Abstract: A system for the management of medical tubing, the system includes a tube holder adapted for receiving and retaining medical tubes, and a clip adapted to be engaged with a substrate, in which the tube holder may be releasably engaged with the clip.

Abstract: A system for the management of medical tubing, the system includes a tube holder adapted for receiving and retaining medical tubes, and a clip adapted to be engaged with a substrate, in which the tube holder may be releasably engaged with the clip.

Abstract: A cartridge (120) is disclosed that is suitable for incorporation within a respiratory circuit. The cartridge (120) is adapted to contain a material for treating respiratory gases and comprises an inlet (122) and an outlet such that respiratory gases flow, in use, through the interior of the cartridge (120) and interact with the material. The cartridge (120) includes means for guiding the respiratory gas transversely relative to its direction of flow through the interior of the cartridge (120).

Abstract: A water trap suitable for use in a mechanical ventilation circuit comprising a cap with an inlet and an outlet, a fluid collection vessel engageable with the cap, and a rotatable closure with at least one aperture interposed between the cap and the vessel. The vessel is operably linked to the closure such that engagement or disengagement of the vessel from the cap causes the closure to be rotated. The cap is formed with an internal partition extending into abutment with the closure to define a chamber via which the inlet and outlet are in fluid communication and the closure forming a base of the chamber. When the vessel is engaged with the cap, the closure has a first orientation in which the at least one aperture is located within the periphery of the skirt in the base of the chamber and the vessel is in communication with the chamber via the at least one aperture.

Abstract: There is disclosed a water trap suitable for use in a mechanical ventilation circuit. The water trap comprises a cap (10) having formed therein an inlet (11) and an outlet (12), a fluid collection vessel (30) engageable with the cap (10), and a rotatable closure (20) interposed between the cap (10) and the fluid collection vessel (30) which includes at least one aperture (22, 23). The arrangement of the water trap is such that the fluid collection vessel (30) is operably linked to the closure (20) such that engagement or disengagement of the fluid collection vessel (30) from the cap (10) causes the closure (20) to be rotated.

Abstract: An exhalation valve (10) is disclosed for use with an exhalation port (14) of a respiratory circuit. The exhalation valve comprises a hermetically sealed gas chamber (20,120), a gas inlet (22,122) for supplying gas to the gas chamber, and a membrane (24,124) of flexible material that defines at least part of a wall of the gas chamber. The membrane is deformable by a change in the pressure differential between the gas within the gas chamber and the gas within the exhalation port between an inoperative configuration and an operative configuration in which the membrane restricts the flow of gas from the exhalation port to a greater extent than in said inoperative configuration. The membrane is inherently planar but is mounted within the exhalation valve such that deformation of the membrane to its operative configuration occurs substantially without increase of the surface area of the membrane.