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COAbsorbents
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The Intersurgical range of medical grade absorbents and standard LoFloSorbM

soda lime are available in a number of conigurations to suit your A uniquely designed medical grade CO2 absorbent that
requirements. These include loose ill, pre-illed absorbent contains no Alkali Hydroxide. LoFloSorb eliminates the risk
cartridges and disposable absorbers for speciic equipment.
associated with reactions with volatile anaesthetics.

SpherasorbM
Features and Beneits

A uniquely designed medical grade soda lime. Spherasorb’s
chemical formulation has been developed speciically to •
LoFloSorb contains no Potassium Hydroxide and no

address the potential problems of use within the medical Sodium Hydroxide
environment.
LoFloSorb is made of 3–4mm spheres processed to minimise •
potential dusting and enable uniform gas low for eficient use
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Features and Beneits:
LoFloSorb offers a very stable green to violet colour change

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Only 1.5% Sodium Hydroxide
LoFloSorb’s chemical formulation has been developed
• Zeolite to reduce the risk of drying out
to provide COabsorption without the need for any alkali
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Spherasorb is made of 3–4mm spheres processed to
hydroxide. It provides complete protection against the potential
minimise potential dusting and enable uniform gas low for problems of use within the medical environment. LoFloSorb
eficient use
Offers excellent COabsorption, however, its duration of use
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will be less than Spherasorb or Intersorb PlusM under the
Spherasorb has a long history of use within anaesthesia and same conditions of use.

meets all the requirements of the United States and British
Pharmacopoeias.
LoFloSorb has a long history of use within anaesthesia and

meets all the requirements of the United States and British
Spherasorb’s chemical formulation has been developed to Pharmacopoeias.
provide complete protection against the potential problems

of use within the medical environment, while maintaining the IntersorbM Plus
highest possible COcapacity.
Intersorb Plus is a soda lime Carbon Dioxide absorbent
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comprised of short porous 3mm diameter strands.

Intersorb Plus is a 3% Sodium Hydroxide soda lime that meets all
the requirements of the United States and British Pharmacopoeias.

Intersorb Plus is entirely suitable as a COabsorbent for
2 medical use within anaesthesia, with which it has a long,

worldwide history of use.

What is in our products?

Spherasorb
LoFloSorb
Intersorb Plus
Other standard
Soda Limes

Calcium Hydroxide
97% 93.5%
92.5%
97%

Sodium Hydroxide
3% Nil
1.5%
3%

Silica Synthetic/amorphous Nil Nil
7.5%
Nil

Zeolite
Nil 5%
Nil
Nil

Indicator
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%
0.03%

Note: These are the dry constituets. All absorbents contain 13–17% water.

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