XLTEK
XLTEK™, Oakville, Ontario, offers its Inspirex™ Sleep System, a workflow-based system that is available in a variety of fixed and portable configurations to suit different application needs. Inspirex is available with the 50-channel Connex™ amplifier, which contains integrated MasimoSET oximetry for fixed and portable studies, and the small, lightweight Trex™ amplifier for ambulatory recordings up to 96 hours long.
(800) 387-7516
www.xltek.com
Pro-Tech
Pro-Tech, Mukilteo, Wash, offers its zRIP™ Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography (RIP) system, which supports the AASM respiratory guidelines. zRIP is designed with a reusable one-size-fits-all sensor belt. It displays true breathing without false paradoxical signals. The machine is washable, and has a full 1-year warranty.
(800) 919-3900
www.pro-tech.com
Bio-logic Systems Corp
Bio-logic Systems Corp, Mundelein, Ill, offers its Sleepscan® Vision with new features. The company's Netlink Ethernet amplifiers allow the user to start or stop the study, or perform electrode impedance testing, at the bedside or from the monitoring room. Other key features include auto analysis, AHI calculation during collection, flow volume loop (using respiratory inductance plethsymography), and pediatric and adult programs.
(800) 323-8326
www.bio-logic.com
Nihon Kohden
Nihon Kohden, Foothill Ranch, Calif, introduces its Cap One end-tidal CO2 monitoring device, which features a new design that puts the sensor immediately under the nostril, minimizing all dead space. The result is an instrument that does not need calibration, has no delay, produces higher precision results, and is humidity-resistant.
(800) 325-0283
www.nkusa.com
Embla
The Embletta system from Embla, Broomfield, Colo, is a pocket-sized digital recorder and software package for detecting and diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in the sleep clinic, hospital, or home. Advanced diagnostic features and intuitive software make the Embletta a highly sensitive method for diagnosing SDB. The Embletta downloads a full night's study in less than 3 minutes and can be used online and with auto CPAP. The Embletta has several proxies to choose from, including adding EMG, ECG, and EEG channels to respiratory channels.
(888) 662-7632
www.embla.com
Grass Technologies
Grass Technologies, West Warwick, RI, an Astro-Med Inc Product Group, introduces a lightweight, compact wireless PSG system. Designated AURA® PSG, the new wireless amplifier system offers maximum patient comfort without sacrificing reliability in rugged applications. Using built-in Bluetooth™ technology, the 25-channel system has the capability of transmitting PSG data to a computer without the patient being tethered (wired), as has been typical for decades. The AURA PSG "broadcasts" the patient's data directly to a recording station. The unit includes a lifetime warranty and is powered by a rechargeable battery pack.
(877) 472-7779
www.grasstechnologies.com
Cadwell Laboratories
Cadwell Laboratories, Kennewick, Wash, introduces its EasyNet® Oximeter and Nasal Pressure Airflow devices to be used with the Cadwell Easy® Ambulatory 2 and Easy III sleep diagnostic systems. The modules use Cadwell's EasyNet communications protocol to share data with Cadwell diagnostic products.
(800) 245-3001
www.cadwell.com
CleveMed
CleveMed, Cleveland, offers its 22-channel Sapphire PSG™, which can be upgraded to allow virtually attended sleep studies. With the intranet-based iPSG™ upgrade, any CleveMed PSG system can be used to test patients in the hospital inpatient room, nursing home, or sleep hotel. PSG@Home™ takes advantage of advances in mobile phone broadband technology and combines the comfort of the patient's home with the security of a technologist-attended study.
(877) CleveMed
www.clevemed.com
Puritan Bennett
Puritan Bennett, Pleasanton, Calif, offers its Sandman® sleep diagnostic systems and GoodKnight® sleep therapy devices and interfaces. Simply change the pressure with a single mouse click and a real-time tag is placed in your study. No calibration or extra cabling is needed.
(800) 663-3336
www.sandmansleep.com
Braebon Medical Corp
Braebon Medical Corp, Ogdensburg, NY, introduces its miniature, patent-pending MediByte® 10-channel snoring and apnea screener, which is capable of recording 2 nights or up to 24 hours on a single battery. This level 3 portable recorder is also capable of screening obstructive, central, and mixed sleep apnea along with cardiac arrhythmias. Weighing less than 3 ounces, it may be used for adult and pediatric studies.
(888) 462-4841
www.braebon.com