Applications

Hospital and Portable Ventilators

All Sensors has been supplying leading ventilator manufactures across the world for over 10 years. Our reputation for excellence has been recognized by titans of the medical industry by employing them in critical care products. Ventilators provide breathing assistance to patients who have sustained some type of serious injury or contracted an illness that prohibits normal breathing. A mixture of air and oxygen is delivered into the patients lungs via a tube placed into the patient’s mouth, nose or windpipe. Pressure is monitored during this process to properly inflate the lungs when delivering air to the patient. Ventilators are commonly employed for critical patients in life threatening situations. It is imperative that ventilator manufactures utilize high quality pressure sensors (transducers) when designing their products to assure proper performance and reliability. All Sensors’ pressure sensors are currently used in hospital ventilators, infant ventilators, as well as portable ventilators.

Oxygen Concentrators and O2 TherapyOxygen concentrators are used by the medical community to provide oxygen therapy for patients. Oxygen therapy, also known as O2 therapy, is a medical treatment that provides higher levels of oxygen concentration to vital tissues and organs in the body. Patients who require higher oxygen concentration than naturally available in ambient air utilize oxygen concentrators to deliver oxygen rich air. A few common illnesses that may require an oxygen concentrator device are asthma, chronic bronchitis, anemia, pulmonary edema, and congestive heart failure.

Manufactures of oxygen concentrator devices require pressure sensors that are both accurate and repeatable. This market consists of both commercial (hospital grade) and portable devices used in the home. As our population ages and grows, so has the demand for oxygen concentrator devices.
Oxygen concentrators are also used for other applications such as victims of smoke inhalation and other lung injuries. Patients undergoing surgical procedures also require concentrated oxygen before and after surgery.

Medical pressure sensors are used for oxygen tank level measurement as well as measuring the flow of oxygen being delivered to the patient. Pressure sensors are also used for measurement in the module that concentrates oxygen directly from the atmosphere.

Another form of oxygen therapy is known as Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is created by delivering compressed oxygen at 1 ½ times the normal atmospheric pressure. This form of treatment is delivered to a patient inside a special chamber that resembles a large glass cylinder. The chamber is sealed and pressurized with the patient inside.

Sleep apnea is a common sleeping disorder that affects people across the world. Sleep apnea consists of pauses or shallow breaths while sleeping. Pauses in breathing can occur for a few seconds to several minutes. These pauses disrupt sleeping patterns by pushing the patient from deep sleep into a light sleep. When this occurs the patient will experience inadequate rest and will experience drowsiness or tiredness throughout the day. This disorder commonly goes undiagnosed because it is undetectable during a normal doctor visit. This condition is typically discovered by the patient’s sleeping partner. Sleep apnea is known to be found in patients in many different age groups. Untreated sleep apnea conditions are believed to increase the following conditions; high blood pressure, chance or heart attack, heart failure, and irregular heartbeats.

Sleep apnea is commonly treated with a medical device known as a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure). This device works by applying positive pressure to the patient’s airway. This device is attached to the patient with a face mask to deliver air at a positive pressure during sleep. Patients need to wear this device every time they sleep. Medical pressure sensors are used to measure the positive airflow to the patient.      

Operating RoomMedical pressure sensors are used in a variety of medical devices. Many of these devices assist doctors in the operating room at hospitals around the country. Several examples of these devices are as follows; drug delivery systems, spirometry devises used to measure lung capability, noninvasive blood pressure, and post op eye surgery care.