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MAQUET Medical Systems USA

The Gold Standard

MAQUET Medical Systems USA is a market-leading medical device company whose mission is to help improve patient outcomes and quality of life through advanced technology. MAQUET offers comprehensive products and therapeutic solutions for the hybrid operating room (OR), ICU and general OR, as well as for patient transport.

MAQUET has a long history of innovation in anesthesia, beginning with the introduction of its first anesthesia machine in 1981. Since then, the company has delivered almost 11,000 units to hospitals worldwide. It also has set market standards with its high-performance SERVO ventilation platform for more than 40 years. The company has a deep understanding of mechanical ventilation and the challenges facing anesthesiologists today. Not only are patient demographics constantly shifting, but surgical procedures are becoming more complex on a daily basis, necessitating advanced technology to ensure optimal patient care. MAQUET invests significantly in research and development to meet the changing needs of hospitals and anesthesiologists, and to ensure that it can provide anesthesia products that offer high-performance ventilation and support capabilities. MAQUET’s flagship anesthesia product, the FLOW–i Anesthesia System^® with high-performance SERVO ventilation, offers true ICU ventilator performance and effective anesthesia delivery from the same unit.

FLOW-i Anesthesia System With High-Performance SERVO Ventilation

MAQUET’s FLOW-i Anesthesia System seamlessly combines high-performance SERVO ventilation with precise anesthesia delivery to help meet the needs of all patients. These include the most challenging cases, such as obese patients with high abdominal and thoracic pressures, older patients suffering from multiple medical conditions, the critically ill and the smallest neonates. FLOW-i reacts quickly to changing parameters, as the low internal system volume enables rapid changes in gas concentration when needed, and facilitates fast wash-in and wash-out of the anesthetic agent. This process helps to minimize waste and unnecessary use of the agent through precise delivery technology.

High-Performance Ventilation Features

• Set tidal volume is accurately delivered even under high abdominal and thoracic pressures, helping to avoid hypoventilation.
• Fast rise time and high flow rates adapt to varying inspiratory demand in the presence of increasing airway pressure.
• Sensitive triggering improves synchrony in pediatric patients and those with decreased respiratory drive.
• Consistent and accurate PEEP levels are maintained.
• Controlled pressure drop during expiration decreases expiratory resistance and work of breathing, in addition to minimizing auto-PEEP at higher respiratory rates.

Advanced Design and Technology

The FLOW-i system’s ergonomically designed, fully electronic platform and touchscreen interface are easy to use and upgrade for enhanced workflow today and in the future. The open architecture allows hospitals to add the patient monitor and data management system of their choice and easily integrate future software and hardware advances into the system—increasing cost efficiency by avoiding the need for costly equipment replacement or upgrades. In addition, clinician ease of use and comfort are engineered into every FLOW-i machine with its height adjustability, movable arms and integrated table light.

Innovative Volume Reflector™ Re-Breathing Technology

The FLOW-i system features the innovative Volume Reflector technology to ensure that the breathing circuit will never be empty and that ventilation will remain uninterrupted regardless of surgical constraints, changing conditions or patient position. The re-breathing technology consists of a rigid reservoir to increase the re-breathing as well as maintain high ventilation performance. It replaces both the traditional bellows and the piston technologies in older systems. Oxygen-driven by design, the Volume Reflector helps to minimize the risk for delivering a potentially dangerous hypoxic mixture in the presence of leaks during low-flow anesthesia. With the new O₂Guard, an automatic increase of oxygen will occur if the system detects too-low oxygen at the Y-piece. FLOW-i anesthetic agent injection vaporizers are fully electronic, lightweight and can be refilled while slotted in the machine, even when still in use. The agent delivery is mainly on inspiration, leading to less use of anesthetic agents.

Learn More

To learn more about the MAQUET FLOW-i Anesthesia System, visit www.maquetusa.com.

This corporate profile was reviewed and approved by MAQUET Medical Systems USA.

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