Anesthesia Breathing Circuits

Reliability has always been of first importance in anesthesia breathing circuits, but it becomes all the more crucial in times of highly infectious diseases like Covid-19.

 

Pall’s Ultipor® 25 anesthesia breathing system filters  have validated virus retention capabilities, enabling extended use of Pall multi-use circuits, thus reducing medical waste and costs.

• Multiple-use anesthesia breathing circuits can be used for all procedures performed within 24 hours, if each new patient receives a fresh Pall patient kit that has a mask, an Ultipor® 25 heat and moisture exchange filter, and a filter elbow.
• Available in a variety of coaxial (single-limb) and dual-limb circuits to choose from.
• Come with four sizes of masks: one pediatric and three adult sizes (small, medium and large).
• Free of natural rubber latex.

The key feature of Pall’s multi-use circuits is the Ultipor® 25 hydrophobic filter that protects the interior of the breathing system from patient-derived contamination, allowing extended use of the machine side of the breathing system.

 

Pall’s Ultipor® 25 high-efficiency pleated hydrophobic anesthesia filter offers many benefits.

• Effective Barrier: It acts as an effective barrier, where the bidirectional, hydrophobic media provides protection against airborne bacteria and viruses, to more than 99.999% efficiency and liquidborne bacteria to 100% efficiency.
• Resistance to Air Flow: Approximately 3.5 cm H₂O at 60L/min due to its unique, pleated, hydrophobic membrane 
• Extended Circuit Life: It enables multiple patient reuse of the machine side of the anesthesia breathing circuit system and the CO₂ monitoring line for up to 24 hours as long as every new patient receives a fresh Pall patient kit.
• Reduced Costs: This anesthesia filter helps lower patient treatment costs as well as purchase and disposable costs by allowing the use of Pall circuits to treat multiple patients for up to 24 hours.
• Easy Port Seal: The tethered monitoring port cap prevents detachment from the filter and easily seals the port when not in use.
• Heat and Moisture Retention: The Ultipor® 25 filter is indicated to retain physiological patient heat and humidity while providing a barrier against the transmission of bacterial/viral contaminants. Along with the Ultipor® 25, Pall’s Ultipor® 100 and BB50T breathing system filters are used to prevent the spread of infection on both patient and machine sides in breathing circuit systems.

The Ultipor® 100 breathing filter is used on the patient side of the breathing circuit in anaesthesia and intensive care ventilation. It comes with a high-efficiency pleated hydrophobic membrane that protects against microbial pathogens and cross-contamination.

 

Our BB50T high-efficiency pleated hydrophobic machine-side filter has also been validated for microbial filtration.

• The BB50T breathing system filter has been validated to retain Hepatitis C virus, HIV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus at > 99.999%
• It has been demonstrated to display a water intrusion pressure in excess of 50 cm H₂O column

Ultipor 25 Anesthesia Filters

 

Attributes	Values
Filter Medium	Pleated, hydrophobic filter media
Airborne Bacterial/Viral Removal Efficiency	>99.999%
Liquid-borne Bacterial/Viral/Prion Protein Retention Efficiency	100%
Test Organisms/Substances**	>99.999% retention of airborne organisms: Serratia marcescens Brevunidmonas diminuta Mycobacterium tuberculosis Staphylococcus aureus MS-2 virus ()  100% retention of organisms in liquid challenge: Human Immunodeficiency Virus  Hepatitis C Virus  Retain Natural Rubber Latex Allergens No detection of prion proteins following liquid challenge ** Monodispersed challenge using test organisms and particles of similar size.
Weight	Dry Filter: approximately 26 g
Housing	Transparent housing with a CO2 monitoring port and tethered port cap
Internal Volume	Filter: 35 mL
Resistance	Approximately 3.5  cm H2O @ 60 L/min
Usage	Single patient use for a maximum of 24 hours. Discontinue use if resistance exceeds safe levels as determined by alarm systems.
Inlet/Outlet Connections	Patient End: Coaxial 15 mm ID / 22 mm OD Circuit End: 15 mm OD x 22 mm ID

 

Ultipor 100 Breathing Circuit Filters

 

Attributes	Values
Filter Medium	Pleated hydrophobic membrane
Airborne Bacterial/Viral Removal Efficiency	> 99.999%
Liquid-borne Bacterial/Viral Removal Efficiency	100%
Recommended Use	Change filter after 24 hours. Use life may be extended to 48 hours if wet nebulization is not performed.
Resistance to Air Flow	Approximately 2 cm H2O at 60 L/min
Construction	Transparent
Connections	Patient End: Coaxial 15 mm ID / 22 mm OD Breathing system side: 22 mm ID
Filter Volume	Approximately 85 mL
Weight	Approximately 47 g

 

BB50T Anesthesia Filters

 

Attributes	Values
Filter Medium	Pleated hydrophobic membrane
Airborne Bacterial/Viral Removal Efficiency	> 99.999%
Liquid-borne Bacterial/Viral Removal Efficiency	100%
Recommended Use	Up to 24 hours
Resistance to Air Flow	Approximately 2 cm H2O at 60 L/min
Construction	Transparent
Connections	Patient End: Coaxial 15 mm ID / 22 mm OD Breathing system side: 22 mm ID
Filter Volume	Approximately 90 mL
Weight	Approximately 39 g

 

Multiple-Patient-Use Anesthesia Circuits: 

 

Our multiple-patient-use circuits generate less medical waste than single-use circuits as long as every new patient receives a fresh Pall patient kit

Pall offers the following range of anesthesia breathing circuit kits and components:

 

Anesthesia Filters: Pall Ultipor® 25 Anesthesia filters, with monitoring port and elbow adapter.

 

Adult Machine Kits: Expandable dual-limb circuits (with removable limbs), non-expandable dual-limbs, uni-limb (coaxial) with expiratory tubing attached, non-latex breathing bags, 3-way inspiratory ports, and CO₂ gas sampling lines. Circuits in a range of lengths (40”-96”).

 

Pediatric Machine Kits: Pediatric expandable dual-limb circuits, uni-limb (coaxial) with expiratory tubing attached, non-latex breathing bags, 3-way inspiratory ports, and CO₂ gas sampling lines.

Miscellaneous Products: Expandable flex tubes, elbows, and CO₂ gas sampling lines

 

Patient Kits: Kits consisting of small adult, medium adult, or large adult masks, and pediatric masks, along with elbow and Ultipor® 25 filter.

 

Breathing Bags: 2-Liter and 3-Liter non-latex bag (bulk packaged)