SkanSiesta Pro from Skanray Technologies Ltd.

SkanSiesta Pro is a compact, easy-to-use anesthesia workstation that delivers ICU-class ventilation for patients in the operating room. It is packed with volume-control, pressure-control, pressure support, and volume-guarantee modes as standard, with a comfortable user interface. All critical parameters, including plateau pressure, mean airway pressure, total/spontaneous respiratory rate, and minute volume are displayed along with pressure, flow, and volume waveforms on a single screen. This helps clinicians manage patients more effectively during induction and recovery, which is so critical during surgery. The auxiliary flowmeter supports a continuous O2 flow up to 50 L/min, which helps enhance O2 reserve in patients, who can have a challenge during intubation.

The inspiratory and expiratory hold maneuvers can be used to assess a patient’s lung dynamics to optimize ventilation parameters or to prevent artefacts during chest X-ray for precise diagnostics. The in-built cardiac bypass procedure aids in enhanced workflow during heart surgeries. A large 10.4-inch touch-screen graphics monitor, with a simplified menu structure, makes it more convenient to use the workstation for a beginner and an experienced anesthetist. It reduces the learning curve significantly and the effort spent in training thus helps manage the OT more efficiently when many anesthetists and OT technicians are involved.

The small footprint of the workstation makes it more user-friendly to move it from one OT to another, as well as to position the unit comfortably during surgery. The patient-monitoring arm provided with the unit supports various models of Skanray monitors. Any third-party monitor can also be placed on the top shelf and can be conveniently viewed in a standing/sitting position.

The multi-socket outlets provided on the rear side of the unit help to manage power to these auxiliary units with no mess. A three-level brightness controller is provided for the workstation lighting to make it convenient for the user to illuminate the work surface, as required.

SkanSiesta Pro is available either with a traditional five-tube flowmeter or an electronic flowmeter to monitor the delivery of fresh-gas flow. Apart from independently monitoring O2, air, and N2O, the electronic flowmeter module provides real-time O2 concentration of the fresh gas and provides an additional alarm to the user in case of adverse hypoxia events.

The unit is available with three gas inputs as standard. Normally, O2 is used to drive the bellows for ventilation. If air is connected to the device, the ventilator switches automatically to use air as a drive gas, thus reducing the consumption of O2.

Also, the unit is provided with three-cylinder yokes as standard (O2+O2+N2O). An internal 3-Litres O2 reservoir ensures a minimum backup of O2 during the changeover of the cylinders. The input pressures of both the central gas pipeline and the backup cylinders are displayed on the front side of the unit, using independent pressure gauges.

Additionally, a pneumatic indi­cator (independent of the electri­cal system) is provided as a safety measure to monitor the availability of O2 supply to the unit.

The connections to the auxiliary common gas outlet (AGCO), O2 flush, and CGO switch are positioned comfortably on the front side of the unit for ease of access. Three spacious drawers with locks help to keep all necessary things organized comfortably.

The circle breathing system is sterilizable, and provided with in-built inspiratory, expiratory flow sensors, an auto-bypass mechanism, and manual/ventilation feedback. Turning the bag/vent switch on the circle absorber automatically activates spontaneous mode on the ventilator.

An anesthesia gas-receiving system (AGS) can be combined with the unit to dispose of the volatile agents outside the OT and make it safe for the clinicians.