FLOVAC® INTRODUCTION
LINER
CANISTER
THE LID
THE TANDEM
PORT
IN DETAIL
THE HYDROPHOBIC FILTER
THE GELLING
KIT
ACCESSORIES
THE HYDROPHOBIC FILTER
Why hydrophobic filter and how does it work?
The FLOVAC® HYDROPHOBIC filter is made of 3 layers having antibacterial, smoke filtration and hydrophobic functions.
The filter stops the suction when wet because the fluid reaches the maximum collection level.
In normal suction conditions the filter works with the maximum of efficiency, granting a bacterial protection towards the hospital vacuum plant or other suction sources. It becomes like an impenetrable barrier, when wet, stopping the suction also when foams or surgical smokes have been suctioned, getting in contact with the filter.
Filter efficiency
Virus
from 0.02 to 0.3 μm
Bacteria
from 0.2 to 30 μm
Flovac filter
filter has a maximum porosity of 1 μm but the BFE of 99.99995% is granted by the filter special structure both on surface and on depth: irregular pores inside an irregular structure.
Key points
Protection
– hydrophobic properties to stop the suction when the fluid reaches the container maximum level (overflow system).
– bacterial and viral toward the hospital vacuum plant to prevent any contamination.
– bacterial and viral filtration efficiency >99.99995%.
Barrier
against foam or electrosurgical smoke, normally not stopped by traditional overflow devices.
The pre-filter
reduces the effect of the premature shut-off caused by the electrosurgical smokes, foams, nebulization and volatile particles obstructing the filter itself.
A special hydrophobic filter stops the suction when the fluid reaches the maximum collection level, assuring in the meantime a complete hospital vacuum plant bacterial protection during the normal suction. This filter is the best answer to grant hygiene and safety for patients and operators in the medical suction field.
