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Background and Identification

Hamilton Medical is a manufacturer of medical ventilators that was founded in 1983. A ventilator is a machine that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of a person’s lungs to deliver breaths to a patient who is breathing insufficiently or physically unable to breathe. Modern ventilators are computerized microprocessor-controlled machines that are primarily used in intensive care medicine, home care, emergency medicine, and anesthesiology. Ventilators are sometimes called “respirators,” though medical terminology uses the word “respirator” to refer to a protective face-mask.

The Hamilton C2 ventilator is an electronically controlled pneumatic ventilator that uses an integrated air compressing system. It uses AC or DC power, and has a battery backup in the case of unstable power. The pneumatic system delivers gas, and the electrical system controls the pneumatics, alarms, and power distribution. The Hamilton C2 ventilator can be used on adults, pediatrics, infants, and neonates. It complies with the IEC 60601-1-2 EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Collateral Standard, and should not be used in the same environment as MRI equipment.

Technical Specifications

Note: this is an incomplete list. You can access a full list of specifications here.

General

• Dynamic Lung (Real-time visualization of the lungs)

• Vent Status (Visual representation of ventilator dependency)

• ASV target graphics (Graphic display of target and actual parameters for tidal volume, frequency, pressure, patient activity, and minute ventilation )

• Monitoring (Display of 41 monitoring parameters)

• Real-time waveforms (Paw, Flow, Volume, Ptrachea, CO2)

• Others (Loops: P-V, V-Flow, P-Flow, V-FCO2 1), V-PCO2 1), Trends: 1, 6, 12, 24, and 72 hours)

• Alarms: Operator adjustable

• Ventilation Modes: Closed-loop control, pressure, volume, and noninvasive types

• Configurations: Neonatal ventilation, nasal CPAP, volumetric mainstream capnography, sidestream capnograph

Electrical

• Input power: 100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz or 12 to 24 V DC

• Power consumption: 50 W typical, 150 W maximum

• Backup Battery Time: 7 h typical with 2 Li-Ion batteries / hot swappable

• Oxygen supply: 280 to 600 kPa (41 to 87 psi), V´max 120 l/min

• Low pressure oxygen: ≤15 l/min, max. 600 kPa for low pressure

• Air supply: Integrated ultra-quiet turbine

• Degree of protection : IP21

Other

• Interface Connectors: USB, RS-232, nurse call, CO

• Event log: Storage and display of up to 1,000 events with date and time

• Leak compensation: Automatic response to varying leaks and configurable trigger sensitivity in all modes

• Inspiratory leakage up to 85 l/min, expiratory leakage up to 30 l/min

Additional Information

Hamilton C2 Documents and Resources

Ventilator - Wikipedia