Fluke Biomedical Index 2MF, User Manual

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Chapter 6
Setting and Changing Simulation Factors
About Simulations and Presets
One of the main functions of the Simulator is to test the performance of a pulse oximeter
for any possible patient condition. The Simulator allows you to set any combination of
blood-oxygen levels, heart rates, and pulse amplitude, as well as simulate a virtual range
of medical physical conditions and set an ambient light artifact.
Setting this group of default factors allows you to test an oximeter and determine its
weaknesses, if any. The Simulator will display and optionally print areas in your pulse
oximeter performance that may be unacceptable, and document correct performance.
The simulations set here are used as the defaults when testing the pulse oximeter.
Setting Simulations
To access the Simulations Menu, press the softkey
SIM
from the Main Menu.
fgg010.eps
The Simulations Menu
The Simulations menu appears in the LCD with these choices:
•
MAN to manually set the O2 and BPM
•
PRESET to set a patient’s health condition
•
AMB
to set an ambient light artifact
•
STEP
to change step size for saturation and BPM
•
esc
to return to previous menu (Main Menu 1)