Breathing filters, HMEs and HMEFs
Product type: Airway Management
Breathing filters, HMEs and HMEFs
Breathing filters, Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HMEs) and Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HEMFs) provide an effective barrier that prevent cross contamination between patients, breathing systems, respiratory and anaesthetic equipment, and the clinical environment.
Breathing filters: We offer a wide and comprehensive choice of breathing filters with a variety of filtration efficiencies, sizes, volumes and shapes to ensure maximum customer choice. Effective filtration is provided by electrostatic and pleated mechanical filters, with a range of patient connections, providing a choice of products to meet the majority of clinical situations.
Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HMEs): Our HME’s are designed to replicate the functions of the upper airway, conserving the patient’s own expired heat and moisture and returning it to the patient on their next inspiration, helping to reduce recognised complications associated with breathing cold dry gas over a prolonged period of time.
Heat and Moisture Exchanging Filter (HMEFs): The Intersurgical range of heat and moisture exchanging filters (HMEFs) combines the proven filtration efficiency of dedicated breathing filters with optimum moisture return provided by the addition of an HME element helping to avoid further respiratory complications.
Our range of HMEs and HMEFs include foam or corrugated paper in combination with a filter pad. Regardless of which type of material, the aim is to provide a large surface area with low resistance to flow making them very effective as a heat and moisture exchanger.
Proven efficiency: Increasingly the only way that a clinician can determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of a breathing filter, HME and HMEF is via standard test protocols and results. Ensuring the data is clinically relevant, up-to-date and reflective of the product that the customer is using is vital. Our range of breathing filters, HMEs and HMEFs have been independently tested and proven to be highly efficient in preventing the passage of bacteria and viruses. These tests provide clinically relevant information to allow evidence-based decisions to be made on the most appropriate product to meet your clinical requirements. The challenge presented in the virus test protocol (O174 bacteriophage, 0.027μm) will be at least as severe as that posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and these performance statements are available upon request for individual products.
We offer a wide and comprehensive range of Filters, HMEs and HMEF’s with a variety of efficiencies, sizes and attachments to ensure maximum customer choice whilst meeting all clinical requirements.
Breathing filters: We offer a wide and comprehensive choice of breathing filters with a variety of filtration efficiencies, sizes, volumes and shapes to ensure maximum customer choice. Effective filtration is provided by electrostatic and pleated mechanical filters, with a range of patient connections, providing a choice of products to meet the majority of clinical situations.
Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HMEs): Our HME’s are designed to replicate the functions of the upper airway, conserving the patient’s own expired heat and moisture and returning it to the patient on their next inspiration, helping to reduce recognised complications associated with breathing cold dry gas over a prolonged period of time.
Heat and Moisture Exchanging Filter (HMEFs): The Intersurgical range of heat and moisture exchanging filters (HMEFs) combines the proven filtration efficiency of dedicated breathing filters with optimum moisture return provided by the addition of an HME element helping to avoid further respiratory complications.
Our range of HMEs and HMEFs include foam or corrugated paper in combination with a filter pad. Regardless of which type of material, the aim is to provide a large surface area with low resistance to flow making them very effective as a heat and moisture exchanger.
Proven efficiency: Increasingly the only way that a clinician can determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of a breathing filter, HME and HMEF is via standard test protocols and results. Ensuring the data is clinically relevant, up-to-date and reflective of the product that the customer is using is vital. Our range of breathing filters, HMEs and HMEFs have been independently tested and proven to be highly efficient in preventing the passage of bacteria and viruses. These tests provide clinically relevant information to allow evidence-based decisions to be made on the most appropriate product to meet your clinical requirements. The challenge presented in the virus test protocol (O174 bacteriophage, 0.027μm) will be at least as severe as that posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and these performance statements are available upon request for individual products.
We offer a wide and comprehensive range of Filters, HMEs and HMEF’s with a variety of efficiencies, sizes and attachments to ensure maximum customer choice whilst meeting all clinical requirements.
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