
Spirometer – Page 44 – PFT History
Dec 22, 2013 · The main pen was attached to the counter-weight and drew a volume-time curve on graph paper attached to the kymograph drum. The secondary pen was attached to a mechanical integrator and was used for MVV tests.
Spirometer, McKesson Vitalor, 1961 | PFT History
From: JAMA, 1961 Sep 23. Volume 177, page 865. A dry wedge bellows spirometer. A pen attached to the lid of the bellows wrote on a small sheet of graph paper that was driven horizontally by an e…
Spirometer – Page 41 – PFT History
Feb 15, 2014 · A pen attached to the top of the bellows marked on a small sheet of graph paper that was attached to an electric motor-driven platen. In this picture the subject is exhaling directly into the mouthpiece that was permanently attached to the front of the spirometer.
Spirometer – Page 42 – PFT History
Feb 7, 2014 · From: JAMA, 1961 Sep 23. Volume 177, page 865. A dry wedge bellows spirometer. A pen attached to the lid of the bellows wrote on a small sheet of graph paper that was driven horizontally by an electric motor during …
1990s – Page 8 – PFT History
Jan 24, 2014 · A Beckman Metabolic cart in use in a study on exercise patients with spinal cord injuries. From: Muszkat R, Yazbek P, Arango CT, Moreira MC, Trombetta IC, Battistella LR. Assessment of functional capacity during gait using a reciprocal propulsion orthosis (ARGO) – a comparative study with a conventional mechanical orthosis. Sao Paolo Medical Journal, 1994, 112 (1): page 496. Beckman 1990s ...
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Dec 6, 2015 · The Jones Pulmonor was a bellow spirometer, and most of the inside was empty space. This photo is of the back side of the spirometer. If the front could be seen the box on the side was where a piece of pressure-sensitive graph paper was placed. A pressure stylus would inscribe the volume-time curve from a spirometry maneuver.
Richard Johnston | PFT History | Page 80
Feb 13, 2014 · From: German archive for clinical medicine , Volume 88, 1907, Page 391. Note the breathing mask and one-way valves. Note also the pen writing on graph paper which was apparently moved horizontally by a screw. Manufacturer unknown. 1910s, Basal metabolism, CO2 Production, Oxygen Consumption, Photograph
Reference Equations – Page 3 – PFTBlog
May 12, 2014 · Late in 2012 the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLFI) released their reference equations for spirometry. Although not without some criticism this was an important step towards the development of a single spirometry reference equation that can be …
Richard Johnston | PFTBlog | Page 18
May 26, 2014 · Lately I’ve been looking at videos about lung volumes and have seen a half dozen presenters describe lung volume subdivisions using the same graph we’ve come to know and love with varying degrees of effectiveness and obfuscation.
1900s – Page 5 – PFT History
Feb 10, 2014 · From: German archive for clinical medicine , Volume 88, 1907, Page 391. Note the breathing mask and one-way valves. Note also the pen writing on graph paper which was apparently moved horizontally by a screw. Manufacturer unknown. 1900s, Drawing, Spirometer