Abstract: An anesthesia system has ventilation gas supply flow structure for supplying ventilation gas to a patient. Structure is provided for the exhaled gas and for recycling the anesthetic gas-containing gas. The system uses a mass spectrometer connected to these flow structures to measure the content of at least one gas component in the gases and to control the flow through at least one of the flow structures in accordance with at least one measured value of the gas content.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for separating a component from a gaseous mixture, in particular for separating xenon from the breathing gas exhaled by an anaesthetized patient. The disclosed process has the following steps: the gaseous mixture is brought into contact with a cooling surface at a temperature below the melting point of the components to be separated, the proportion of the gaseous mixture which is not condensed on the cooling surface in a solid state is carried away, and the component condensed on the cooling surface is heated above the melting point of the component to be separated. Also disclosed are a device for carrying out this process, a corresponding process for recovering anaesthetic gas and an associated anaesthetic equipment.