Glossary Of Terms - Nellcor NPB-75 Service Manual

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

BIT:
BTPS:
EPROM:
ESD:
EtCO :
2
FiCO :
2
FRS:
LCD:
HMI:
Respiration Rate:
7-segments LED:
Solenoid:
Scrubber:
Built in Tests.
Body Temperature, Pressure and Saturation
Compensation.
Where Body Temperature is assumed 37°C with
vapor pressure 47mmHg
The Calculations are made according to:
P = F x (Pb - 47)
CO2 CO2
Where:
F is the Fractional concentration of CO
CO2
Dry gas, F = % CO
CO2
Pb = the ambient pressure
P = the partial pressure of CO
CO2
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
Electrostatic Discharge.
End Tidal Carbon Dioxide: amount of CO
at the end of the exhalation.
Fractional Inspired Carbon Dioxide: amount of
CO present during inhalation.
2
FilterLine Recognition Safeguard.
Liquid Crystal Display.
Human Machine Interface.
Number of respiratory cycles (inhalation and
exhalation) per minute.
Graphic display of seven segments of light emitter
diodes.
2-way electro-pneumatic valve controlling the
directional flow either from the patient or from the
CO Scrubber (during Autozero).
2
Lithium compound CO
/100
2
at BTPS
2
present
2
absorber.
2
in
2
G-1