Hyperbaric Chamber Software improves patient safety.
Press Release Summary:
Managed through 10 in. touch screen display, BARA-PRESS(TM) chamber control software fourth generation release allows operators to focus on patient care rather than equipment. Multi-lingual software has menu of functions including automatic SMOOTH-RIDE(TM) pressure-change technology for reducing incidence of barotrauma and eliminating ear-squeeze discomfort. Features include selectable pressure scales (PSI, ATA, kPA, BAR, MSW, FSW) and temperature scales (Celsius and Fahrenheit).
Original Press Release:
Environmental Tectonics Corporation's Biomedical Systems Group's New Software Improves Patient Safety
Southampton, Pa,September 13, 2006: - Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") BioMedical Systems Group today announced enhancements to the safety of hyperbaric chambers with the new-version release of its successful BARA-PRESS(TM) chamber control software. This software allows chamber operators to focus on patient care rather than the complex equipment being used. This fourth generation release is standard on the Group's BARA-MED® 30° I.D. and 34° I.D. hyperbaric chambers.
The BARA-PRESS(TM) software is managed through a 10-inch touch screen display. It is multi-lingual and has a comprehensive menu of sophisticated user selectable functions which include the automatic SMOOTH-RIDE(TM) pressure-change technology.
The SMOOTH-RIDE(TM) protocol of BARA-PRESS(TM) follows a curvilinear compression and decompression sequence based on U.S. Air Force research which revealed that such compression technology reduces the incidence of barotraumas by approximately 67%(1) and the common patient "ear-squeeze" discomfort is virtually eliminated.
Features of the new BARA-PRESS(TM) release include an on-line user manual, user selectable pressure scales (PSI, ATA, kPA, BAR, MSW, FSW), and temperature scales (Celsius and Fahrenheit).
(1) Zwart BP. The "smooth-ride" profile: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a hyperbaric chamber descent and ascent based on a constant rate of volume change with time. Davis Hyperbaric Laboratory Report, Brooks AFB, Texas, 1998.
