Innovative, safe and versatile! The SAHARA 4 is a tempering system, which can be used to thaw or warm bags of frozen blood products prior to transfusion. The tempering is a dry process, without the use of water as a heat-transferring medium. Heat is conducted by a heating plate with four separate zones and via forced convection through swirled and heated circulating air.
The SAHARA 4 is the successor to the SAHARA-III device, which has proven itself on the market for many years.
Safe tempering
- The risk of contamination from water-borne pathogens, as can occur with traditional water baths, is avoided
- Active drying of the storage bag surface provides hygienic conditions in the area immediately surrounding the blood product
- Automatic system test every time it is started up
- Excess temperature alarm and shut-down
- Standardized thawing and heating process
Tempering function
- Warms to a constant ambient temperature that can be pre-selected to between 37 °C and 42 °C
- Blood products are available quickly thanks to automatic physical state detection and the convenient ability to switch bags during the ongoing tempering process
- Reduced thawing time
- Transparent cover and internal illumination for visual checks on blood products
- Removal reminder for each blood product
- Blood bag agitation using innovative tilting and agitating motion of the heating plate
- Delayed key response prevents unintentional interruption of the tempering process
Integrated function test
- Inspection of device functions
- Use of additional measuring apparatus not required
- Documentation with digital signature via USB stick possible
Data management
- Optional feature for recording registration data, such as user and blood bag number, as well as the temperature progression for each individual bag
- Automatic storage of the recorded data on an external storage medium (USB stick)
- Status display for external storage medium
- Display for the number of saved data sets for the current day and for data sets that are not saved
- Fast and safe reading of registration data via barcode reader (optional)
- Easy import of the saved data in standard data processing software
Easy operation and cleaning
- Pre-setting of tempering times is not required
- Intuitive operator guide via color touch display
- Easy cleaning of the device thanks to removable heating plate, positioning frame and collection tray
How does the SAHARA 4 differ from the SAHARA-III?
| Property | SAHARA 4 | SAHARA-III basic model |
|---|---|---|
| Dry tempering | + | + |
| Number of blood products | 4 | 3 |
| Individual temperature monitoring per blood product | + | - |
| Blood bags can be switched during the ongoing tempering process | + | - |
| Visual inspection | + | - |
| Data management | + | - |