Aerobe is the manufacturer and distributor of medical equipments. Cerebral oximeter somanetics invos 5100 is a special one which is used in the period of cerebral desaturation. The monitor of this system changes in the regional oxygen saturation, or rso2, within a sample of blood in the cerebral cortex. Since the majority of blood in the brain is "venous" blood, changes in invos values are influenced by the critical balance between cerebral oxygen delivery and consumption. Imbalances are identified by changes in rso2. Both increases and decreases from baseline may imply developing pathology.
