Spirocomp™ for Windows

• Database Capabilities - Allows you to acquire, save, edit, redo, list, and delete lung volume records.
  
• Clear Colorful 3-D Graphics - Volumes, which are color and pattern coded, are depicted as individual and stacked bar graphs in a resizable window.
  
• Toolbar - For quick access to frequently used software features.
  
• Data Export -You can save the lung volume data into ASCII text files which can be read by other applications such as word processors, databases, spreadsheets, or statistical analysis programs. This is useful for incorporating the data into reports or performing additional customized analyses.
  
• Textual & Audio Prompts - The software helps to guide you through the data acquisition process with textual and, if your PC has a WAVE compatible sound card, verbal prompts. This facilitates the measurement of lung volumes in a classroom laboratory setting. The audio prompts can even be customized if your PC has sound input capabilities.
  
• Automatic Tidal Cycle Detection - The software “senses” each resting breath for determination of tidal and expiratory reserve volumes. The spirometer sensitivity can be adjusted to “fine tune” acquisition.
  
• Automatic FVC & FEV Determination - The software “senses” the onset of exhalation thereby eliminating user intervention and reducing potential measurement error.
  
• Automatic Rate & Minute Volume - Computation of the resting ventilation rate and minute volume is performed during each tidal volume measurement.
  
• Automatic Group Averaging - Data averages are automatically maintained by gender as well as for all records.
  
• Group Analyses - Data can be displayed in spreadsheet format or shown as a stacked bar graph for the entire database or by gender.
  
• Predicted VC - Vital capacity is computed based upon the subject’s gender, age, and height.
  
• BTPS Factor - Gas volumes are automatically converted to compensate for body temperature, pressure, and humidity.
  
• Hardcopy Output - Printouts can be obtained for all data analysis and acquisition windows.
  
• Clipboard Support - The image of any window can be copied to the clipboard and then pasted into another application, making it easy to incorporate acquisition or analysis windows into lab reports, etc.
• Clear, colorful 3-D graphs.
• Customizable audio prompts.
• Automatic determination of ventilation rate and minute volume.
• Summary table display in row/column format.
• Graph averages by gender or for all subjects.
• Export data for more extensive analyses.

This image provides an overview of the Spirocomp program, showing each of the windows available for acquiring and/or analyzing data. The tool bar at the top provides one click access to many of the software features. The status line at the bottom displays the name of the current data file, the number of records, and the currently selected record.

This image shows a graph of the data for the entire data file. A similar graph can be viewed for individual records or by gender. The stacked bar graph helps one visualize the relationship between the various volumes.

The Summary Table window displays all volume data in row/column (spreadsheet) format. All data can be exported or "dumped" to a text file and then imported into a database, spreadsheet, statistical analysis, or other such program for further review or additional analyses.

This image shows the information displayed during the measurement process - in this case, tidal volume. The volume gauge on the left displays the raw spirometer volume, while measurement status and text prompts appear at the bottom of the window. Audible prompts can be heard on computers which support sound output. Note that the vital capacity is displayed as a ratio of forced expiratory volume. It can also be viewed as a stacked bar of the volumes of which it's comprised (see the Analysis screen capture).

Spirocomp for Windows requires our McADDAM II analog-to-digital interface. Click here for details about system requirements.