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The sensitivity of petMAP permits BP measurement in cats
and dogs, as well as in larger and smaller animals. The
accompanying CritterCuffs™ are specifically designed to
be soft for animal comfort, and sensitive to enhance
measurement accuracy. Additionally, PPO enhances the
accuracy achieved by allowing the user to select the specific
species (dog or cat) and the specific cuff site (forearm, tail, or
hind foot). PPO is unique and significantly improves the
correlation to direct intra-arterial pressure measurements. Also
unique and proprietary to petMAP is the automatic computation
of the “Nominal Session BP” (NSV) as the measurement
session progresses.
Using petMAP, the BP can be measured in conscious or
anesthetized animals. In conscious animals, the petMAP is
less stressful to the animal as compared to the Doppler method
since there is no need for clipping of fur, no application of
ultrasonic coupling gel, and no need to position a transducer
over the animal’s artery. Also, since petMAP is quiet, it does
not alarm the animal like the unfamiliar sounds from the Doppler
unit’s speaker box.
In summary, the petMAP’s advantages over prior
veterinary BP devices are many. In addition to
improved accuracy with PPO and the automatic
computation of the NSV, advantages are:
Small size, hand held, easily carried in a pocket, battery
powered using two ordinary and easily replaced AAA
batteries and there is:
No clipping of fur . . . time consuming and frightens the animal.
No messy gel . . . required using Doppler . . . and is . . . messy.
No transducer to connect, position, hold, readjust, and break.
No speaker box to connect, position, and frighten the animal.
No speaker, alarms, or startup noises to disturb the animal.
No long, thick, and cumbersome hose to deal with.
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