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Limb-O

The Limb-O is a circle circuit, accommodating all of your needs, including low-flow. The streamlined design minimizes the clutter of a two-limbed circle circuit with these important additional benefits:
  • LIGHT WEIGHT - Less plastic means less weight and torque on the patient’s airway management device; Limb-O weighs 34% less than coaxial circle circuits and 25% less than traditional circle circuits.1
  • LOWER COMPLIANCE – The presence of a septum in Limb-O decreases compliance in the circuit to significantly increase delivered volume . . . without sacrificing drape.
  • THERMALLY EFFICIENT – Bench testing suggests the transfer of heat from the expiratory to the inspiratory limb of 6.2°C at 4L/min flow rates1.


Transport to the PACU or ICU

With the addition of our Limb-O Transport System, Limb-O becomes a Mapleson-D Transport Circuit, a safe, cost-effective alternative to a self-inflating manual resuscitator.
  • Attach oxygen tubing to inspiratory limb
  • Attach patient-dedicated Adjustable Pressure Limiting (APL) valve to expiratory limb
  • Reuse the patient’s breathing bag by attaching it to the APL valve

In the ICU

Why pay for a fresh circuit set-up when your patient reaches the ICU? With Limb-O the patient’s anesthesia circuit becomes the ventilator circuit.
  • A 24” expandable hose accommodates ventilator hook up on all 72” Limb-O circuits
  • The Vital Signs HCH product line, coupled with the heat transfer properties of the common inspiratory/expiratory wall, provides you with a truly efficient method of passively heating and humidifying your patient
  • See Limb-O Data Sheet TD031 for specifications and performance characteristics

Key Features:
Light Weight:
Less plastic means less weight and torque on the patient’s airway management device; Limb-O weighs 34% less than coaxial circle circuits and 25% less than traditional circle circuits.1
Lower Compliance :
The presence of a septum in Limb-O decreases compliance in the circuit to significantly increase delivered volume . . . without sacrificing drape.
Thermally Efficient :
Bench testing suggests the transfer of heat from the expiratory to the inspiratory limb of 6.2°C at 4L/min flow rates1.


Information:
Product Description:
Limb-O™Adult and Pediatric Anesthesia Circle Circuit or Volume Ventilator Circuit
Ordering Information:
Product Code Description
AFM12XXX 40" length, 3 L Latex-Free Bag, Gas Sampling Elbow, Filter on Inspiratory Lumen
AFR12XXX 58" length, 3 L Latex-Free Bag, Gas Sampling Elbow, Filter on Inspiratory Lumen
AFN12XXX 72" length, 3 L Latex-Free Bag, Gas Sampling Elbow, Filter on Inspiratory Lumen
Accessories:
Product Code Description
5509 Limb-O Mapleson D Adapter set - fresh gas tubing with adapters
5510 Limb-O Transport System--7' Star Lumen Oxygen Tubing set and APL Valve Set
Size:
Size: 40" 58" 72"
Weight with Connectors1: 106g 136g 169g
Compliance of Circuit @ 100 cm H20 .64 ml cm H20 .76 ml cm H20 .93 ml cm H20
Thermal Efficiency1:
Net increase of 6.2 degrees C in first 15 minutes at 4L/min flow rates on anesthesia machine.
Insp. and Exp. Resistance at Various Flow Rates cm H201:
Length
10 L/min
20 L/min
30 L/min
40 L/min
50 L/min
60 L/min
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40"
.09
.10
.25
.31
.59
.66
.99
1.12
1.52
1.71
2.05
2.30
58"
.11
.13
.34
.43
.76
.94
1.30
1.61
1.98
2.48
2.65
3.36
72"
.14
.16
.46
.57
1.06
1.24
1.80
2.12
2.74
3.28
3.69
4.39
Circuit Materials :
Corrugated Tubing and Septal Wall--Polyethylene/EVA
22mm Connectors--Medical Grade Polypropylene
Cuff Band - Polyisoprene
Expandable Extension Hose - Polypropylene
Reference1:
1Test Data on File









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