Capabilities & How it Works

Patient Breath Simulator

• Portable breath simulator

  • Simulation of real-world clinical conditions

  • Detects failure modes not detected by current testing methods

• Utilizes calibration gas bottle and internal valves and pumps to simulate patient breath waveforms

• Touch screen controlled

• Battery (6 hours) or line powered

• RFID identification of cal gas bottle contents and expiration date

Testing Capabilities

High Fidelity Tests

• • Flow and leak test – Measures sample flow, challenges pump and checks for internal leaks

  • Regular breath test – establishes baseline gas measurement accuracy

  • CPAP breath test - Simulates breath at constant pressure

  • Cyclic pressure test – Simulates breath under dynamic pressure produced by ventilators

  • High respiratory rate test – Simulates higher breath rates of neonatal patients

  • FiCO2, Apnea and Obstruction alarm tests – Simulates common alarm conditions

Manual Testing Modes

• NIST Traceable Manometer

• NIST Traceable Flowmeter

• NIST Traceable Barometer

  • Pressure Controller

  • Leak down test mode – generates selected pressure and then measures pressure drop over time

  • Breath simulation mode – CPAP or cyclic modes, adjustable PIP, RR, I:E ratio

  • Static (sensor) calibration mode – acts as a calibration gas bottle with regulator but does not require custom assembly of tubing/fittings/bladder

Automatic report generation

• • Data-rich report Including test details, pass/fail criteria and test results

  • Identifies issues and suggests possible causes to assist in troubleshooting

Built-in database of test profiles for capnometers and gas monitors

• • Contains setup details, pass/fail criteria and test configurations for common gas monitors

  • Identifies calibration gas to be used for each device

  • Can easily be edited or expanded, in the field, to include new gas monitors

How-To

For High Fidelity Tests

1. Connect gas monitor sample line to SmartTank (A)

2. Connect gas monitor exhaust (or scavenger port) to SmartTank (B)

3. Select test profile

4. Enter operator name

5. Enter gas monitor asset ID

6. Start test

7. Enter data from gas monitor display when directed

8. Answer additional Yes/No questions about alarms

9. Retrieve report

*Entire test takes under 4 minutes to perform

*Minimal setup

*If required by manufacturer, manual testing can be done using the manual test modes.