In essence this procedure standardises lung function measurements, with body temperature being at a constant 37°C exhaled air would cool down thus would experience a decrease in measured volume. With as little as 2°C difference in temperature the measurement could be as much as 1% deviation in the measured result. Together with the influences brought about by temperature measurements may be affected by air pressure and humidity. Air pressure at altitude will differ greatly from that at sea level this would have a dramatic effect on measured values if they were not corrected for these changes. As well as the direct differences caused by Air pressure there are also indirect differences such as the reduction in Oxygen concentration at altitude.

The powerful Ambistik makes continuous measurement of the ambient conditions and feeds this information directly back to the BLUE CHERRY® software. BLUE CHERRY® stores the absolute measured values and corrects automatically for the ambient conditions, continuously providing corrected measurement data.

BLUE CHERRY® - The powerful diagnostic software

Geratherm Respiratory is continuously developing BLUE CHERRY® to encompass the latest clinical advances and to further improve its use with helpful new functions. Some features include

• Integrated quality control and measures according to ATS/ERS guidelines
• Interpretation algorithms and proprietary interpretation graphics for spirometry
• Latest GLI predicted values (2012 and 2017) including Z-Scores
• Individually configurable reports
• Long-term trending and overlay of tests
• User accounts with different authority levels
• Optimised workflows through interfaces with HL7 or GDT to existing Hospital systems
• Powerful reporting including .pdf export
• Complex and safe network installations with central SQL database

Making the Ambistik a key part of the latest generation of spirometry and following our motto: Living Flow