Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV) -- a new concept in mechanical ventilation

ASV is the concept of Intelligent Ventilation put into practice. ASV is an easy-to-use and extremely safe mode of ventilation for the respiratory management of your intubated patients.

ASV is available on the HAMILTON G5, HAMILTON C2, GALILEO and RAPHAEL ventilators from HAMILTON MEDICAL. Adaptive Support Ventilation:

• Ventilates virtually all intubated patients - whether active or passive and regardless of their lung disease – based on a ventilation strategy tailored to their individual condition (Arnal JM et al. Int Care Med 2004;30:84)

• Is more responsive than conventional modes in adapting to the patient's breathing activity (Petter AH et al. Anesth Analg 2003;97:1743-50)

• Requires fewer user interactions and gives fewer alarms (Petter AH et al. Anesth Analg 2003;97:1743-50)

• Facilitates shorter ventilation times (Sulzer CF et al. Anesthesiology 2001;95:1339-45, Cassina T et al. J Cartiothorac Vasc Anesth 2003;17:571-75)

• Provides ventilation at least as safely and effectively as international ventilation experts using conventional modes (Iotti GA et al. Int Care Med 2005;31:192)

Not all features of the product described on this Web page are currently available in the USA.