For the first time, a continuous, noninvasive means of assessing tissue oxygenation and monitoring it during resuscitation The InSpectra™ StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor.
News

April 20, 2009
Connectivity to a Philips Patient Monitoring System
We are proud to announce a new feature for the InSpectraTM StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor, model 650: Connectivity to a Philips Patient Monitoring System! This capability will allow clinicians to transfer patient StO2 and THI data from the InSpectra StO2 Monitor to IntelliVue Philips Patient Monitors. Upon connection, the InSpectra™ StO2 System transfers patient StO2 and THI data as well as alarm messages and inoperable conditions (INOPs) to the Philips Patient Monitoring System.    
 
Webinars
May 11, 2009
April Clinician Webinars are Now Available
Hemodynamic Monitoring: Macro and Microcirculation
Prof. Dr. Can Ince 
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StO2 in hypoperfused patients in the Emergency Department
Eric Maniago, MD, FACEP
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StO2 in the evaluation of combat casualties
Alec Beekley MD, FACS
 
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Recent Studies

April 2009
Role of storage time of red blood cells on microcirculation and tissue oxygenation in critically ill patients
Frenzel T, Westphal-Varghese B, Westphal M. Curr Opin Anaesth. 2009;22(2):275-280.

May 2009
Early hypothermia in severely injured trauma patients is a significant risk factor for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome but not mortality
Beilman GJ, Blondet JJ, Nelson TR, Nathens AB, Moore FA, Rhee P, Puyana JC, Moore EE, Cohn SM. Ann Surg. 2009;249(5):845-850.

January 2009
Thenar oxygen saturation measured by near infrared spectroscopy as a noninvasive predictor of low central venous oxygen saturation in septic patients
Mesquida J, Masip J, Gili G, Artigas A, Baigorri F. Int Care Med. 2009;35(6):1106-1109.

February 2009
Prospective study of continuous non-invasive tissue oximetry in the early evaluation of the combat casualty
Beekley A, Martin M, Nelson T, Grathwohl K, Griffith M, Beilman G, Holcomb J. Western Trauma Association 39th Annual Meeting; February 22-27, 2009; Crested Butte, Colorado.

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The InSpectra™ StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor provides a noninvasive, continuous, real-time, and direct measurement of hemoglobin oxygen saturation in tissue (StO2), providing trauma teams the ability to measure tissue oxygen saturation and monitor it during resuscitation. It is the only perfusion status monitor designed for trauma environments. The InSpectra StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor uses near infrared light to illuminate tissue, and then analyzes the returned light to produce a quantitative measurement of oxygen saturation in the tissue's microcirculation.

The StO2 Trauma Study researched the role that tissue oxygen saturation monitoring could play in hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation. Study results demonstrate that StO2 measurements less than 75% may indicate serious hypoperfusion in trauma patients and that StO2 functions as well as base deficit in indicating hypoperfusion in trauma patients.