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