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Operational
Pressure
Multimeter
Insp. Flow
Insp. Time
CPAP
Frequency
Master
Switch
Manual
Inspiration
Nebulization
Chapter 1: Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the IPV®-2C device and TRUE-IPV® therapy.
Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV®)
Designed specifically for non-continuous institutional/hospital use, the IPV®-2C is a
pressure-limited and time-cycled ventilator which provides IPV® therapy, a modality
of mechanical ventilation “Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation” (IPV®). The IPV®-2C
provides high frequency percussive pulses between 60-330 cycles per minute. These
high frequency percussive pulses ramify throughout the airways and alveolar ducts
and augment diffusive ventilation in the gas exchange regions of the lung, allowing
improved FRC, CO₂ removal, airway clearance, and lung recruitment.
The IPV®-2C percussive ventilator features
selectable percussive amplitude and frequency
for the mobilization and airway clearance of
retained endobronchial secretions and the
resolution of diffuse patchy atelectasis during
mechanical airway recruitment.
The IPV®-2C provides simultaneous high volume
aerosol generation for the topical delivery of
saline, sterile water, and/or bronchodilators.
Demand Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure (Demand-CPAP)
Demand-CPAP for reducing the
work of breathing.
Inspiratory Time
Selects independent i/e ratio
control allowing for approximate
1:2.5 clinical default setting.
Inspiratory Flow
Determines the amplitude
delivered to the patient during
inspiratory time.
Frequency
Controls the rate of high frequency
percussions delivered.
Manual Inspiration
Delivers a regulated source of
gas through the orifice of the
Phasitron®5 venturi. The longer the
button is pressed, the greater the
potential for tidal volume delivery.
Operational Pressure Control
Controls the peak operating
pressure of the entire unit.
This control at maximum output
will only provide pressure slightly
less than that of the institution.
The optimal inlet wall pressure is
50 psi (3.4 bar, 345 kPa).
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