Reviews and News on Medical Equipment

Anesthesiology is a very complex stream of medical science and there are umpteen numbers of things that need to be tracked and recorded continuously to ensure patient safety and success of any medical procedure. These patient monitors are used to monitor and control the influx of gases into the patient’s body and also helps keep track of other devices that are normally used in conjunction such as IV fluid pumps.

Patient vital signs monitors measure, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and temperature of the patient as well. The measurement of these vital signs is important for a basic assessment of the patient’s condition during the course of a surgical procedure under anesthesia. Most of these patient monitors come with alarm signals that are triggered when the measured parameters exceed or fall below normally assumed safe standards.

The GE Dash 5000 patient monitor is a fine piece of medical equipment that has been widely appreciated for its accuracy and dependability. GE manufactures an entire range of Dash monitors and all of them offer portable platforms and robust clinical parameters to capture the vital signs and measurements to prevent false alarms and alert of possible contingencies.

It is designed for optimized monitoring in different situations based on the need. It uses advanced algorithms to analyze the parameters and has flexible and compartmentalized alarms systems with four priority levels such as crisis, warning, advisory and message in place. It also acquires ECG readings and has wide range of interfacing options available. IT also measures Co2 levels of the patient and can support additional parameters.

The option of bright alarm light enables easy location of the patient in critical situations. The interface is user friendly with remote I touch pads enabling direct access to frequently used functions. It runs on batteries, is portable with a docking station and is light weight and ergonomically designed.

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Urine analyzers, as the name suggests, are used for the purpose of analyzing urine samples based on pre specified parameters. The Chemstrip 101 Urine analyzer is one among many that are available in the market but stands out from the crowd owing to its affordability and reliability. It offers visual urinalysis test strip evaluation and has a easy to use interface which is user friendly and basic. It helps keep the entire testing process simple and cost effective.

The test strips that come with the Chemstrip analyzer have more than a year of shelf life and are resistant to ascorbic acid and glucose and hemoglobin interferences which could deteriorate the reliability of readings. It allows for simultaneous reading of the strips with minimal time consumption and also detects other key determinants such as acetoacetic acid and acetone which aid in ketone determination. The wide ranges of parameters that are used include the ph levels, leukocytes, protein, glucose, haemoglobin and specific gravity among others.

Compared to other medical equipment, it ensures reliability and offers a consistently high level of accuracy in the readings. There are error detection indicators which detect human errors and instrument or functional failure. It also comes with patient identification features and has a compatible interface and connectivity features that enable it to be connected via cable to a computer for download of relevant data.

The easy to understand user interface is coupled with function keys that allow for various settings. The readings can be printed using an in built printer in different units of measurement based on the need along with the flagging of abnormal. It also has an inbuilt memory that can store up to a hundred results and offers reprint options. The rapid results that are more than accurate, reliability, ease of use and affordability all combine to give the Chemstrip Urine analyzer a distinct advantage over the competition and hence is a much recommended piece of medical equipment.

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Medical equipment used to examine the condition of a person’s eyes such as an ophthalmoscope makes the work of medical practitioners and more specific that of an ophthalmologist a lot more easy.

A satisfactory amount of modernization on this type of medical equipment has taken place in recent years and the improvement on the various types of ophthalmology diagnostic equipment can be seen on a frequent basis.

Ophthalmoscopes are one of these instruments that enjoy a great number of researches and enhancement of the design and functionality.

One such ophthalmoscope is the Reister 3060 Ri-Scope that comes with a C-Handle. It is an instrument that consists of apertures ranging from a large to a small circle, a half circle, a slit and grid and a fixation star. Polarising, green and blue filters can be applied and the various filters can be changed to each different aperture.

Another high-end instrument is the Welch Allyn Panoptic ophthalmoscope. By utilising this device you will be able to make use of some of the best optical systems available that enables you to have a more clear and optimized view of the eye. Another advantage of this ophthalmoscope is that you do not need to dilate the patient’s eyes to carry out the inspection on the eyes. One addition to the advantages of this instrument is that it enables you to examine small pupils with comfort.

The Piccolight E50 ophthalmoscope serves as an example of the value of the intense research in this particular field of ophthalmology. It comprises of a high-tech correction lens wheel, which enable the ophthalmologist to perceive particular eye problems. Adding to the distinction, it is easy to use, and with out doubt one of the sought after devices in this category of ophthalmology medical equipment.

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Have any of us ever really contemplated on the hygiene of the various medical equipment which doctors, surgeons, dentists, nurses and other health care workers use on us? No! We just assume that what ever medical equipment and more specific surgical equipment, used on us will be sterile and hygienic and it never or at least hardly ever even cross our minds or do we question this highly serious facet of your medical treatment. Even worse, while we are in surgery, we will never know or rather do not want to know how sterile or clean the medical equipment is.

Well, be rest assured, we never really had any reason to worry before, and with new improved technology, we can put our fears and wandering thoughts at ease thanks to even better ways to sterilize medical equipment. Due to some British research recently, a new type of sensor has been developed that will display to surgeons, doctors or other users of sterile medical equipment, that the instrument are not 100% up to standard of sterilization for use.

This new sensory device makes use of sound waves with high frequency that flow through the disinfectant that the medical equipment is placed in. Due to the high frequency, bubbles are created that burst out. The vigor of each burst of these bubbles causes the microscopic contamination to loosen up from the medical equipments and become sterile as such.

Cavitation, as the process is called, is not new to doctors and the other users of sterile medical equipment and has always been regarded as an effective and sufficient method of sterilizing medical or surgical equipment to required medical standards.

However, in spite of the effectiveness of the cavitation process, it was not possible, until this recent British research, to quantify or determine how effective this cavitation process is and to what extend it is effective.

The solution came with this sensory equipment that “listen” to the busting sound of the bubbles as they burst out. This enables the user of these medical equipments to know exactly how much of the cavitation process have been done at that specific time and location. It can be used on new or used medical equipment.

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