ProSim 4 Vital Signs Patient Simulator

The focus of IBP testing is on the patient monitor IBP functionality from the point of connection to the patient monitor to the displayed and strip chart printed output. The accuracy of the measurement processing is part of this performance testing and safety testing. IBP and ICP accuracy are determined by a series of static pressure level comparisons.

The cables connecting the IBP transducer or ICP bolt are replaced by a specially prepared cable connecting a patient simulator to the brand/model specific connection on the patient monitor. The patient simulator replaces the IBP transducer and its connecting cable.

When the situation occurs that the single patient use, disposable IBP transducer or ICP bolt and its durable patient monitor connecting cable are from a third-party company, testing of these connecting cables should be specified as to process and expected test results by the manufacturer of the patient monitors designed to use them. Interconnecting cables themselves may or may not be able to be tested for continuity or for continuity alone, and the single patient use disposable transducers are tested by their manufacturers. Failures are repaired in accordance with guidance from their manufacturer.