Mini-Lack™
Breathing System
You'll never want to use a T piece again!
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You'll never want to use a T piece again! |
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The Mini-Lack is an ideal alternative breathing system to the traditional Modified Ayres T Piece and is intended for use with spontaneously breathing small animals.with a bodyweight of between 2 to 10 Kg. A key safety feature of the Mini-Lack is that the exhaust valve is located back at your anaesthetic machine, well away from the patient. This has always been a serious cause for concern with the Modified Ayres T Piece since the scavenging connector on the bag can twist with potentially fatal results. The Mini-Lack has a very low resistance exhaust valve which combined with the use of smooth bore autoclaveable patient tubing will not compromise the patients breathing. The Mini-Lack is also an extremely efficient and economical breathing system to use with flow rates as low as 1/3 that of the Modified Ayres T Piece, saving you gas and expensive volatile agent, as well as reducing atmospheric pollution. For example, using a Modified Ayres T Piece for a 3Kg domestic cat, a maintenance flowrate of 3.5 Lpm would be commonly used. In the same circumstances, with a Mini-Lack only 1Lpm would be needed. A study carried out by the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge University, that compared the Mini-Lack and Modified Ayres T Piece, concluded that the Mini-Lack could be used at much lower fresh gas flow rates without compromising the cardiovascular or respiratory systems**. To find out how the Mini-Lack works click here **Reference: C.M Walsh and P.M. Taylor – A clinical evaluation of a Mini-Lack breathing system in cats: comparison with a Modified Ayres T Piece. |
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