CNAP® Technology
"The CNAP® technology enables advanced hemodynamic monitoring even in medium-risk patients and procedures in a fast, easy and noninvasive way."
Prof. Dr. med. Berthold Bein, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
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“This device, the CNAP®, has all the features of a disruptive technology.[…] It is only a matter of time until volume clamp devices replace many if not the majority of arterial catheters for the continuous measurement of blood pressure, arterial respiratory variation, and even noninvasive cardiac output monitoring."
Robert H. Thiele, MD, Dpt. of Anesthesia, University of Virginia, USA.
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"We just started to use your monitor on high risk orthopedic and bariatric patients at our hospital in Geneva. It is marvellous and a great tool for anesthesisa!!"
John Diaper, PhD, Dpt. of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland
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"CNAP enables easy-to-apply noninvasive continuous blood pressure measurement allowing for closer blood pressure management during anesthesia and avoids the general risks of an arterial measurement. This provides advantages for patients with difficult vascular status and puncture, short interventions in patients with cardiovascular comorbidity or restrictive indication for invasive measurement [...]."
Prof. Lauven, Anesthesiology & operative ICU, Bielefeld, Germany
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"The CNAP device detected more hypotensive episodes after spinal anesthesia and significantly lower arterial pressure (AP) compared with NIAP. AP monitoring based on CNAP may improve haemodynamic management in this patient population with potential benefit for the fetus."
Dr. Ilies, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Kiel, Germany1
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"We have been impressed with the CNAP Monitor and would suggest that it can certainly be used instead of an arterial line in some cases. It would make a great adjunct in any OR case when hemodynamic instability develops unexpectedly and one wants to continuously monitor BP while arterial access is gained."
Joseph Tobias, M.D., Chief of Anesthesiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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"I think the CNAP is great device. I have had extensive experience using the Ohmeda 2300 and the Finometer. I will continue to use our CNAP devices in more controlled acute studies because of its ease of use and accuracy. We are also very appreciative of the support from CNSystems and Partners in Medicine." Jan Berkow, Chief Technology Officer, Intelomed Inc., USA
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"Last year we replaced our Colin Pilot units with CNAP Monitors. They are being used as part of a longitudinal study that includes measurement of changes in blood pressure over time in young, middle-aged, and older adults. The CNAP Monitors have performed reliably and are well tolerated by our subjects."
Louise Hawkley, PhD, Associate Director, The Social Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Chicago, USA
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“The first hours in the emergency department may be crucial for the patient in terms of physical long-term damage or survival. A continuous noninvasive arterial pressure monitoring technology like the CNAP® system might help to increase patient safety.”
Julia Wagner et al., Medical Clinic, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität, Munich 2
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"For anesthesia in elderly patients stable cardiovascular conditions during the entire surgical procedure are essential for a good outcome. For this purpose, close meshed blood pressure monitoring and also enhanced hemodynamic monitoring are very important and increase patient safety. This could just as well apply for extended high risk surgery but also for shorter procedures. Invasive arterial cannulation in elderly patients with systemic arteriosclerosis cannot be applied without certain concerns and could be technically difficult to carry out. Especially in this patient group CNAP® HD is an easy-to- apply, risk-free and reliable method for continuous non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring."
Prim. Mag. Dr. Günther Sumann, Chief of the Dpt. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Klinikum Vöcklabruck/Austria
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"I clearly see the clinical application areas of the CNAP® HD Monitor in all patients at high cardiovascular risk where invasive blood pressure measurement with an arterial line is not necessarily justified due to the length and the severity of the procedure.
It also seems useful for the hemodynamic monitoring already before anesthetic induction to avoid unnecessary stress for the patient by placing an arterial line."
Prim. Dr. Alexander Kulier, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Dpt. of Anesthesiology, Linz/Austria
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