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The design of the SLE6000 allows the purchase of a number of software modules for upgrading and extending its features. It also means that in the future when you require new features and modes, or when we release a new option, it will be easier for you to update the ventilator and add these new features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All new SLE ventilators include a core set of modes. Additional modules can be added when the ventilator is purchased, or at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ventilator Integration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SLE has an optional CO2<\/sub>\u00a0software module for use with the SLE6000 ventilator. This requires an external hardware module, the MicroPod\u2122<\/sup>, that plugs into the rear panel of the SLE6000 and sends data on CO2<\/sub>\u00a0from the patient to the ventilator to display and trend.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Capnography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Capnography is an established non-invasive method for monitoring the level of carbon dioxide in exhaled breath (etCO2<\/sub>) to assess a patient\u2019s ventilatory status. In the past, this has always been separate to the ventilator.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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How it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microstream\u2122<\/sup> technology offers a highly specific measurement technology using Molecular Correlation Spectroscopy\u2122<\/sup>(MCS) to continuously measure the amount of CO2<\/sub> during every breath, particularly the amount of CO2<\/sub> present at the end of exhalation (etCO2<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Microstream\u2122<\/sup> etCO2<\/sub> sampling lines deliver a sample of the inhaled and exhaled gases from the ventilator circuit into the monitor for CO2<\/sub> measurement. Moisture and patient secretions are extracted from the sample, while maintaining the shape of the CO2<\/sub> waveform. A 50 ml\/min sampling flow rate is ideally suited to infant\/neonatal applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once inside the Microstream\u2122<\/sup> CO2<\/sub> sensor, the gas sample goes through a micro-sample cell (15 microlitres). This extremely small volume is quickly flushed, allowing for fast rise time and accurate CO2<\/sub> readings, even at higher respiration rates.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Key Benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n