INVOS™ System

Only the INVOS system has been proven to be clinically effective in providing clinicians with physiologic insights into a patient’s status to make care- management decisions that contribute to improving patient outcomes.

• It is the ONLY cerebral oximeter on the market that is validated via a published hypoxia study under different levels of PaCO₂.([FOOTNOTE=Kim M, Ward D, Cartwright C, et al. Estimation of jugular venous O2 saturation from cerebral oximetry or arterial O2 saturation during isocapnic hypoxia. J Clin Monit Comput. 2000;16(3):191-99.],[ANCHOR=View Abstract],[LINK=/content/covidien/websites/medtronic/com/en/covidien/support/clinical-evidence.html?id=297373])
• Using an optimized emitter spacing configuration, the INVOS system demonstrates sensitivity to subtle changes in saturation and cerebral blood flow.

Another manufacturer’s disclaimer—accurate when patients are “normal”

A device made by a competitor is designed to determine regional hemoglobin oxygen saturation of blood underneath the sensor, according to the manufacturer.([FOOTNOTE=NONIN Operator’s Manual Model 7600, Page 3, Cautions.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=]) Its performance and accuracy of the device can be degraded or impacted if the patient’s CO2 levels are non-normocapnic (non-normal) or if there are other conditions that affect blood volume.²

Do your patients always have “normal” CO₂ levels?