VetSpecs® VSM8 Vital Signs Monitor

●  Breakthrough Noninvasive Blood Pressure

●  Digital Mainstream Capnography

●  Airway-direct Respiration

●  Esophageal Probes 

●  Digital Pulse Oximetry 

Easy-to-use Digital Documentation Capability

The VSM8 automatically saves monitoring records, ECG tracings, and blood pressure readings on a USB flash drive (see below). Simply plug the flash drive to the USB port on the monitor, and then take the flash drive to your computer to transfer saved information to the computer. You can review the information, print with any office laser or ink-jet printers (on 8.5"X11" plain papers), and integrate the data to the patient's file using your existing veterinary practice management software (compatible with all practice management software on the market).

1.  Breakthrough Noninvasive Blood Pressure

The VSM8 offers VetSpecs® breakthrough noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) technology - the Volume Plethysmographic Method (VPM). The VPM shares the same principle as the Doppler Method, but is totally automated, and provides systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures and a real-time pulse rate. A measurement takes only about 20 seconds. All you need to do is to wrap a cuff and a sensor band (see below) on a limb or the tail of the patient. The VPM has been proven to be effective, accurate, and easy-to-use in cats and dogs of all sizes, and suitable for both monitoring and diagnostic BP measurement.

2.  Digital Mainstream Capnography

Unlike side-stream or micro-stream capnography, which cannot work at all in animals with weak respiration, VetSpecs® digital mainstream capnography performs CO2 measurements directly inside the airway, making it effective in all intubated veterinary patients regardless of respiratory volume and rate. The CO2 function provides real-time CO2 waveforms, an end-tidal CO2 reading, a respiratory rate, and a digital respiratory sound with apnea alarm. Simply insert the CO2 sensor (see below) between the endotracheal tube and the breathing circuit.

3.  Airway-direct Respiration

VetSpecs® airway-direct respiration technology employs an airway sensor (see below) inserted between the endotracheal tube and the breathing circuit. This cost-effective technology provides real-time respiratory waveforms, a respiratory rate, and a digital respiratory sound with apnea alarm, and works effectively in all intubated veterinary patients regardless of respiratory volume and rate.

4.  Esophageal Probes

Available in four different sizes, suitable for animals from lizards to large dogs, VetSpecs® esophageal probes are developed specifically for registering ECG, heart rate, and core-body temperature in anesthetized patients. It takes only seconds to insert the esophageal probe. Once placed, the probe will stay in position the whole time and register large and interference-free ECG even in the smallest cats or dogs. There are no leads and sensors on the patient's body, making monitoring in veterinary patients easier than ever before.

The VSM8 comes standard with a set of three esophageal probes for cats and dogs of all sizes.

5.  Digital Pulse Oximetry

Unlike most pulse oximeters or monitors on the market, the VSM8 offers the next-generation digital pulse oximetry, with a wide dynamic range to work effectively on legs and toes as well as on the tongue. The VSM8 comes standard with two SpO2 sensors, a lingual sensor and a leg/toe sensor (see below). The leg/toe sensor can work on the Achilles tendons, distal legs, paws, and toes, especially useful for monitoring in dentistry.

II. ECG Testing

For ECG testing, simply attach three leads (see below) to the patient. The VSM8 will automatically enter into ECG mode, displaying cascaded four lines of ECG on one screen, and continuously save ECG on the flash drive for up to one hour. The monitor automatically starts saving ECG upon registering valid ECG, and stops recording when ECG is no longer registered.

III. Blood Pressure Measurement

The VSM8 makes BP measurements in cats and dogs easier than ever before. Simply wrap a cuff and the sensor band on the patient’s tail or leg. A measurement takes only about 20 seconds. If the interval between measurements is set for one minute, a group of 10 measurements takes about 12 minutes. The VSM8 automatically saves, on the flash drive, all registered readings (systolic, diastolic, and mean pressures and pulse rates), along with the averages of all measurements.