Description
Specifically designed for the long-term home use, the LIFECARE PLV-102 is a reliable, easy to use portable volume ventilator. The PLV-102 is a versatile device that's effective on a wide range of patients including pediatric patients and patients with minute ventilation demands.
Front Panel Controls
- Mode Selection: Control, Assist/Control, SIMV
- Tidal Volume: 0.05 to 3.00 liters ± 10%
- Breath Rate: 2 to 35 BPM ± 0.5; 36 to 40 BPM ± 2
- Inspiratory Flow Rate (peak flow rate during inspiration time): 10 to 120 L/Min
- Battery Test Switch: Test Internal/External Battery
- Main Power Switch: On/Off, Recharge
- DC Circuit Breaker: Push/Pull Actuation
- AC Circuit Breaker: Push/Pull Actuation
- Airway Pressure Limit: 5 to 100 cm H2O
- Patient Airway Pressure (Pressure wave is sinusoidal): -10 to 100 cm H2O ±5
- Sensitivity: +3 cm H2O ±1 to at least -6 cm H2O
- Low Pressure Alarm: 2 to 40 cm H2O ± 2; 41 to 50 cm H2O± 5
Front Panel Visual Indicators
- Tidal Volume: Digital Display
- Rate - Patient Breaths Per Minute: Digital Display
- I:E Ratio: Digital Display
- Inspiratory Flow Rate: Red Indicator Light
- AC Power Source: Green Indicator Light
- Internal DC Power Source: Amber Indicator Light
- External DC Power Source: White Indicator Light
- Patient Airway Pressure: Gauge
- Assisted/Spontaneous Breath: Green Indicator Light
- 15-Second Delay (Low Pressure Alarm): Green Indicator Light
Alarms
The audible alarm ranges between 70 and 85 decibles (at 1 meter) and has its own power source separate from the internal battery. The power source and batteries are constantly recharged with a 2 amp trickle charge when the unit is plugged into AC power, whether it is operating or not.
- Low Pressure: Visual/Continuous Audible
- High Pressure: Intermittent Audible
- Apnea: Visual/Continuous Audible
- Inverse I:E Ratio: Visual Warning
- Increased Inspiratory Flow: Visual Warning
- Low Internal Battery: Visual/Continuous Audible
- Low External Battery: Visual/Continuous Audible
- Reverse Battery Connection: Continuous Audible
- Power Failure: Continuous Audible
- Power Source: Audible
- Unit Malfunction: Intermittent Audible