What Is a Breath Analyzer?
Breath analyzers are devices that can detect and analyze the volume and concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the exhaled breath. They are worn on the user’s face like a gas mask, so they can be used in various exercise activity conditions.
Breath analyzers can measure not only exhaled breath but also oxygen intake, the number of breaths, exhaled temperature and humidity, and the oxygen ventilation rate.
They are used in the medical industry for rehabilitation of patients with heart disease, and by athletes and competitors in fitness gyms to verify the effects of their training and improve their performance.
Breath analyzers can be used to measure not only respiration, but also the circulatory and metabolic cycles as a comprehensive indicator. They can be used to measure the endurance of athletes, classify cardiac function in patients with cardiac disease, and measure the effectiveness of treatment. It also contributes to the creation of effective prescriptions for training and rehabilitation.
Uses of Breath Analyzers
Uses of breath analyzers are described below. Breath analyzers can be used to detect the components of gas contained in the exhaled breath, as well as its volume and concentration. Therefore, they used for the purposes and uses for which the analysis is desired.
They are also used in gyms and other training facilities. Data from breath gas analysis can be obtained instantly and analyzed for performance to suggest more efficient training, and to design ideal timing for calorie consumption and nutritional supplementation with high effectiveness.
Principle of Breath Analyzers
Next, we will explain the principle of breath analyzers.
Breath analyzers are composed of a combination of three devices: a measurement device consisting of a flowmeter to measure single ventilation volume and a densitometer for oxygen and carbon dioxide, a calculation device to calculate the necessary basic data from the measurement results, and an analyzer to perform a comprehensive analysis by adding other data to the calculation results. The calculation device calculates the basic data from the measurement results. The arithmetic unit counts the number of breaths, distinguishes between exhalation and inhalation, and calculates the amount of oxygen intake and carbon dioxide emission, etc. The numerical values obtained from these calculations can be analyzed to analyze performance and other data.