| A Pulse Oximeter have been an essential medical tool | | | | room, and emergency care. Certain professions and |
| in hospital and healthcare settings since the 1940’s. | | | | hobbies involving extreme changes in altitude also are |
| What healthcare providers and patients usually equate | | | | greatly benefitted from portable pulse oximeters |
| with the term Pulse Oximeters is a large, bulky | | | | including pilots and mountain climbers. Pilots can utilize a |
| machine that sits in the hospital or doctor’s office | | | | small, battery-powered pulse oximeter like the Landon |
| whereby a wire hooks to their finger taking vital signs. | | | | Medical PC-60C to measure their blood-oxygen levels |
| This antedated technology, however, has been | | | | in altitudes where supplemental oxygen is required. |
| surpassed by cutting-edge technology that transforms | | | | Due to their small size and accuracy, pulse oximeters |
| the typical large, bulky oximeter machine into a small, | | | | are of critical importance to patients with respiratory |
| portable machine smaller than the size of a pager. | | | | and cardiac problems, especially chronic obstructive |
| A Pulse Oximeter is a medical device that measures | | | | pulmonary disease (COPD). Further enhancements in |
| the blood oxygen saturation as well as pulse rate. | | | | portable pulse oximetry have created the wrist sleep |
| More advanced portable pulse oximeters like the | | | | unit oximeter for sleep apnea and hypopnea disorders. |
| Landon Medical Finger Pulse Oximeter PC-60C also | | | | Landon Medical’s Sleep Apnea Unit PC68-B is |
| measure the changed in blood volume in the skin by | | | | perfectly suited for such disorders in that it attaches to |
| way of a photoplethysmograph. A blood-oxygen | | | | a patient’s wrist very much like a large wrist watch |
| monitor displays the percentage of arterial hemoglobin | | | | and measures stores vital information in the wrist unit |
| in the oxyhemoglobin configuration. Typically, | | | | for physician’s diagnosis. |
| acceptable normal ranges are from 95 to 100 percent. | | | | As the natural evolution of technology propels |
| What makes portable pulse oximeters, like the Landon | | | | manufacturers to create smaller and more portable |
| Medical PC-60C available from especially effective is | | | | devices, Landon Medical is leading the way with |
| that it is a non-invasive measurement instrument that | | | | portable pulse oximeters. Putting in the hands of |
| can be carried with the patient wherever they go. | | | | patients the capabilities of pulse oximeters truly gives |
| Pulse Oximeters are especially useful where a | | | | patients the peace to mind to monitor vital signs |
| patient’s oxygenation is unstable, including in such | | | | wherever they go. |
| settings as intensive care, operating room, recovery | | | | |