NKV 550

The NKV-550 Series Ventilator System is a comprehensive neonatal through adult mechanical ventilator. Relying on clinically proven modalities and features, the NKV-550 provides the clinician a highly customizable platform to help improve the outcome of the patients they care for while reducing hospital costs.

Nihon Kohden NKV-550 Ventilator

  • Adult, pediatric and neonates (tidal volumes down to 2 ml)
  • Comprehensive modes and breath types
  • Invasive ventilation, non-invasive ventilation, and high flow oxygen therapy
  • Gentle Lung ® package for lung protection applications
  • Protective Control ® for contagious disease applications and radiologic procedure applications
  • Airway care apps (inline airway suction app, open airway suction app)
  • Built-in SpO2 and CO2 monitors
  • Nihon Kohden connectivity (bedside and central monitors)
  • Auxiliary pressure monitor

Features

Modes

Invasive

  • A/CMV-PC
  • A/CMV-VC
  • A/CMV-PRVC
  • SIMV-PC-PS
  • SIMV-VC-PS
  • SIMV-PRVC-PS
  • SPONT-CPAP
  • SPONT-PS
  • SPONT-VS
  • APRV

Modes

Non-invasive

  • A/CMV-PC
  • SIMV-PC-PS
  • SPONT-CPAP
  • SPONT-PS
  • APRV
  • nCPAP
  • High flow oxygen therapy

Tidal Volume

  • 2 to 100 mL Neonate
  • 20 to 1000 mL Pediatric
  • 100 to 3000 mL Adult

Applications, Maneuvers, and Monitoring

  • Recruitability assessment
  • Recruitment maneuver
  • PEEP titration
  • Transpulmonary pressure
  • Volumetric capnography
  • Spontaneous breathing trial
  • SpO2 monitoring
  • End-tidal CO2 monitoring
  • Video and screen capture
  • NIF/PiMax maneuver
  • P0.1 measurement
  • Low-flow PV maneuver

Power

  • 100 – 240V 50/50 Hz A/C
  • 50-minute internal battery*
  • 130-minute hot-swappable backup battery*

*New and fully charged battery at standard settings.

Connectivity

  • Two (2) USB ports
  • Nurse call
  • RS-232
  • Physiologic monitors

Options

  • Secondary user interface
  • Aerogen USB nebulizer
  • Integrated medical air compressor
  • Pendant or shelf mount
  • Rolling trolley
  • Gas cylinder holder for intrahospital transport

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