CHARACTERISTICS

PULMONARY MECHANICS

• Programmable airway resistance
• Programmable chest wall
• Non-linear Pv curves
• Allows lungs to be set to be contracted

HEMODYNAMICS

• Modify the heart rhythm
• Creating a true shunt to create persistent pulmonary hypertension

BREATH CONTROL 

• Variety of spontaneous breathing patterns
• Possibility of pattern creation
• Programmable inspiratory effort

GAS EXCHANGE

• Modification of work of breathing
• Programmable diffusion factor
• Programmable dead space
• Programmable O2 dissociation curve
• Create metabolic alkalosis or acidosis

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Creating leaks

Description

TestChest is an innovative, fully physiological artificial lung simulator that represents a breakthrough in mechanical ventilation training.

TestChest has been developed to simulate the human heart and respiratory system for teaching and training purposes. It can be used as a stand-alone skills training station or integrated into a full-scale patient simulator.

It is a universal simulator that can be connected to all ventilators, both for intubated and mask ventilation patients.

This highly accurate and versatile instrument represents the first choice for respiratory care training. Thanks to its physiological modelling, TestChest can be configured to represent any type of clinical manifestation of lung disease, even those not known today, as shown with the Covid-19 patients. Product development and testing for ventilators, CPAP, aerosolised drug delivery and other respiratory therapy devices can be easily performed with TestChest.