Biacorpus RX 4000 Body Composition Analyzer

Bio-electrical impedance analysis to measure body composition.

Modern medicine has definitely abandoned body weight as the prime metric for nutritional health. First it was replaced by BMI (the body mass index), still a very useful indicator, but body composition now clearly has become the “golden standard”.

Bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a fast, reliable, affordable and non invasive technique to measure body composition. Its accuracy and dependability have been scientifically proven and clinically demonstrated time and time again. It uses the fact that tissue types differ in electric conductivity. Bones and fat, for instance are bad conductors. Skeletal muscles on the other hand, due to their water and electrolyte content, have much lower impedance. BIA makes it possible to precisely determine the distribution of the individual components, e.g. fluids (“water”), muscle mass and fatty substance in the body.

The Biacorpus is a 4 channel fully segmental Bioimpedance Body Composition Anayzer validated in Europe with a 98% correlation with DEXA, the golden standard for body composition measurement.

Software BodyComp V 8.3

A state-of-the-art, multifunctional application suite, simple to operate and easily personalised. It analyses both body composition and hydration levels. It is a versatile, professional tool, producing numerous clear and understandable printouts that can be handed directly to the client.

• It calculates and displays total body water (TBW), extracellular water (ECW), body cell mass (BCM), extracellular mass (ECM), fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass (FM), and base metabolic rate (BMR) among many other statistics
• It provides data import/export from/to MS-Excel, CSF text files and earlier BodyComp versions
• It has extensive data exchange and data aggregation capabilities, both within private networks (client/server) and over the internet
• It runs on Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista and Windows 7
• It offers serial and USB connectivity with the Biacorpus RX 4000 Measuring Device
• BodyComp V8.3 statistically and accurately approximates the actual FFM hydration level, instead of using a static assumption (usually 73.2%). This way it eliminates the risk of hydration level dependent BIA errors

The Biacorpus RX 4000 Measuring Device

Is a state-of-the-art fully digital, phase sensitive, 4 channel impedance measuring device. Each channel applies a 50 Hz AC to precisely measure resistive and capacitive impedance as well as phase angle (PA).

By means of its 4 capturing interfaces it can simultaneously record the values for the body as a whole, the trunk, the arms and the legs. This helps pinpoint peripheral fluid retention and enables a more precise anatomical assessment.

The is extremely easy Four or eight electrodes are attached to the test person’s hands and feet. The resulting measurements (resistive and capacitive impedance) as well as anthropometric data are manually entered on or automatically transferred to a computer, where they are duly interpreted by the software. The results can be filed for future reference and/or are available for immediate consultation.

Output:

• Body fat percentage
• Fat-free mass
• Body cell mass
• Total body water
• extracellular water percentage
• actual/normal range graph