The Inter-Therm HME Filter (HMEF) is Intersurgical’s trade name for a Heat and Moisture Exchanger Filter – a standard breathing circuit device that helps maintain airway humidity while preventing bacterial and viral cross-contamination.
The Inter-Therm HME Filter by Intersurgical is designed with wound paper HME media, delivering excellent humidification and low resistance to airflow. It is lightweight, compact, and compatible with standard ventilator tubing, anesthesia machines, catheter mounts, and elbow connectors.
Key Benefits:
* Provides effective humidification during anesthesia and mechanical ventilation * Offers high filtration efficiency for infection control * Low resistance ensures comfortable patient breathing and ventilator performance * Available in multiple designs for use in ICU, operating theatre, and emergency ventilation
Shah Trading Corporation is a trusted distributor and supplier of Inter-Therm HME Filters in India, serving hospitals, surgical centers, and critical care facilities.
Specification:
Filtration efficiency
>99.998%
Moisture loss
6 mg H2O/l
Calculated moisture return
32.3 mg H2O/l
Resistance at 30L/min
1.6 cm H2O
Resistance at 60L/min
2.7 cm H2O
Compressible volume
57 ml
Weight
30 g
Connectors
22F/15M-22M-15F
Minimum tidal volume
>180ml
Usage:
The Intersurgical Inter-Therm Heat and Moisture Exchange (HME) Filter is used in mechanical ventilation and anaesthesia breathing systems to conserve heat and moisture from exhaled air and return it to the patient during inhalation. It helps maintain normal humidity and temperature in the respiratory tract, preventing airway dryness, heat loss, and secretion build-up.
