cap-ONE

Heaterless and Motorless structure

Our CO₂  sensor is ultra-compact weighing only 4 g, with a heaterless and motorless structure, that meets the United States Military Standard* for shock resistance.

*United States Military Standard: a performance test standard for products used by the US military. This is one of the evaluation standards for products in harsh environments.

Our two mainstream CO₂ sensors

Based on the principle of infrared absorption spectroscopy, Nihon Kohden provides two mainstream CO₂ sensors: Quantitative method and Semi-quantitative method.

Ensure quality of CPR and early indicator for ROSC

• A value of less than 10 mmHg is associated with failure to achieve ROSC and may indicate that the quality of chest compressions should be improved

Detect ventilator troubles

• 8-25% of anesthesia accidents reported as breathing circuit problems
•  Breakdown of breathing circuit problems: Circuit disconnection 8-15%, Misconnection of circuits 2-4%, Displacement of endotracheal tube 2-6%

Avoid unrecognized esophageal intubation

• Patients worldwide die from unrecognized esophageal intubation every year, which is an avoidable complication of airway management usually resulting from human error.
• Checking correct tracheal tube placement using capnography for identification and monitoring of expired carbon dioxide (CO₂) is necessary to avoid human error.

Reduce frequency of hypoxemic events

• Continual monitoring of ventilatory function with capnography to supplement standard monitoring by observation and pulse oximetry is recommended to address moderate procedural sedation and analgesia
•  Access to capnography provides fewer but more timely interventions for hypoventilation, which leads to fewer episodes of hypoventilation and of oxygen desaturation

Assist in better patient cares and outcomes

• The monitoring of ventilation using capnography is vital to titrating sedatives for which different patients have variable levels of sensitivity, which provides early warning signs of adverse respiratory events