What is it?
Helping Detect Gastro-intestinal Disorders The GastroCH4ECK™ is the newest member of the Gastrolyzer family; it is a portable breath monitor that measures accurate and real-time combined CH4, H2 and O2. This monitor is intended for multi-patient use by healthcare professionals in a clinical environment. - See more at:
Why is it important?
The monitor provides accurate and real-time combined CH4, H2 and O2 monitoring.
The GastroCH4ECK™ is a portable breath CH4, H2 and O2 monitor that allows health professionals to accurately detect a range of gastrointestinal disorders. An O2 reading is taken to motivate patients into providing an end-tidal sample. If they are unable to do this the GastroCH4ECK™ will automatically correct the reading saving the patient from embarrassment and having to carry out another test.
A percentage of patients do not produce hydrogen and therefore would not be diagnosed by the use of HBT alone. Therefore the role of methane is to ensure that patients who are non-hydrogen producers but produce methane instead are not miss-diagnosed.
Medical literature shows that the level of methane producers varies by gender and population group from approximately 33-41%.
Why GastroCH4ECK?
The GastroCH4ECK™ can be used as an aid to detect the following disorders:
Lactose Intolerance
Fructose Intolerance
Glucose Intolerance
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
‘If you are serious about providing a Gold Standard breath testing service, the Bedfont GastroCH4ECK™ system is essential, as without methane monitoring you will be missing very important clinical information and increase your percentage of false negative tests. It is also very important to map patients symptoms prior to and during the test to make sure the clinical translation of the physiological findings are maximised’.
Dr Anthony Hobson from the Functional Gut Clinic
Benefits for the user
The monitor provides online breath sampling for instant results.
The breath bag sampling options allows for simultaneous testing of larger groups.
The monitor only requires calibration once per month, saving precious time and calibration gas costs.
The monitor has a fast warm up time of less than 30 minutes.
The monitor provides O2 correction for accurate results.
There is a real-time reading graph shown on screen to motivate patients and give instant results.
The consumables contain anti-bacterial filters for optimum infection control.
Product specification
Power Supply Mains power 230v [110v compatible]
Warm-up time 30 minutes
Calibration frequency Once a month
Detection Principle Electrochemical and Optical sensors
Operating temperature 15 - 35 degrees oC
Operating Humidity 30 – 75% non-condensing
Dimensions 300 x 265 x 140 mm
Weight Approx. 6kg
Gases measured CH4 (Methane) H2 (Hydrogen) O2 (Oxygen)
Range CH4 0 – 200 ppm, H2 0 – 200 ppm, O2 0 – 100%
Accuracy: CH4 Resolution 1 ppm Accuracy: +/- (10% of range or 10% of reading)*H2
Resolution: 1 ppm Accuracy ± 10%**O2 Resolution: 0.1% Accuracy: +/-2% full scale
Test time CH4/H2/O2 typically < 45 seconds
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