Is it easy to upgrade the Infinity Gamma and change its parameter set?
Yes. The Infinity Gamma is a configured monitor in which most of the functions are software based. This means that when new parameters and/or functions are developed, you can easily upgrade the monitor by downloading a new software version. The monitor is equipped with a PCMCIA port for this purpose. The Infinity Gamma also includes a “PodPort” with which you can connect devices that offer additional functions, such as the etCO2 pod for measuring carbon dioxide concentration in exhaled air, as well as the MultiMed pod, MultiMed 5 pod and MultiMed 6 pod for measuring ECG, SpO2 and temperature data. As other parameter pods become available in the future, the PodPort will allow you to connect them. In fact, it is this PodPort that makes the Infinity Gamma a “modular” configured monitor.
In our clinic, we need to have a printout of the ECG curve when there is an arrhythmia alarm. Does this monitor have an integrated printer?
The Infinity Gamma has a feature called PaperSmart that enables you to save up to ten 20-second event recordings in the monitor. These recordings can then be printed out when the monitor is connected to a strip chart recorder, for example, via the Infinity Docking Station. This system gives you two advantages. First, it minimizes the size and weight of the monitor. Second, it saves investment costs because you don’t need to purchase a strip chart recorder for every monitor.
Is it important to consider in-hospital patient transport when purchasing a patient monitor?
Yes it is. With patients constantly being transported to and from care, diagnosis and treatment areas, any monitoring solution must provide an easy means to support monitoring during transport. The optimal solution uses the same monitor for transport as it does in the care area. Disconnecting and reconnecting patient cables and setting up another transport monitor or transport display is time consuming and can result in the loss of critical patient data.
How important are instant configurability and scalability when selecting a patient monitor?
Very important. You can save both time and money with a patient monitor that can be configured to the exact needs of any patient, in any care area. You also save valuable treatment time by not having to hold patients until a care area with a specific acuity monitor becomes available, or hunt for a monitor that is configured for the patient’s requirements. You save money by not having to equip all your monitors with options that are not always used. A more efficient solution is to have a monitor that lets you easily install software options and add monitoring parameter modules to the patient monitors as needed.
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