Tue, Mar 09, 2010
Ash Vij's CO Guardian is the undisputed leader in carbon
monoxide detectors for General Aviation, and are now included as
standard safety equipment on all new Cessna 172, 182, 206, Columbia
Aircraft, Diamond DA40 and Skycrane helicopters, and all Cirrus
Aircraft. The CO Guardian product does one thing... monitor CO in
the cockpit.
This data is important... because ignorance of CO can produce
astonishingly harmful effects. Carbon monoxide is a colorless,
odorless, tasteless and toxic gas produced as a by-product of
combustion. In other words, its hard to detect... unless you let
the CO Guardian help.
Ash explains that, "Carbon monoxide inhibits the blood's ability
to carry oxygen to body tissues including vital organs such as the
heart and brain. When CO is inhaled, it combines with the oxygen
carrying hemoglobin of the blood to form carboxyhemoglobin (COHb).
Once combined with the hemoglobin, that hemoglobin is no longer
available for transporting oxygen.
Ash explains that his mission is to protect the inside of the
cabin and with that in mind, its easy to see why his next project
was a device that high-flying pilots can use to check their oxygen
sats (saturation) to make sure that they;'re on the ball as they
think they are... and they need to be. The unit, the Aero-453,
transmits the pilot’s blood oxygen levels (SPO2), heart rate
statistics, CO Level, Cabin temperature and Cabin Altitude to the
MFD’s display units.
The pilot inserts his/her finger in the unit and quickly gets
readouts so he/she can determine his/her general physical and his
environmental condition. The unit reminds the pilot when
he/she passes 10K and every 30 minutes above 10K to check his/her
SPO2 and Heart Rate.
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