Flexicare - Catheter Mount, Anesthetic
Face Mount & Accecories
Flexicare offers a wide range of single patient
use components and accessories to compliment the Breathing Systems and
Breathing Filters using anesthesia and intensive care.
Anesthetic Face Masks
There is an increasing trend for clinical practices to adopt the use of
single patient devices to prevent the risk of cross contamination.
Anesthetic Face Masks come into close contact with patients and have
traditionally been made of black rubber. However, studies have shown hat
even after sterilization, there still remains evidence of bacterium
which has the potential to cross infect another patient. Flexicare have a
wide range of single patient use Anesthetic Face Masks available in all
sizes to meet patient requirements. All the face masks share a clear dome
construction which provides visual
inspection of the patient status.
VentiSorb
VentiSorb is a carbon dioxide absorbent with excellent efficiency and low
resistance for use within closed circle systems. Used in conjunction with
either a parallel lack system or bain circuit, the soda lime will absorb the
patient’s exhaled CO2 and therefore allowing rebreathing of the expired
anesthetic gases.
Catheter Mounts
The purpose of a catheter mount is to reduce the drag on the
endotracheal tube or laryngeal mask by transferring the weight of the
breathing system away from the patient. It has the added benefit that the
filter does not need to rest on the patient’s head and thus eliminates
pressure marks that would alternatively been left on the patient. There is a
wide range of catheter mounts available to meet clinician and patient needs.
The standard range of catheter mounts use 15mm corrugated tubing with the
corrugation depth being minimal to decrease airflow disturbance. Flexicare
also offer the catheter mounts in the Flexi-lock tubing which allows
clinicians to alter dead space and have greater control of the attached
filter and breathing system position during surgery or in the ICU
environment. There is also the choice of Smooth Bore Tube catheter mounts.
The internal diameter measures 15mm and has a protective outer casing to
reduce the risk of kinking.
