CNAP PPV is the latest generation of the CNAP (Continuous Noninvasive Arterial Pressure) technology from CNSystems. Like the first generation product, the new device measures noninvasive blood pressure for each heartbeat using finger sensors. The additional function is the continuous measurement of the patient’s fluid status during operations. In case of a deficit, an infusion can then be administered and therefore complications be avoided. The device extends the positive outcome of goal-directed fluid management beyond high-risk, arterial-line or Doppler-monitored surgeries. This would allow fluid management to become an actual and routine clinical standard for anaesthetised patients. According to experts, in 39% of all operations patients would be eligible for this method of fluid management. It thus provides a cost-saving solution, since complications are decreased, treatment is optimised and the length of hospitalisation is reduced.
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An experienced team of inhouse designers at Surgical Innovations has worked closely with international surgeons to develop a 3mm instrument range for laparoscopic surgery. High quality cost effective devices, instruments in the 3mm Resposable product range offer patients minimal scarring (cosmesis). By creating solutions for 3mm laparoscopic surgery
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There is a need to assess regional lung function in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) on mechanical ventilation. EIT PulmonaryScan is the first non-invasive bedside tomography system for monitoring of the lungs, providing real-time breath by breath diagnostic information. This valuable clinical bedside monitoring tool for the optimisation of artificial ventilation therapy offers many advantages over routinely used methods. Monitoring regional lung function can provide additional information since changes in thoracic air content yield large changes in thoracic impedance. In patients with ARDS, the ventilation-induced impedance change in the dependent part of the lungs increases more significantly than in the non-dependent areas when end-expiratory airway pressure (PEEP) is increased; this allows opening of collapsed alveoli in the dependent region of the lungs leading to increased ventilation. Previously it was assumed that the lower inflation point of the PV curve, where volume rapidly increases, could be used for optimising ventilatory pressure settings. However, as EIT has demonstrated, dependent lung regions require significantly higher opening pressure than non-dependent lung regions. This is a significant finding: lungs require a higher area pressure to be fully recruited than can be detected from the global PV curve.
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Cigarette smoking is the greatest single cause of illness and premature death throughout the world. Three different carbon monoxide monitors to facilitate smoking cessation and measure CO poisoning are now available. Each of the devices helps a smoker of any age, with one device being aimed at helping pregnant women to stop smoking. The latest technology coupled with simplicity of use make the CO Check Pro, the CO Check Baby and CO Check + the ideals choice for healthcare professionals aiming to help people to quit smoking. Results are instantly displayed from a single breath in ppm and %COHb, coupled with an appropriate coloured visual effect, allowing determination of whether the person is a non-smoker, light smoker, smoker or heavy smoker. The CO Check Baby, for use by healthcare professionals during a woman’s pregnancy, displays both the mother’s CO levels and the CO levels that have been passed on to her unborn baby.
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