Intensive Care Ventilation

CPAP therapy in the 21st century

Charisma is a state-of-the art device for constant positive airway pressure therapy.

• Coloured touch screen: intuitive user guidance
• Automatic flow adjustment and adaption
• Unique: no reservoir bag needed
• Dynamic leakage compensation
• Cost efficiency by low gas consumption
• Drug nebulizer

Direct input of oxygen concentration and PEEP
Gas mixture tables, readjustment of flow and uncertainties in mask leakages are things of the past. The user enters directly PEEP and oxygen concentration. charisma verifies the ventilation accessories used and guaranties the secure compliance of the parameters set.

Dynamic compensation of leakage
Older CPAP equipment, working with Continuous-Flow- Principle, had to be adjusted manually to the gas flows offered in order to compensate variable mask leakages. When the supply of flow was too low, the set PEEP value could not be realised and the danger of alveolar collapse appeared. charisma combines the established Demand- Flow with the Continuous-Flow-Principle, readjusts the necessary flow continuously and controls the PEEP set.

Individual alarm settings
There are fundamental differences in monitoring requirements of intensive care units, outpatient departments, wards and therapy wards. charisma allows the alarm adaption to the necessities of the clinical routine. Thereby requirements of apnea, alarms of low and high pressure values and alarm volume are directly adjustable via touch screen.

Innovative monitoring of leakage according to “traffic light principle”
charisma monitors existing mask leakages without interruption and adapts the inspiration flow consecutively. According to the traffic light, leakages are displayed visually and easily comprehensible.

Until recently, there was a gap between scientific evidence and clinical practice in intensive care ventilation. Inadequate technical options and nontransparent evaluation of measurement results frequently stood in the way of the desired treatment. In many cases, the available procedures simply were not sufficient for broad, yet dependable use.

Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Heinen + Löwenstein is now making the impossible a reality: Intensive care ventilation – simple, clear and verifiable. The simple solution adds safety, reduces training needs, and allows for the broad use of ventilation strategies. It is economical, minimizes operating errors, and gives you more time to focus on the essential.

Elisa 800 stands for simplifying complexity.

• Powerful hardware
• Electrical impedance tomography
• Modular software concept
• Expandable ventilation architecture
• Versatile interfaces
• Versatile option boxes
• Intelligent cable management
• Intelligent acoustic alarm system
• State-of-the-art power management
• Light sensor for day-night adjustment
• Heliox-ready
• Integrated ventilation protocol

Elisa 600 is an innovative standard breathing ventilator for invasive and non-invasive artificial respiration in the case of all clinical conditions, for all intensive care activities and for patients weighing 3,5 kg and more. A variety of hardware and software options allow for individual configuration to be made according to the requirements at hand, as well as providing for an artificial respiration platform that is assured a good future.

The Elisa is an intensive care ventilator for adults and children from the age of one year or a body weight of 5 kg. The device can be optionally used for ventilation of newborn patients with a body weight from 2 to 6 kg.

The all-purpose intensive care ventilator Elisa is prepared for all types of patients: Newborn (optional), child and adult. Modern microprocessor technology, precise measurement techniques and efficient technologies assure an accurate ventilation therapy and individual ventilation strategies.

Elisa provides the clinical practice orientated combination of both invasive and non-invasive ventilation in a single device. You can choose between spontaneous or controlled non-invasive ventilation strategies. The modern intensive care ventilator measures the expiration volume precisely and includes a reliable leakage compensation.