Descriptive Information - Atos Medical Freevent XtraCare Bedienungsanleitung

1. Descriptive information

1.1 Intended use
Freevent XtraCare is a single use Heat and Moisture Exchanger with electrostatic
filter (HMEF) that conditions and filters inhaled air in patients spontaneously
breathing through a tracheostoma.
1.2 CONTRAINDICATIONS
Freevent XtraCare is contraindicated for patients who:
• are under any form of mechanical ventilation.
• are unable to handle or remove the device themselves when needed, and who
are not under constant supervision of a clinician or a trained caregiver.
• use the device on a single lumen tube (tube without an inner tube), unless the
patient or caregiver is able to reinsert the tube themselves after emergency or
accidental removal.
• cannot tolerate the added dead space.
1.3 Description of the device
Freevent XtraCare is a Heat and Moisture Exchanger combined with an
electrostatic filter (HMEF). The HME is impregnated with a hygroscopic salt
and conditions the inhaled air. The electrostatic filter reduces the inhalation of
particles such as viruses, bacteria, pollen and other particulate matter through
the tracheostoma. NOTE: Since there are other pathways for pathogens to
enter the human body, Freevent XtraCare can never guarantee total protection.
Freevent XtraCare has a 15 mm ISO connector for connection to a tracheostomy
tube. Freevent XtraCare can be connected to oxygen tubing using Freevent O
Adaptor. See section 3.
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