Waste Gas Management

Activated Charcoal Canisters

A solution to the handling of waste anesthetic gases when active or passive evacuation systems are not available or practical. These activated charcoal canisters will remove approximately 50 grams of halogenated anesthetic agents from the waste gas stream before having to be discarded. The canisters ccan be easily adoapted to any anesthesia machine.

     Activated Charcoal Canister Holder - (AA-00-0580)
     Activated Charcoal Canister - (AA-00-0581)
     6' Evac Tubing w/Adaptor - (AS-01-0582

Active Waste Gas System Interface Valves
(AV-03-0594)

The SAS Hallowell Waste Gas Interface Valve is designed to be used with medical suction or with active waste gas evacuation systems. The purpose of the interface valve is to control or "balance" the negative pressure that is present in the active evac systems with the flow of waste anesthetic gases from the anesthesia machine.

Safety feature of the SAS designed Interface Valve include a 3 cm of H2O positive pressure relief and a 1 cm of H2O negative pressure relief. The positive relief can also be connected to an activated charcoal canister to prevent the flow of anethetic gases into the room environment.

Up to five devices can be attached to one Waste Gas Interface Valve.

Vapor-Vac

Much confusion surrounds the issue of using In-House Vacuum for WAG (Waste Anesthetic Gas) management. Until MIP developed the Vapor-Vac System, there were no clear choices for WAG management in Rodents using in-house vacuum. The Vapor-Vac is a kit. Most components necessary to use in-house vacuum are included in the kit. It is easily modified to be used with quick disconnects and/or other connectors to in-house vacuum. The Vapor-Vac is available as a 2-station system (Induction Chamber and NRB system) or a 3-station system (Induction Chamber, NRB and Stereotaxic device). This system has been independently tested at 3 prestitious institutions in the US. It is simple, effective, and relatively inexpensive.

     2-Station - AS-01-0542
     3-Station - AS-01-0543