Frontend Unit - FINAPRES Finometer Model-2 User Manual

32 Finometer® Model-2
Figure 3.2 The Finometer® Model-2 Main Unit
3.3

Frontend Unit

The Frontend Unit (Figure 3.3 Finometer® Model-2 Frontend Unit)
contains an air pressure control valve, a pressure transducer,
electronics for the infrared plethysmograph in the finger cuff, and
electronics for the Height Correction Unit.
The Frontend Unit is connected to the Main Unit with the Frontend Unit
connector. The cable and air tubing run in parallel in the sheet of the
Frontend Unit cable assembly. The air connection of the Frontend Unit
to the controlled pressure source in the Main Unit is integrated in the
Frontend Unit connector. The Height Correction Unit is connected to the
back of the Frontend Unit. The finger cuffs are connected to a cuff
connector and an air outlet positioned on the frontal side of the
Frontend Unit.
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