Xenon anaesthesia with new anaesthesia unit from EKU

At MEDICA 2006 EKU Elektronik presented for the first time to an international audience a new anaesthesia unit specialised in application with Xenon which was medically approved as medicinal product in Germany two years ago.

Many years of experience in development and production of technologically sophisticated medical electronics were the basis for the realisation of this innovative anaesthesia unit. EKU will introduce commercial Xenon anaesthesia with the TANGENS 2C and its Xenon option. The electronic EGAMIX system serves as precondition for the economic application of Xenon as anaesthetic. The precise and extremely tight electronic gas mixer doses and measures the entire fresh gas flow in an electronically closed circuit system in low flow and minimal flow settings. An integrated neurological monitoring system ("ANATREND") for supervising the depth of anaesthesia offers new opportunities for an optimum dosage of Xenon. Thus the anaesthetic supply can be adjusted to individual requirements. In order to control the consumption the data is collected via an electric interface and documented in the anaesthesia record and can be calculated as direct costs in the module for materials consumption.