Criticare systems Inc. 

Criticare have integrated the V200 from Xavitech in gas analyzers that is used in their patient monitoring equipment.  

- It has always been a problem to find the right pump for our application, says Steven Pruzina at Criticare. -Several tens of thousands hours life with a good form factor in combination with the price matched our needs. - The serial control is good. We do not get serial control with other pumps and the fact that we could eliminate the flow sensor to regulate the flow was important.  

Criticare Systems Inc. is an international medical device company in operation since 1984 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. Criticare develop, manufacture and market patient monitoring systems and accessories used in anesthesia, critical care, medical transport and outpatient care settings. The company is also active in developing highly technical niche markets through research and OEM partnerships.

NASA 

In November another space shuttle with Swedish interests on board will be taking off from the Kennedy Space Center. On board the shuttle, which has ISS as its destination, is a small intelligent pump from the pump manufacturer Xavitech. The pump is a critical component in a research experiment to cultivate plants in space.

The pump's job is to pump condensed water around in a specially designed greenhouse so that water and nutrients are conveyed to the plants' roots. The greenhouse will be transferred over to ISS in conjunction with docking and it will remain there for further research. - The equipment has been undergoing preparation for ten years and the function that Xavitech's pump will take care of is critical for the plants' survival, says Todd Mortenson, technical engineer at Bionetics Corporation, which has been commissioned by NASA to implement the project. 

The experiment will be closely supervised by cameras and the crew on ISS. The effect of gravity, light and temperature conditions in the greenhouse will be constantly monitored. - We chose Xavitech's “P200” pump primarily for its reliability and because it runs so quietly. Furthermore it was an advantage that it was simple to program and optimize it for the requirements of the project, Todd Mortenson told Johan Stenberg and his colleague Jonathan Grip when they visited the Kennedy Space Center in September.

Medair 

– Xavitech’s pump gave us a more competitive product on the market. The words come from Sigvard Weisbjerg, MD at Medair AB in Sweden. The main application for the patient monitors that Medair produces is at postoperative healthcare, transports within the hospitals and ambulance transports. The monitors are used for vital signs monitoring, such as EtCO2, breathing frequency, pulse and saturation.

The main reason why Medair changed to Xavitech’s pumps was to resolve technical issues and improve performance of their product. – The intelligence inside the pumps allows us to solve issues we never could before. And let’s not forget the problems we had with oscillations. If, for example, condensated water or phlegm

– Xavitech’s pump lowered pressure oscillations in our system by 10 times compared to the old pump. It isn’t only better, you can actually afford these pumps, Sigvard Weisbjerg says. In other words our change to Xavitech’s pumps has been costeffective. He is very satisfied with the cooperation with Xavitech.
– They are always there for us when we need them.
The pump in this case is V200-GAS.