Evaluation: Draeger Infinity Acute Care System ICU Physiologic Monitoring System
March 21, 2018 | Evaluations & Guidance
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- Depending on their configuration, physiologic monitoring systems measure and display waveforms and numeric data for various parameters, including ECG, respiratory rate, noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) and invasive blood pressure (IBP) (systolic, diastolic, and mean), body temperature, pulse rate, arterial hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO2), mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2), cardiac output (CO), end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2), intracranial pressure, and airway gas concentrations (particularly during the administration of anesthesia).
Major device components and software features:
- Infinity M540 patient monitor: This 6.2-inch LCD touchscreen unit is intended for multiparameter physiologic monitoring of adult, pediatric, and neonatal patient populations. The M540 is intended to monitor one patient at a time. It is a mobile patient monitor that acquires patient data at the bedside, where it can be docked to the Medical Cockpit C700 bedside display monitor, and continues monitoring during patient transport. There is no need to disconnect patient cables before the patient is transported. During transport, the M540 supports wireless communication directly to the Infinity Central Station (ICS) using IEEE 802.11 b/g communication standards.
- Infinity C700 Medical Cockpit: A high-acuity bedside monitor intended for continuous monitoring of adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients. The C700 is intended to:
- Admit and discharge patients via an automatically populated list from the hospital's admit/discharge/transfer (ADT) system by using a bar-code scanner or through a patient search feature.
- Display numeric data, graphical trends, and waveforms received from the M540 as well as visual and audible alarm signals.
- Serve as a connectivity hub to integrate patient data from different stand-alone medical devices connected to the patient (e.g., ventilators, infusion pumps) via an RS-232 connection.
- Communicate and transfer patient data to the Draeger ICS over a wired LAN connection through Infinity OneNet (shared networking infrastructure solution), which resides on the hospital's existing network (see Figure 3).
- Specifications:
- C700 display: 50 cm (20.1 in) widescreen LCD touchscreen
- C500 display: 43.2 cm (17 in) widescreen LCD touchscreen (Note: We have not evaluated the Infinity C500 Medical Cockpit, but other than screen size, it offers the same functionality as the C700.)
- Parameters monitored using the M540 patient monitor are shown in the table.
Draeger Infinity Acute Care System (Used with C700 Display): Parameters Monitored via M540 Monitor Standard Parameters Maximum Number of Channels Three-, five-, six-, or 10-lead ECG, including arrhythmia and ST segment analysis. Draeger also offers TruST algorithm-derived 12-lead ECG and diagnostic 12-lead standard ECG. — Respiration 1 NIBP 1 Nellcor OxiMax or Masimo Rainbow SET SpO2Note: SpHb (noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin), SpCO (noninvasive and continuous carboxyhemoglobin), SpMet (noninvasive and continuous methemoglobin), and PVi (Pleth Variability Index) are optional functions available when using the built-in Masimo SpO2 module 1 Temperature 2 IBP 4 CO measurement...