RAPIDPoint 500

Specifications

System

RAPIDPoint 500 Blood Gas System

Measured parameters — Blood gas

pH, pCO2, pO2

Measured parameters — Electrolytes

Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-

Measured parameters — Metabolites

Glucose, Lactate

Measured parameters — CO-oximetry

tHb, sO2, O2Hb, HHb, COHb, MetHb

Measured parameters — Additional

Neonatal total bilirubin (nBili)

Additional sample matrices

Pleural fluid (pH, pCO2, HCO3(act)); Dialysate (Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, pH, pCO2, HCO3(act))

Measurement principle

Ion-selective electrode (ISE) potentiometry for blood gas and electrolytes; spectrophotometry for hemoglobin derivatives and bilirubin (CO-oximetry)

Sample volume — Syringe

200 µL

Sample volume — Capillary

100 µL

Sample types

Whole blood (arterial, venous, mixed venous, capillary), pleural fluid, dialysate

Time to results

Approximately 60 seconds

Measurement cartridge lifespan

28 days

Measurement cartridge test quantities

100, 250, 400, or 750 tests

Cartridge initialization time

Approximately 24 minutes

Quality control

Automatic QC (28-day AQC cartridge, 3 levels of independent QC solutions) or ampule QC; customizable QC schedule

Calibration

1-point every 30 minutes; 2-point every 2 hours

Dimensions (W × D × H)

30.0 cm × 42.0 cm × 55.0 cm (11.5 in. × 16.0 in. × 21.5 in.)

Weight

16.55 kg (36.5 lbs., excluding cartridges)

Display

21.1 cm × 15.8 cm (8.3 in. × 6.2 in.) touchscreen

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 10 IoT

Connectivity

USB (3 ports), RS232, 10Base T Ethernet; integrated barcode scanner (1D: Code 128, Codabar, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5; 2D: PDF417, MicroPDF417, Datamatrix, QR Code, Aztec, Maxicode); LIS/HIS integration; optional RAPIDComm Data Management System

Data storage

250 patient samples, 250 QC samples, 5000 operators

Operating temperature

15°C to 30°C

Operating humidity

5% to 85% non-condensing

Barometric pressure

523 to 800 mmHg

Sample integrity

Automatic clot detection and clot management; bio-safe hands-free automatic sampling