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Publication 5404-001-REV-C
Installation
Airway Tubing Connections:
Front Panel
The Inspira ASV provides four airway-tub-
ing connections at the front of the
machine. A fifth port (Side Stream) is pro-
vided to support advanced options.
These ports are standard 1/8”-27 NPT
threaded ports and may accept many
types of fittings including barbed and
luer-lock. This allows for a wide range of
tubing sizes and for accommodating air
filters, if needed. The functions of these
connections are as follows:
To Animal
Flow of source gas from ventilator to
animal.
From Animal
Flow of expired gas from animal to
ventilator.
Exhaust
Flow of expired air from ventilator. This
gas may be vented to room, recirculated
for rebreathing, collected, and or filtered if
chemicals are present in the expired air.
Figure 3. Airway Tubing Connections
CAUTION: Do not vent
anesthesia gases to
room air.
Source
Flow of gas used by Inspira for inspira-
tion. Connect to the source of inspira-
tion gas or leave disconnected to use
room air.
Side Stream
Not used in this model.
CAUTION: Do not con-
nect Inspira to pressur-
ized gas sources unless
proper pressure regulation is pro-
vided to equalize the pressure
with atmospheric pressure.
Failure to do so could result in
excessive and unknown tidal vol-
umes delivered to the animal.
VENTILATOR CONNECTIONS
The Inspira ASV comes with connection ports located on the front and rear panels of
the ventilator. These connections are shown on the following pages.
