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Avox Systems (A-VOX Systems) has manufactured instruments to measure blood oxygen since 1976. Its oximeters and co-oximeters are used in cardiology (cath lab), intensive care, and emergency medicine. Oximeters and co-oximeters typically measure carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, total hemoglobin, percent saturation, and oxygen content. British spellings are carboxyhaemoglobin, methaemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin, total haemoglobin

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Avox Systems, a subsidiary of ITC has manufactured instruments to measure blood oxygen since 1976. At its headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, the company is developing its patented light-scattering technology into a series of clinical instruments to serve various markets including cardiology, intensive care, and emergency medicine.

The company's unique, new technology enables its instruments to make spectrophotometric measurements directly in unaltered whole blood without hemolysis or other sample preparation.

The AVOXimeter® 4000 and AVOXimeter 1000E do not need the pumps, plumbing and hemolyzers employed by conventional co-oximeters. They are faster and less expensive, and require almost no maintenance.

The AVOXimeter 1000, released in 1993, is already the oximeter of choice in cardiac catheterization labs in leading US hospitals. In 1996, the company introduced the AVOXimeter 4000, the world's first whole-blood co-oximeter, and established itself as the international leader in this field.

In October 2006, International Technidyne Corporation (ITC) acquired A-VOX Systems, Inc. The addition of ITC's point-of-care focus, combined with product development and distribution strenghts, provides further value for AVOX customers. Visit itcmed.com for more information.

 

The AVOXimeter 4000 co-oximeter (aka GEM OPL) is the world’s first portable co-oximeter and first whole-blood co-oximeter. It measures carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, total hemoglobin, saturation, and blood oxygen content.

The AVOXimeter 4000 co-oximeter (aka GEM OPL) is the world’s first portable co-oximeter and first whole-blood co-oximeter. It is shown sitting on a conventional co-oximeter. Using disposables makes the AVOXimeter 4000 co-oximeter the fastest co-oximeter on the market, i.e. faster than those made by Radiometer, Bayer Diagnostics, Instrumentation Laboratory, AVL Scientific, Ciba Corning, Nova Biomedical, and Waters Instruments.

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Last Updated:Wednesday, 17-Jan-2007 10:03:34 EST