stretch back over five decades, evolving from Bill Elkins’ work in the 1960’s as a NASA scientist designing spacesuits, liquid cooled garments and other life-support systems to help astronauts withstand environmental strain. This work—which earned Mr. Elkins a place in the U.S. Space Foundation’s Technology Hall of Fame—was central to NASA’s pioneering research into cooling for Multiple Sclerosis. In the ensuing decades… Read More »