The CapnoTrainer® uses hardware and software to provide real-time computer displays of partial pressure carbon dioxide (PCO2) while breathing.
Capnometers are commonly used in emergency medicine, in critical care, and during surgery for monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide (CO2), more specifically End Tidal partial pressure carbon dioxide ET CO2).The CapnoTrainer® takes this technology and lets you use it for fitness purposes to evaluate, observe, and learn your breathing behaviours. It is not intended for diagnosis and treatment.
The CapnoTrainer uses computer software to display waveforms, or the capnogram, in various graphical and digital formats, that allow you to observe air flow where even minor shifts in breathing pattern can be observed. It also presents live continuous updating of ETCO2 and breathing rate history graphs.