Bio-Lynx: Animal Actiwave Cardio

Actiwave Cardio

The Actiwave Cardio is a waterproof single channel ECG waveform recorder. It consists of two electrodes connected by a short lead which simply clip onto two standard ECG pads worn on the chest. It also contains a tri-axial accelerometer, the signal from which can be used to determine the subject’s resting body position. Heart rate would be calculated from the raw ECG using Acqknowledge data analysis software or any other software capable of reading EDF+ file format.

The best ECG signals can usually be picked up by placing the round end of the Actiwave Cardio unit in a position midway between and below V1 and V2.

Actiwave Cardio
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Actiwave Specifications
ECG Signal Range	8 mV peak to peak
Acceleration Range	+/- 4 g
Resolution (software selectable)	8, 9 or 10 bits
Sampling Rate (software selectable)	32, 64, 128, 256, 512 or 1024 samples/second
Impedance	10 MegOhms
Frequency Response	ECG : 0.3-50 Hz. Acceleration: 0-10 hz
Dimensions and weight:	32 mm diam X 10 mm, excluding electrode lead 10.3 grams

Actiwave Cardio maximum/theoretical recording time by sampling rate and resolution (1 channel of ECG and three channels of acceleration)
	Sampling Rate (samples/ second)
Resolution	32	64	128	256	512	1024
8 bits	220 hrs	109 hrs	54 hrs	27 hrs	13.65 hrs	6.8 hrs
9 bits	194 hrs	97 hrs	48 hrs	24 hrs	12 hrs	6 hrs
10 bits	174 hrs	87 hrs	43 hrs	21.83 hrs	10.9 hrs	5.45 hrs
Maximum battery life is 36 hours , fully recharged in 4 hours

Actiwave Reader and Charger

Power and communication to the reader/ charger are provided by the USB port of a PC computer.

Actiwave Combi Charger
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Ordering Information:

Actiwave Cardio Part Numbers
Description	Catalog number
Actiwave Cardio	08-603
CombiDock: 4 Actiwave channel plus 1 channel Cardio Reader/Charger	08-727
CardioDock: 3 Channel Cardio reader/ charger plus software and cable	08-733
Acqknowledge 4.0 analysis software	08-661

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