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What is Spherasorb?

A unique medical grade soda lime designed specifically for clinical use.

Spherasorb’s chemical formulation has been developed specifically to address the potential problems of use within the medical environment.

Features and Benefits

• Only 1.5 % Sodium Hydroxide.
• Zeolite to reduce the risk of drying out.
• Spherasorb is made of 3-4mm spheres processed to minimise potential dusting.

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What is LoFloSorb?

A unique medical grade CO2 absorbent that contains no Alkali Hydroxide.

LoFloSorb eliminates the risk associated with reactions with volatile anaesthetics.

Features and Benefits

• LoFloSorb contains no Potassium Hydroxide and no Sodium Hydroxide.
• LoFloSorb is made of 3-4mm spheres processed to minimise potential dusting.
• LoFloSorb offers a very stable green to violet colour change.

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What is Intersorb Plus?

Intersorb Plus is a conventional soda lime Carbon Dioxide absorbent comprised of short porous 3mm diameter strands.

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What is in our products?

	Spherasorb	LoFloSorb	Intersorb	Other Standard Soda Limes
Calcium Hydroxide	93.5%	92.5%	97%	97%
Sodium Hydroxide	1.5%	NIL	3%	3%
Silica Synthetic/amorphous	NIL	7.5%	NIL	NIL
Zeolite	5%	NIL	NIL	NIL
Indicator	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%

NOTE: These are the dry constituents. All absorbents contain 13-17% water.

Safety

Conventional ‘standard’ absorbents have a good safety record. However, some safety considerations have been raised.

There is a very low, but real risk of the absorbent drying out. If this happens, there is then the potential for unwanted interactions between dry absorbent and volatile anaesthetic leading to generation of chemical breakdown products and heat.

Spherasorb and LoFloSorb have been developed specifically to address such concerns and offer additional safety benefits compared with standard soda lime formulation.

Prolonged flows of dry oxygen at a number of litres per minute can excessively dry absorbents.

Non-medical use

Our soda limes are designed so that they can also be used in non-medical applications such as diving. Intersorb and Spherasorb have been tested to, and conform to the STANAG 1411 and EN14143 Standards for rebreathers. The packaging ensures they maintain compliance with these standards, while sealed and unopened, for five years from the date of manufacture.

Europe

For European markets and customers, Intersurgical has appointed Premier Chemicals Ltd as our exclusive dealer for these non-medical soda limes. For further information for markets within Europe, please visit Premier Chemicals dedicated diving soda lime website.

www.divelime.com

North America

For North American markets and customers, Intersurgical has appointed OC Lugo Co Inc as our exclusive dealer for these non-medical soda limes. For further information for markets within North America, please visit the OC Lugo website.

www.oclugo.com