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5 STEPS TO SETTING UP THE MONITOR: 1. Mount monitor on pole or place on shelf 2. Connect the power chord 3. Connect the umbilical cord 4. Turn monitor on 5. Connect the Probe to the umbilical cord following placement MAIN FUNCTIONAL FEATURES: [...]
Thermal Diffusion The BPM technology measures perfusion by tracking changes in power required to heat a small volume of tissue to a fixed temperature as blood moves past the heated tip. The figures to the right outline the method. When the probe is powered on, a thermal field develops around the heated tip which [...]
Validation of the Bowman Perfusion Monitoring System: Continuous Real-time Perfusion Quantification The flow measured by the perfusion probe has been validated for accuracy against flow measured by XeCT in humans1, hydrogen clearance in pigs2 and radioactive and non-radioactive micro-spheres in rat and rabbit livers3. All probes are calibrated during the process of manufacture for [...]
When connected to the Bowman Perfusion Monitor®, the minimally invasive QFlow 500™ Perfusion Probe (cat. #H0000-1600) continuously quantifies tissue perfusion in absolute physiological units of ml/100g-min in real time using a thermal diffusion (TD) technique. (To learn more about this technique click here.) The probe is a flexible, radio-opaque catheter that is inserted into the target tissue where it [...]
The Bowman Perfusion Monitor® (BPM) (cat. #H0000-0710) is the most innovative technology of its kind. The BPM continuously quantifies tissue blood flow (perfusion) in real-time, in absolute physiological units of ml/100g-min. The BPM provides insight for therapy by giving real-time and contextual trend data. In neurological applications observing absolute levels of cerebral blood flow (CBF) alerts [...]