Hamilton G5 - General Information; Introduction

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1 General information
1.1 Introduction
The HAMILTON-G5 (hereafter referred to as the “device”) pro-
vides for intensive care ventilation of adult, pediatric and neo-
natal patients. This device must be operated only by trained
personnel under the supervision of a licensed physician.
Fully closed-loop control. Optional. On the HAMILTON-G5,
you can install the world’s first and unique “fully closed-loop
control” option. The device is intended only for adult and pedi-
atric patients. With the HAMILTON-G5 this feature is referred
to as INTELLiVENT
®
-ASV.
The physiological inputs come from the patient. The physician
establishes targets and a strategy that are matched with the
patient inputs, or what the INTELLiVENT
®
-ASV feature has
automatically established. Then the ventilator automatically
adjusts the ventilator settings (output) to get the patient within
the target ranges. This automatic input and output continues,
each influencing the other, resulting in a “closed-loop” system.
This feature is an improvement on older conventional devices
that needed frequent manual intervention to maintain satisfac-
tory ventilation. With this device, when you enter specific
patient conditions (with INTELLiVENT
®
-ASV), the device uses
the data received from sensors (CO
2
, flow, and SpO
2
) to make
suitable automatic adjustments.
In closed-loop ventilation, information from the patient is col-
lected and analyzed by the device in a continuous manner,
adjusting the ventilator without frequent human intervention
(see Figure 1-1).