Diagnostic equipment will soon have to meet new AASM specifications. In order to get a glimpse of which manufacturers currently meet, and will be meeting, the new specifications, Sleep Review has compiled a list of often-mentioned and advertised diagnostic equipment manufacturers. Contact information and selected features have also been highlighted for easy reference.

Diagnostic PSG Product

Manufacturer

Web Site

Selected Features

AirEEG wireless
EEG/PSG system ¹

Nihon Kohden

www.nkusa.com

Up to 64 channels of wireless EEG or PSG. Optional digital video module allows recording and display video. Up to 24 hours of battery operation. Up to 900-ft range without signal loss.

Alice® 5 ²

Respironics

www.respironics.com

Fully integrated sleep laboratory system. Expanded channel capability to 55 total channels. ECG with six channels and pulse transit time. Real-time impedance display. Integrated patient communication intercom. Integrated interscorer reliability tool.

AURA® PSG Wireless/
Ambulatory System ²

Grass
Technologies

www.grass
technologies.com

Wireless, in-lab applications. Ambulatory, out-of-lab applications. 25 channels. Built-in pulse oximeter. Electrode/Sensor Connections, Pulse Transit Time (PTT). Compact, lightweight design.

Cadwell Easy®
Ambulatory 2 Sleep
Diagnostic System ²

Cadwell
Laboratories

www.cadwell.com

Full EEG data collection. Includes a recorder with pouch, amplifier with pouch, C or D cell battery pack, and accessories. Flash memory cards to store EEG data. 3200H sampling rate.

Embla S4000
polysomnography system ²

Embla

www.embla.com

Color-coded input panel with patient layout. Dual component system minimizes cabling. Records up to 24+ channels. Records 8 additional isolated DC channels. Integrated steel luer lock pressure transducer. Built-in impedance button with indicator lights.

Harmonie-S Sleep
Diagnostic System ²

Stellate

www.stellate.com

Suitable for adult, pediatric, and neonatal applications. Quick-start, online sleep staging. Online and offline event editing. 20-bit, 44-channel amplifier.

Inspirex™ Sleep System ²

XLTEK

www.xltek.com

Workflow-based system. Available in a variety of fixed and portable configurations. Available with the 50-channel amplifier.

MediPalm® 22-Channel
PSG Amplifier with Pursuit
Sleep™ Software ¹

Braebon Medical

www.braebon.com

Attended capability. Internal headbox, pulse oximeter, pressure transducer, calibration, impedance meter. Software has custom displays, trend window, manual and assisted scoring, user tags and markers, continuous video.

Sandman® Elite sleep
diagnostic system ¹

Nellcor Puritan
Bennett

www.sandman
sleep.com

Available 16-64 channels. Modular design. Features computer-assisted PLM, respiratory, arousal, snore, heart rate, ETCO2, bad data, desaturation, ECG and pH event detection.

Sapphire PSG™ ¹

CleveMed

www.clevemed.com

22 channels. With the intranet-based iPSG™ upgrade, system can be used to test patients in the hospital inpatient room, nursing home, or sleep hotel. With PSG@Home™, technologist can remotely monitor patients from almost any location.

Sleepscan® Vision ¹

Bio-logic
Systems Corp

www.bio-logic.com

Amplifiers allow the user to start or stop the study or perform electrode impedance testing at the bedside or from the monitoring room. Auto analysis, AHI calculation during collection. Pediatric and adult programs.

SomnoStar ²

Cardinal Health

www.viasyshc.com

Full 10-20 EEG with 64 channels, calibrated flow volume loops, heart rate variability, custom MS Word reports.

Somté PSG with ProFusion
PSG software ¹

Compumedics

www.compumedics.com

Bluetooth wireless technology. Full in-lab capabilities as well as ambulatory. Bedside station allows up to 8 external DC inputs for other channel capabilities such as pH or capnography.

¹Meets technical and digital specifications listed in Section III of the new AASM scoring manual.

²Company is in the process of developing product to meet AASM Section III specifications or has some other product that will meet specifications by July 2008 deadline.