Oxygen Monitor for Helium & MRI rooms

Helium gas is something most people feel fairly familiar with.� Children are enthralled with the magical beauty of a floating balloon, watching it reach toward the sky and hoping not to lose their grip on the string.� Helium feels safe, and while people surround themselves with flying wonders filled with this lightweight gas, the real magic of helium is taking place in MRI rooms across the globe.� With this magic, though, comes some danger.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) uses strong magnetic fields to surround the part of the body needing to be studied.� The resulting images are important for diagnosis and further understanding of a problem, but it is equally important that the procedure be safe and controlled.� In the process of using the MRI machine, the magnet becomes superheated, and this heat needs to be kept in check.� Liquid helium, at a temperature of� -450� F, surrounds the magnet and keeps it cool enough to remedy the danger of overheating, in turn posing its own risk.

A Helium leak would displace the oxygen in a room, suffocating anyone inside.� Because it is colorless and odorless, an oxygen deficiency monitor is required for detection.� A person closed inside the room would not notice the leak on their own, and it would be too late.� In the event of a helium leak, an O ₂ monitor would sound at the first detection of oxygen displacement, warning anyone inside the room of the danger and allowing them to evacuate in plenty of time.

Since the 1980�s, the number of MRI machines in use has risen from 12 to over 25,000.�� This in turn makes MRI machines the #1 users of liquid helium in the world.� The relationship between the hot magnets and the cold helium is what makes the work of this important machine possible.� With the use of an oxygen deficiency monitor, doctors and patients at least have one less thing to worry about.� They can focus on the physical ailment at hand, and feel safe in knowing that in the event of a helium leak, they will be warned well before the point of suffocation.

Oxygen Deficiency monitors are recommended in all MRI facilities, and are REQUIRED in MRI rooms.� Our oxygen monitors are a trusted product amongst MRI designers and users, thanks to their 10 + year oxygen sensor.� Unlike the competitors, our sensors do not require maintenance or replacement parts and are not impacted by environmental drift.� This means no false alarms or failures due to depleted sensors. Without having a yearly service call on the monitor, the cost is very efficient.� This translates to prolonged safety without maintenance, and the safest and most reliable possible monitor for this application.