Measuring device for the lung function of dolphins

We have deve­lo­ped CetaS­pi­ro to mea­su­re the lung func­tion of dol­phins for the medical care of dol­phins and various rese­arch programmes.

Dol­phins and wha­les (ceta­ce­ans) can exha­le at an asto­nis­hing rate: a lar­ge dol­phin can force air through its blow­ho­le at 200 lit­res per second. In com­pa­ri­son, humans have an exha­la­ti­on rate of just 10 lit­res per second. A forced breath of the­se ani­mals takes a frac­tion of a second. Extre­me­ly fast and dyna­mic sen­sors are the­r­e­fo­re requi­red for the measurement.

• With CetaS­pi­ro, ani­mals can be cate­go­ri­sed as healt­hy or sick with 89% accuracy.
• CetaS­pi­ro is used to moni­tor the vital func­tion of stran­ded animals.