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Michigan Instruments donates two TTL units to local university

PneuView3 Improvements, Compared to PneuView2

PneuView3 Improvements from Michigan Instruments are worth mentioning! Did you know that Michigan Instruments’ NEW Training and Test Lung embodies a mechanical respiratory simulation of the human pulmonary system that can measure airway…

Michigan Instruments Donates Two TTL Units to Local University

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Grand Rapids, MI – Grand Valley State University students will soon have the opportunity to simulate the proper management of life-like respiratory ailments using the latest in training and test lung devices. Grand Rapids-based, Michigan Instruments…

Increase in Training Test Lung Calibration Charge

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Michigan Instruments would like to announce a change in cost associated with the calibration of many Training and Test Lung respiratory simulation models. On November 1, 2014, the cost for models 1600, 1601, 1603 and 4600 (recommended every…

Understanding the Role of Inertia in Mechanical Test Lungs

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It’s no secret—mechanical systems move differently than biological systems particularly when it comes to inertia. This concept has a number of significant implications when working with a mechanical test lung. During ventilation, the…

Simulating a Pneumothorax on a Dual Adult Lung

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A number of our customers have been requesting information on how to simulate a pneumothorax using the Michigan Instruments Dual Adult Lung. The following will describe how this condition can be simulated on a Training & Test Lung, using…

Military vs. Medical: Five Things Private Simulation Labs Need

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It is no secret that military spending has gone down since sequestration (and other spending cuts), and simulation was one of the areas to take a major hit from this. This has led to increased private simulation lab interest and funding. I…

High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation-Part One

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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or ARDS, is by no means a new condition in the respiratory care industry, but there are certainly some new treatments being tested to help treat it. Herneations, H1N1, SARS and many other conditions are all…

Assessing High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation-Part Two

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This is part 2 of our series focusing on assessing high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. Check out part one here. Due to difficulties in assessing the outputs (from the patient’s perspective) of HFOV ventilators, many analysts have resorted…

Using High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation – Part Three

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In using high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) tidal volume and LPM (flow) values can be exceptionally difficult to monitor. Several third-party devices have been developed to monitor this, but due to a lack of any solid standard of…

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