| Amplifiers are used in many fields, but in scientific and | | | | responds very quickly to varying levels of carbon |
| medical fields they have an important use. Amps are | | | | dioxide concentration, letting doctors know the details |
| used constantly and they impact collecting data in the | | | | of oxygen exchange inside the body. They can even |
| lab as well as information from patients. A number of | | | | take breath by breath measurements and interface |
| these precision instruments can be hooked up to | | | | with software programs that allow the results to be |
| computers and specialized software programs can | | | | graphed clearly. Few tools are more important than |
| gather and organize the information into a cohesive | | | | ones that allow for real time analysis of data. |
| whole. | | | | There are even amplifiers that handle input from |
| Most of the signals coming from the human body are | | | | micro-electrodes. They can pick up the signals from |
| too small to easily interpret with our own senses, and | | | | muscle tissue at rest and in action and record them, |
| without these tools to track data it's quite difficult to | | | | allowing doctors to understand what is going on inside |
| keep track of how a patient is doing. One of the more | | | | a patient's body. There are even amps that handle |
| common uses is in tracking blood pressure. There are | | | | nerve and cortical signals. There are many different |
| a number of noninvasive blood pressure systems | | | | programs that deal with the flood of information |
| available that record the signal from the fingers of a | | | | generated by the instruments and organize it into easily |
| patient literally beat by beat, allowing for a nearly | | | | accessed data. |
| instant analysis of their condition. The more advanced | | | | When you think about the many different signals |
| models use a double finger cuff that is actually quite | | | | coming from our bodies that we don't even notice let |
| comfortable to wear and is easy to slip onto the | | | | alone are able to gather and analyze, amps are clearly |
| patient's fingers. With a constant output signal these | | | | needed. For doctors and their teams to diagnose |
| tools can also monitor systolic, diastolic, mean blood | | | | issues correctly they need to have accurate data and |
| pressure and even heart rate. | | | | these instruments provide clear lifesaving information |
| Another important use for amplifiers in the medical field | | | | consistently. |
| is carbon dioxide measuring. There is equipment that | | | | |