Tthe Finometer® Model-2 Components - FINAPRES Finometer Model-2 User Manual

4 Finometer® Model-2
The Finometer® Model-2 components
Each Finometer® Model-2 device (commercially known as
Finometer® Midi) consists of the units listed below:
• Main unit: A box holding the principal electronic and pneumatic
components, the embedded computer, the front panel control
buttons, and the display. A three-pronged grounded power cord is
included.
• Frontend Unit: A box to be worn on the back of the hand or the
wrist and containing connectors for the finger cuff and the Height
Correction Unit.
• Finger cuff: One M-cuff (beige, medium) and one S-cuff (white,
small) is part of the standard package. Finger cuffs are also
available in one other sizes: blue, L-size, large.
• Height Correction Unit (HCU): A device to automatically correct
for hydrostatic height changes when the measured hand moves
away from heart level. It allows free hand movement during
measurements with the device.
• Serial interface cable (RS232): A cable to connect the main unit
to a PC or laptop with a RS232 (COM) port for on-line recording
and remote control of the device, using the Beatscope® Easy
software.
• USB/RS232 converter: A Converter to connect between the
Serial interface cable and a PC or laptop with a USB port.
• Finometer® Model-2 User's Guide: The document you are
presently reading.
• Finger Pressure Reference Guide: A document containing
background information on finger arterial pressure measurement.
The guides are available on CD-ROM as PDF files in printable format
and in interactive screen display format. Use Acrobat Reader
version 6 or later for viewing. Further copies are available from
Finapres Medical Systems B.V.
User's Guide