- Condition: Factory New
- Warranty: Lifetime
- Helps your detect airflow pressure and snore changes
- Hi-Lo selectors optimize signal levels
- Does not require a battery
- Compact and lightweight
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Purchasing Restriction: Medical license or prescription required
- MFR: Salter Labs Ships from MFI Medical
- MPN: 5500
- Phone: (800) 433-2797
Frequently asked questions
What is the BiNAPS transducer designed for?
The Salter Labs BiNAPS Transducer is essential for sleep disorder studies (polysomnography), providing accurate diagnostic data to recording equipment.It is specifically designed to reliably measure and process two key signals simultaneously:* Airflow Pressure: Detects changes in nasal airflow.* Snore Changes: Monitors acoustic pressure related to snoring.This accurate data acquisition is achieved using an innovative piezo-type pressure transducer. The device also features built-in Hi-Lo selectors for both the Airflow and Snore channels, allowing clinicians to optimize signal levels for transmission to the polysomnograph.
Is the Salter Labs BiNAPS transducer battery-free?
Yes, the Salter Labs BiNAPS Nasal Airflow Pressure/Snore Transducer is battery-free, ensuring consistent and reliable performance during sleep disorder studies without the need for external power.
Which essential accessories are compatible?
The Salter Labs BiNAPS Transducer is designed to work exclusively with Salter Labs components for reliable signal transmission and to uphold the Lifetime Warranty (which applies when used with Salter Labs cannulas).
While a cannula starter kit is included with the transducer, compatible essential accessories that are typically sold separately include:
- Salter Labs Monitoring Cannulas: The device requires these cannulas (available in Adult Nasal Only, Adult Oral/Nasal, and Pediatric configurations) to capture airflow and snore signals.
- Salter Labs Airflow Lead Adapter (#5520-0-1): This adapter may be required to interface the transducer with specific polysomnograph input boxes.
Which Salter Labs cannulas are compatible?
The BiNAPS Transducer is specifically engineered to work with various Salter Labs monitoring cannulas for accurate data acquisition. The device package itself includes a cannula starter kit.
Compatible cannula types (typically sold separately) include:
- Adult Nasal Only
- Adult Oral/Nasal
- Pediatric configurations
Note that using official Salter Labs cannulas is necessary to ensure the product’s lifetime warranty remains valid.
What components come with the transducer?
The factory-new package for the Salter Labs BiNAPS Transducer includes the following essential components:
- One Salter Labs BiNAPS Nasal Airflow Pressure/Snore Transducer (Model #5500)
- A Cannula Starter Kit
Are Hi-Lo selectors used for signal optimization?
Yes, the transducer is equipped with dedicated Hi-Lo selectors designed for comprehensive signal optimization.
- Independent Control: It features separate Hi-Lo selectors for both the Airflow channel and the Snore channel.
- Purpose: This allows professional users to fine-tune and optimize signal levels specific to varied patient conditions.
- Benefit: Optimizing these signals ensures the highest quality output for accurate data acquisition during polysomnography.
Is a circuit tester integrated into the transducer?
Yes, the Salter Labs BiNAPS Transducer includes an integrated circuit tester/indicator.
This valuable feature is designed to streamline the preparation process for sleep studies by ensuring connection reliability:
- It allows for quick and easy lead verification.
- Technicians can confirm that the device is functioning correctly and all connections are secure before the sleep study commences.
- This minimizes setup errors and maximizes the reliability of the diagnostic airflow pressure and snore signals.
Is a high-quality piezo-type pressure transducer used?
Yes, the Salter Labs BiNAPS Transducer utilizes an innovative piezo type pressure transducer for accurate sleep diagnostics.This technology is crucial for its performance, offering the following benefits: * Reliable Signal Acquisition: It processes physical signals (airflow and snore pressure) received from Salter Labs cannulas into a stable electrical signal for the polysomnograph input box. * Dual Detection: It is engineered to detect and measure both airflow pressure and snore changes simultaneously. * Signal Optimization: The unit includes separate Hi-Lo selectors for both the Airflow and Snore channels, enabling optimization of signal output levels relative to the connected recording equipment.
Does it accurately detect airflow changes?
Yes, the BiNAPS Transducer is specifically engineered to deliver a highly reliable and accurate diagnostic signal for sleep studies.
It achieves this through several key features:
- Piezo Technology: It utilizes an innovative piezo type pressure transducer designed to accurately measure and process subtle changes in airflow pressure.
- Dual Signal Measurement: The device is capable of detecting both airflow pressure and snore changes simultaneously.
- Signal Optimization: It features dedicated Hi-Lo selectors for the Airflow channel, which allows clinicians to optimize the signal level for the connected polysomnograph equipment, ensuring maximum data quality.
Is this product considered new?
Yes, the Salter Labs BiNAPS Nasal Airflow Pressure/Snore Transducer is Factory New.