The Gould 5000 IV was capable of performing spirometry, single-breath DLCO, closing volumes and either helium dilution or nitrogen washout lung volumes. It came with a “large 9″ CRT for real-time graphics”. Photo from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Used a pneumtach. Likely manufactured in the 1980’s. Included an integral thermal printer. Taken from an Ebay listing.
Photo is courtesy of Jim Sullivan, Supervisor, Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratories at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
From a Dotmed Listing. Pneumotach based. Probably manufactured in the 1980’s.
From: Gunawardena KA, Houston K, Smith AP. Evaluation of the turbine pocket spirometer. Thorax 1987; 42: 689-693. Page 690.
From: http://www.dotmed.com/listing/plethysmograph/medgraphics/1085-series/1051918
Early 1980’s? Used a vortex-shedding sensor to measure expiratory flow. From: a DotMed listing.
Used a disposable pneumotach (plastic body with filter paper mesh). Manufactured by the LSE corporation in the 1980’s. There was an optional strip chart recorder for volume-time curves. Numerical results were displayed one at a time on the digital front panel by pressing a button to step through them. Taken from: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/271258328169?lpid=82
Constant volume plethysmograph. Manufactured by Med Graphics in 1989. Found at: http://www.pemed.com/respirat/medgbody.jpg
An ear oximeter. Unit weighs around 25 pounds. Biox became Ohmeda shortly after this unit was manufactured, approximately 1985. Photo found at http://www.pemed.com/techantq/tantique.htm
