The Sovant intelligently delivers oxygen only when the patient inhales, and turns off oxygen flow when the patient exhales. It also automatically boosts oxygen delivery as needed to ensure patients receive sufficent oxygen - even during unstable breathing.
Conventional continuous oxygen does not ensure adequate patient oxygenation. The Sovant automatically adjusts oxygen flow and volume to take advantage of the moments your patient’s airway is open during inhalation. This optimized oxygen delivery helps to reach and maintain set oxygen intake during respiratory depression or obstruction.
Difficult patient profiles require special consideration and extra effort to achieve an open airway. The Sovant increases your confidence of oxygenation and monitoring by providing immediate confirmation on your obstruction mitigation efforts with both auditory and visual prompts. Oxygen flow >30 L/min and up to 500 mL of oxygen per breath are given automatically when you have opened the airway. The result is a higher level of confidence in your oxygenation efforts for these patients.
Watch this video to see how the Sovant can significantly increase fire safety for many procedures in the OR. A flame source near your patient's nasal cannula creates a high risk of a surgical fire, even at flows as low as 2 L/min. The continuous flow of oxygen from your oxygen flowmeter on the wall makes that risk especially high, and makes it almost impossible to put out the flame without removing the oxygen supply.
The Sovant only gives oxygen as your patient inhales, and discontinues oxygen flow when they are not actively breathing in. This not only makes a flame easy to extinguish, but significantly reduces the likelihood of surgical fire to begin with.
SpO2 is a late indicator for oxygenation problems. Respiratory rate tells you patient breath frequency, but not effectiveness of those breaths. The Sovant aids in identifying respiratory issues by providing real-time information about how your patient is breathing with the new Respiratory Waveform. Auditory cues provide additional information about your patient’s breathing without having to look at a monitor. The Sovant automatically detects and alarms on low oxygen supply, cannula disconnection, cannula displacement, and patient apnea.
Traditional oxygen delivery with a mask or cannula washes out end-tidal CO2 readings making them almost unusable. This becomes even more problematic when higher flows are needed. A typical CO2 reading looks something like this:
CO2 reading accuracy significantly improves when using the Sovant because it turns off oxygen during exhalation when it is not needed allowing for an accurate CO2 sample. Accurate end-tidal CO2 when using the Sovant provides much greater insight into the effect of sedation on patient ventilation.
