The Spiro PD personal spirometer is a hand held device that is used to test the user’s lung capacity. Measures of air flow and volume are indicators of lung health. By blowing into the tube of the Spiro PD the user can see a measure of his/her forced expiratory volume for one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), FEV1/FVC ratio, peak expiratory flow (PEF), and forced expiratory flow from 25% to 75% (FEF 25/75). The SPIRO PD spirometer is intended to be used by a patient under the instruction of a physician or respiratory therapist to test lung function in child, adolescent and adult. It is intended to be used as a single-patient device only and can be used in any setting - home, factory, hospital or physician's office. The SPIRO PD spirometer is indicated for the following age groups: • 2-12 years - Child • 13-21 years - Adolescent • 22 and over- Adult.
A mains electricity (AC-powered) device designed to measure several or all respiratory-gas volume and flow parameters needed to evaluate basic pulmonary function [e.g., vital capacity (VC), peak expiratory flow (PEF), forced expiratory volume (FEV), and forced expiratory flow (FEF)]. It is an instrument used in a clinical setting with a mouthpiece and tube attached to a computerized unit to process the data from patient ventilatory efforts, volume and/or flow sensors, a display, and usually a graph recorder. The data are compared to standardized values or the patient's former values to help identify or evaluate chronic pulmonary disorders such as asthma, emphysema, or bronchitis.
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