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Surgical smoke evacuation system: ConMed Aer Defence (Fig. 1)

YT Yutaka Tokuda
TO Takuho Okamura
MM Miki Maruta
MO Mutsuko Orita
MN Miyuki Noguchi
TS Toshiyasu Suzuki
HM Hideaki Matsuki
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Surgical smoke evacuation system: ConMed Aer Defense

ConMed Aer Defence, manufactured by Japan Medicalnext Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), was used as the surgical smoke evacuation system. Aer Defence is designed to reduce and eliminate surgical smoke, aerosols, and odors during surgical procedures. It incorporates a motor with which a high aspiration amount (25 maximum SCFM) may be set. This motor carries surgical smoke aspirated from the surgical site to a filter via a suction tube for filtration treatment. The filter has a three-stage structure. The first filter stage functions as a pre-filter that eliminates large particles and liquid components. The second filter stage, which uses high-performance activated carbon, eliminates and absorbs odors and toxic gas. The third filter stage is a ULPA (Ultra-Low Penetration Air) filter that captures fine particles and micro-organisms of up to 0.10 μm with a 99.9995% efficiency rate.

The machine, suction tubes, and other parts were loaned by Japan Medicalnext for the duration of the study.

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