OHMT’s Negative Pressure Ventilation Chamber (NPVC) was designed for use in various applications including medical, veterinary, and pharmaceutical research and training. Built off a Health Canada certified emergency-use ventilator control system, the NPVC provides selectable or programmable settings allowing for conditions mimicking various aspects of the respiratory cycle.

Key Features

• Air-tight acrylic chamber is compatible with various imaging modalities including imaging at the Canadian Light source BMIT facilities

• Compatible with UV and ethanol sterilization methods

• Variable chamber size tailored to research/training needs

• Multiple large and small sealable ports for various sized specimens or additional inputs (ex. perfusions systems)

• Front and side door for ease of specimen access

• Easy to use interface allowing for selection of multiple pre-determined wave forms, or creation of your own waveform script

• Volume/flow and pressure control options

• Data logging of both specimen and chamber flow and pressure

• Selectable graphing of data of interest

Add-ons

• Chamber temperature control from room temperature to 50°C (±0.5°C)

• Humidity control (0-99% RH ± 2%)

Customization Potential

Interested in a custom design or feature? Whether it be a greater temperature range, different sizing, additional ports, or inclusion of gas controls, we are happy to discuss a design that will meet your needs.