NUTRILAB™

NUTRILAB™ is a unique, portable multifunction touch-screen bioimpedance system that allows to monitor patients in a non-invasive, operator-independent method in all clinical conditions from ambulatory, to bedside up to homecare.

Developed for immediate classification of patients’ fluids and nutritional status, by detecting bioelectrical parameter alterations (BIVA), NUTRILAB™ enables the assessment of fluid distribution and muscle mass without the “weight” factor as co-predictor.

Test results can be saved in the device memory and subsequently downloaded for further evaluations on the dedicated medical degree software analysis Bodygram^® HBO.

NUTRILAB™ has been validated for use in nephrology, cardiology, intensive care, clinical nutrition, oncology, pediatrics and geriatrics, and is the most reliable sensor of:

• Early identification of phase angle abnormalities as clinical prognostic indicators;
• Therapy optimization for patients at high risk of events in the short and medium term;
• Simplifies follow-up protocols after hospital discharge.

The NUTRILAB™ system includes validated prognostic indices:

• Malnutrition: Fat-Free Mass Index (FFMI). Fat Mass Index (FMI), Muscle Tissue Quality Index (MQI);
• Sarcopenia: Skeletal Muscle Index (SMI);
• Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass (ASMMI): total Muscle Mass (MMI);
• Survival and prognosis: Phase Angle percentiles and Standardized Phase Angle (SPA);
• Hospitalization: risk of readmission and length of stay for fluid congestion (HYDRAGRAM^®).

It also includes the main nutritional screening questionnaires (MNA^®, Must^®, NRS 2022).

Technical specifications

• Device classification
  Class IIa Medical Device - 93/42/EEC
• Measurement method
  Total body BIA
• Data on screen
  · BIAVECTOR™; · HYDRAGRAM^® and NUTRIGRAM^® scales;
  · Nutritional Scores and Indexes;
  · Nutritional screening questionnaires (MNA^®, Must^®, NRS^®);
  · Body composition estimates
• Battery charge duration
  4 hours of continuous use, real-time display of battery charge and recharge status
• Dimensions
  Length x width x height 22.8 x 20.2 x 8 cm
  Weight 1.0 kg
• Measuring current
  400 μA
• Frequency
  Sinusoidal signal frequency 50 kHz ±1%
• Resolution and accuracy
  RESISTANCE (Rz): Resolution 0.1 Ohm - Accuracy 1% REACTANCE (Xc): Resolution 0.1 Ohm - Accuracy 1%
• Data transmission to the PC
  USB
• Age restrictions
  From 2 years old for the software - From 16 years old for the device