Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Monitoring with Stimpod NMS 450 Quantitative TOF Monitor

A presentation to the ASATT or American Society of Anesthesia Technicians and Technologists at the 2016 ASATT meeting in Chicago, IL was delivered by Kevin Lueders of Bell Medical and Corlius Birkill of Xavant Technologies of South Africa. This power point presentation discusses neuromuscular blocking agents history and usage. It also presented the various methods … Read more

Alar Nasal Pulse Oximetry Sensor: Anesthesia Application

Ventilator Circuit, Disposable, Latex-Free

Alar Nasal Pulse Oximetry Sensor works on the most challenging patients! Anesthesia Advantages “It works when other sensors fail.” The monitoring site is unaffected by non-invasive blood pressure measurements thus reducing false alarms and giving the anesthesia provider uninterrupted oximeter measurements. The Alar Nasal Pulse Oximetry Sensor can be left on for PACU and SICU … Read more

TOF Watch Discontinued! Stimpod NMS 450 available NOW!

The German manufacturer, MIPM – Mammendorfer Institut für Physik und Medizin GmbH has announced that effective June 30, 2016 the TOF Watch, TOF Watch S and TOF Watch SX neuromuscular monitors will no longer be manufactured.  The official announcement of the discontinuance of the TOF Watch is below: TOF-Watch – objective neuromuscular monitoring Product cancelation … Read more

CO2 Absorbent Study Shows CO w Fresh Medisorb!

Pediatric Circuit with Gas Sampling Elbow, Fixed Wye, 1 Liter Bag, Filter

Key findings from 2010 study on CO2 absorbent surprisingly ignored! Detection of Carbon Monoxide During Routine in Infants and Children Richard J. Levy, MD,* Viviane G. Nasr, MD,* Ozzie Rivera, BS,† Renee Roberts, MD,* Michael Slack, MD,‡ Joshua P. Kanter, MD,‡ Kanishka Ratnayaka, MD,‡ Richard F. Kaplan, MD,*and Francis X. McGowan, Jr., MD§ (Anesth Analg … Read more

Amsorb Plus CO2 Absorbent

Amsorb Plus CO2 Absorbent improves patient safety by eliminating potential toxins plus it provides permanent color change so you always know the status of your absorbent. Your health organization is currently using GE Medisorb which is a traditional sodalime that can produce toxins when desiccated or fully spent. Since your facility does not change your … Read more