Performed spirometry, helium dilution lung volumes and single-breath DLCOs. Included an IBM PC XT with 256K RAM, dual 5-1/4″ floppy disk drives and a color monitor. Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Category Archives: Helium Dilution FRC
Collins DS-560 Pulmonary Testing System, 1984
Performed spirometry, helium dilution lung volumes and single-breath DLCOs. Included an IBM PC XT with 256K RAM, dual 5-1/4″ floppy disk drives and a color monitor. Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collins DS-560 Pulmonary Testing System, 1984
Performed spirometry, helium dilution lung volumes and single-breath DLCOs. Included an IBM PC XT with 256K RAM, dual 5-1/4″ floppy disk drives and a color monitor. Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collins DS-560 Pulmonary Testing System, 1984
Performed spirometry, helium dilution lung volumes and single-breath DLCOs. Included an IBM PC XT with 256K RAM, dual 5-1/4″ floppy disk drives and a color monitor. Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collins DS II, 1986
Collins DS Plus, circa 1985
Collins RS, circa 1983
The Collins RS was capable of performing spirometry and helium dilution lung volumes. It came with an IBM PC (128K RAM, dual 320K floppy disk drives), Apple II (64K RAM, dual 5-1/4″ floppy drives) or a dedicated microprocessor controller/calculator (comprehensive keyboard, 40 character line printer, 25K ROM). Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Med-Science Pulmonizer Pulmonary Function Testing System, 1980
Med-Science Series 3000 Pulmonary Function Testing System, 1984
Performed spirometry, helium dilution lung volumes and single-breath DLCO. Could be upgraded to include closing volumes and N2 washout kung volumes. Used a wedge spirometer. Came equipped with a top-of-the line IBM PC XT with dual 5-1/4″ floppy disk drives (!). Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Fukuda Sangyo FUDAC-30 Pulmonary Testing System, 1984
Photo is from a sales brochure courtesy of James Sullivan, BA, RPFT, Supervisor, Pulmonary Laboratories, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
“Mini-systems using an 8-liter rolling seal type spirometer. Each system contains a 10-inch color CRT, and both test results and respiratory waveforms are displayed on the CRT screen. Records are printed by a silent thermal printer. This model comes in three types. System-1 is the basic type and covers VC, FVC, F-V, MVV and MV tests. System-2 covers FRC test in addition to those of the basic type. System-3 covers FRC and DLco tests in addition to those of the basic type. Every type can be enhanced in system configuration after the initial purchase.”