Harvard Inspira Advanced Safety Ventilator User`s Manual

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Operation: Respiration Profiles

Entering Pressure Settings (Inspira ASVv)

Inspiration Pressure

The Inspiration pressure is a pressure threshold, which is used to detect airway overpressure conditions. If the average airway pressure rises above this pressure threshold, an alarm is sounded (if enabled) and the display shows the fault.This indicates that the residual volume may be increasing in the animal’s lungs and user intervention is required immediately. Ventilation will still occur after this threshold has been broken.

The default Inspiration Pressure is 35 cmH2O.To set the inspiration pressure press the

[Set] key followed by the [Pressure] key. The display should now display a list of options “Press 1=Insp, 2=Asst”. Press the [1] on the numeric keypad to select the inspiration pressure. The display should now read “Enter Insp Pressure” and display the current pressure setting. Using the numeric keypad, enter the inspiration pressure setting in cmH2O. Inspira will only accept whole number values for this setting. Press [Enter] to enter the selected pressure setting.

Step Key Display

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