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06-10-2014, 12:05 AM
Sphere Medical’s Real-Time In-Line Blood Analyzer Gets a Go in Europe
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It’s often important to monitor the various levels of analytes in a hospitalized patient’s blood. This **rmally requires blood draws that are then placed in a nearby device or are sent to the hospital’s lab for analysis, a process that takes considerable time and delivers slow results. Sphere Medical out of Cambridge, England just received European CE Mark approval for its Proxima arterial blood analyzer, a device that provides real-time results of blood gas, hematocrit, and electrolyte measurements as often as necessary.
The Proxima is connected to the arterial line that the patient would **rmally have and blood is drawn into the sensor for testing. A nearby touchscreen control panel is used to initiate tests and for displaying results. Tests can be performed at any time and don’t cost anything additionally for each run. Once a reading is performed, the sampled blood is returned back into the patient. The disposable device has a 72 hour lifetime and does have to be calibrated regularly during that time to guarantee quality readings.
Here’s a link to a company video presenting the Proxima… (http://www.spheremedical.com/default.asp?MIS=32)
Product page: Proxima system for the ICU and OR… (http://www.spheremedical.com/proxima_system)
Press release: Proxima CE Marking Received and Trading Update… (http://www.spheremedical.com/documents/news/Trading%20Update%20FINAL%206%20June%202014.pdf)
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It’s often important to monitor the various levels of analytes in a hospitalized patient’s blood. This **rmally requires blood draws that are then placed in a nearby device or are sent to the hospital’s lab for analysis, a process that takes considerable time and delivers slow results. Sphere Medical out of Cambridge, England just received European CE Mark approval for its Proxima arterial blood analyzer, a device that provides real-time results of blood gas, hematocrit, and electrolyte measurements as often as necessary.
The Proxima is connected to the arterial line that the patient would **rmally have and blood is drawn into the sensor for testing. A nearby touchscreen control panel is used to initiate tests and for displaying results. Tests can be performed at any time and don’t cost anything additionally for each run. Once a reading is performed, the sampled blood is returned back into the patient. The disposable device has a 72 hour lifetime and does have to be calibrated regularly during that time to guarantee quality readings.
Here’s a link to a company video presenting the Proxima… (http://www.spheremedical.com/default.asp?MIS=32)
Product page: Proxima system for the ICU and OR… (http://www.spheremedical.com/proxima_system)
Press release: Proxima CE Marking Received and Trading Update… (http://www.spheremedical.com/documents/news/Trading%20Update%20FINAL%206%20June%202014.pdf)
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