Nellcor Oximax NPB-40, Руководство оператора

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Principles of Operation
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Figure 11: Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
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Technology
The NPB-40 is designed to use Nellcor O
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sensors, which integrate the O
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technology. These
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sensors can be identified by their deep lavender/
blue plug color. All O
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sensors contain a memory
chip carrying information about the O
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sensor,
which the oximeter needs for correct operation, including
the
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sensor’s calibration data, model type,
troubleshooting codes, and error detection data.
When an O
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sensor is connected to the NPB-40, the
pulse oximeter will first reads the information in the
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sensor memory chip, checks it to make sure that
there are no errors, and then loads the data to begin