Qubit’s BBB1LP Breath by Breath Respirometry Package is designed to measure both steady-state and dynamic changes in human metabolic rate under a variety of test conditions. VO2, VCO2, VO2max, resting metabolic rate (RMR), Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) and a host of other physiological and pulmonary parameters may be measured on a breath by breath basis using this package.
The Breath by Breath Respirometry Package includes:
S147
Rapid Response O2/CO2 Analyzer
S182
Wireless Heart Rate Monitor
A510
Pneumotach Spirometer (x6)
C901
Logger Pro Software and custom experimental files
C610
Lab Quest Mini Data interface x2
F500
Flowmeter 40-500ml/min
A505
Face masks (2 Large, 2Med)
A506-neo
Neoprene face mask holder
B301
Nafion RH equilibrator tubing
Accesorries
Flow calibration kit, tubing, connectors, drying column, CO2 scrubbing column, pneumotach adaptor, screwdriver, data cables
When running experiments using the Breath by Breath Respirometry Package, the user wears a light-weight face mask (or a breathing tube if preferred) that allows for breath sampling during rest or during exercise on a variety of ergometers. Inhaled and exhaled breath is analyzed by the rapid response O2/ CO2 analyzer (S147) at a sampling rate of 50 Hz so that the entire breath wave form is displayed graphically in real time. The breath wave form and end-tidal O2 and CO2 are clearly displayed, even during vigorous exercise.
Raw breath-by-breath data set
The BBB1LP-Respirometry Setup experimental file automaticaly calculates and displays all of the breath paramters in the 9 panel Wasserman plots when data logging is complete.
Wasserman plots
BBB1LP Package can also be used in spirometry only studies where breath flow is measured and various lung paramters are calculated automaticaly
Spirometry data set
References:
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