Today's anaesthetists demand products that perform efficiently, economically and safely. One critical component of that effectiveness is breathing circuit performance.

We've platformed the ABS across our family of anaesthesia systems, so whether you choose Aisys CS² or avance CS²  you know you're not compromising on the breathing circuit performance for your patient

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At GE Healthcare, our Advanced Breathing Systems (ABS) generated compelling results¹   in a recent study. In 2008, clinicians in Toulouse, France investigated the agent wash-in and agent wash-out performance of breathing circuits on two anaesthesia machines, to benchmark efficiency and economy.

Among the findings: 

• The response time and circuit kinetics of the Avance* ABS were found to be faster  than Dräger Primus**.
• Time to reach the target concentrations are statistically significantly shorter  with Avance than with Primus on all saturation and washout profiles.
• Avance, with a reduced volume breathing circuit (2.7 litres versus Primus' 4.5 litres) mainly through excluding manual circuit (balloon gas mixer) during mechanical ventilation; moreover tubular geometry of the breathing circuit  generates less turbulences and allows faster sevoflurane saturation and washout.

¹Comparison of Saturation and Washout Kinetic Profiles for Sevoflurane in Two Ventilators: Bertrand Basset et al, ASA 2008; A782** Primus is a trademark of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA