HME Filter

HME FILTER

• Used in mechanically ventilated and laryngectomy patients to heat and moisturize the air and help prevent complications.
• That arise when patients lose the ability to breathe through their nose and upper airway.
• Captures heat and moisture on expiration and returns it to the patient in inspiration
• Suitable for spontaneously breathing patients with a tracheostomy tube designed for the successful aspiration of mucus in newly born babies to ensure trouble-free respiration.
• Our mucus extractor is also utilized to obtain sputum and/or tracheal aspirate specimens (mucus specimens) to identify possible bacteria in the lungs.