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Table of Contents
Essential Safety Notes ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Environmental Conditions ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Hazards and Warnings ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Welcome ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7
What you will be learning ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Application Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) ............................................................................................................................ 8
How It Works ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
PFT Test ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
FRC (Functional Residual Capacity) Test Automation ......................................................................................... 10
PV (Pressure Volume) Test Automation ............................................................................................................. 11
FV (Flow Volume) Test Automation .................................................................................................................... 12
Ventilator Automation ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Valve Sequence Automation ............................................................................................................................... 13
System Hardware ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
PFT Controller Pressure Panel ................................................................................................................................. 14
Pressure Panel Front ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Pressure Panel Back ............................................................................................................................................ 17
Pressure Reservoir................................................................................................................................................... 18
Compressed Air Source ........................................................................................................................................... 20
Chamber Manifold Design ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Manifold Types ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
Mouse Manifold .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Rat/GP Manifold ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Large Animal Manifold ........................................................................................................................................ 24
Configuring the Hardware ....................................................................................................................................... 25
1 - Front Panel Connections ................................................................................................................................ 25
2 - Rear Panel Connections ................................................................................................................................. 26
3 - Compressed Air Source Connection .............................................................................................................. 27
4 - Setting Positive Pressure................................................................................................................................ 28
5 - Setting Negative Pressure .............................................................................................................................. 29
6 - Setting Inspiration Flow ................................................................................................................................. 29
7 - Setting Slow Expiration Flow ......................................................................................................................... 30
Mouse Chamber Configuration Notes .................................................................................................................... 31
Switching Between Mouse and Rat ......................................................................................................................... 33
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