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Welch Allyn Atlas Monitor - User Manual User Manual

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Alarm Ranges

Low CO

2

Limits: 0 to 97 mmHg

High CO

2

Limits: 1 to 98 mmHg

Low Respiration Limits: 5 to 99 breaths/minute
High Respiration Limits: 6 to 100 breaths/minute

Display Sweep Speed

3.125, 6.25, 12.5 mm/second

Start-up Time

<10 seconds to acquire waveform; <5 minutes to
full operating specifications

Display

Waveform, Respiration Rate and CO

2

measurement

displayed on CRT and printer

Interfering Gas Compensation:
Nitrous Oxide or Oxygen Concentration Greater
than 50%
No automatic compensation provided, user must
apply equations provided.

O

2

concentration >50%, no N

2

O:

Actual CO

2

= (displayed measurement) x 1.03

N

2

O concentration >50%:

Actual CO

2

= (displayed measurement) x 0.952

Stability

Unaffected by humidity or temperature within
specified operating range; unaffected by moisture
in sampled air

Rise Time

0.58 second rise time; 0.59 second fall time

Delay Time

5.4 seconds

Total System Response Time

5.99 seconds

Sound Pressure

Without tubing: 50.2 dB
With tubing: 48 dB

Diversion Flow

Nominal 175 ml/minute

Adverse Effects of Testing per ISO 9918:1992
Clauses 50, 60, 61, 62; EN864:1997 Clauses 50,
101, 102, 103

System remains within specification

Adverse Effects of Electrocautery, Electrosurgery,
Defibrillation, X-ray, IR, Conducted Transients,
Magnetic Fields, RFI

Clinical Utility within 8 seconds of electrosurgery
and defibrillation;
Not suitable for use in MRI