1, there is further shown a chain 76 which forms a connection between the oxygen needle valve 54 and the nitrous oxide needle valve 56. The gas supply cylinder valves should be turned off when not in use, except during the preoperative machine pre-use checkout. Zeus IE integrates them all into one advanced anaesthesia workstation. The anesthesia system in OR6 is an older Datex-Ohmeda Excel/7800 system. It can be considered equivalent to a circular channel of the same cross-sectional area. Thus, before use the machine it is primed with 100% O 2; after about 5 minutes of anesthesia the bag is emptied, and re‑primed with 100% O 2. 10 Proportioning Systems ... To-and-fro system Closed System Anesthesia Oxygen Failure Protection Device/Sensitive Oxygen Ratio Controller (OFPD/S-ORC), which responds proportionally to changes in oxygen supply pressure. The link is under the heading "Anesthesia Machine" at ASA Standards, Guidelines and Statements. For instance, on locomotives, there is a “dead man’s switch” that the engineer must push every couple of minutes or the train will stop. Figure 24.11. Anaesthetic machines are to be assessed for safety in accordance with the original manufacturer’s IFU or recommendations. ANESTHETIC MACHINES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT PROF. AMIR B. CHANNA FFARCS ,DA (ENG) 2. If the pressure of oxygen is sufficient, the diaphragm pushes against a mechanism that opens the flow pathway for nitrous oxide. Output from the oxygen flowmeter is constant when the oxygen supply pressure exceeds the threshold (minimal) value. Awareness of this possibility, particularly when high concentrations of desflurane are used, is essential. The anesthesia machine is that component of the anesthesia delivery system that receives medical gases (oxygen, nitrous oxide, air, heliox) under pressure and controls the flow of each gas individually. The ASA document, “Guidelines for Determining Anesthesia Machine Obsolescence,” addresses some of the absolute as well as relative criteria that can help institutions make a decision on when even otherwise functioning equipment should be replaced. Hypoxic gas flow caused by malfunction of the proportioning system of anesthesia machines. In 1993, a joint effort between the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) produced the 1993 FDA Anesthesia Apparatus Pre-Use Checkout Recommendations (, Figure 24.2. The anesthesia machine is, conceptually, a pump for delivering medical gases and inhalation agents to the patient’s lungs. The low-pressure circuit is that part of the machine that lies downstream from the flow control valves. Contemporary flow-control valve assemblies have numerous safety features. Some of the newer workstations have computer-assisted self-tests that automatically perform a part of the pre-use machine checkout procedure. Today, because of variations in fundamental anesthesia workstation design, the 1993 FDA pre-use checklist is no longer applicable to many contemporary workstations. In: Miller RD, ed. Taking an example, when the operator desires to administer nitrous oxide to a patient, the minimum oxygen flow already having been established, the knob 168 is turned counterclockwise, thus advancing the valve stem 96 and opening the nitrous oxide needle valve 56. An auxiliary ball-in-tube oxygen flowmeter mounted on the anesthesia machine and supplied with 50 psig O2 is the recommended mode of administering O2 during jet ventilation. The valve stem 96 is threaded within stud 98 and therefore, when rotated, moves laterally within stud 98, the stud 98 being fixed with respect to the manifold 78. (Reproduced with permission from: Bowie E, Huffman LM. Datex Ohmeda (GE) Proportioning Assembly O2 for sale! Similar in principle to the balance regulator described in the previous paragraph, the OFPD is based on a proportioning principle rather than a threshold principle. If jet ventilation is required, a purpose-built Sanders type system should be used, connected to a 50 psig oxygen source. Also formed in the manifold 78 are a pair of inlets 80, 82 through which oxygen and nitrous oxide are, respectively, introduced to the needle valves for control of such gases. To the pressure sensitive shutoff (“fail-safe”) valve, To the oxygen flowmeter (in some machines via a second-stage regulator), Oxygen Supply Pressure Failure Safety Devices, The 2000 ASTM F1850-00 standard states, “The anesthesia gas supply device shall be designed so that whenever oxygen supply pressure is reduced to below the manufacturer specified minimum, the delivered oxygen concentration shall not decrease below 19% at the common gas outlet.”. The Datex-Ohmeda Link-25 proportioning system can be thought of as a system that increases oxygen flow when necessary to prevent delivery of a fresh gas mixture with an oxygen concentration of less than 25% (Reproduced with permission from: Brockwell RC. An anesthesia machine shall be considered to be obsolete if any of the following criteria apply: I. Safety Features of Newer Anesthesia Workstations. 3, outward projections 182 and 184 of sleeve 172 do not contact or engage the outward projection 178 or the outward projection 180, however, in actual use, the knob 174 and nut 164 are closer together such that at no time can the sleeve 172 be rotated without one of its outward projections 182 and 184 engaging the respective outward projections 178 and 180 of the nut 164 and the knob 174, respectively. The anesthesia machine is that component of the anesthesia delivery system that receives medical gases (oxygen, nitrous oxide, air, heliox) under pressure and controls the flow of each gas individually. As shown on FIG. Check-Out, A Guide for Preoperative Inspection of an Anesthesia Machine. Dräger Oxygen Ratio Monitor Controller/Sensitive Oxygen Ratio Controller System, Dräger’s proportioning system, the Oxygen Ratio Monitor Controller (ORMC), is used on the North American Dräger Narkomed 2A, 2B, 3, and 4 machines. The most notable example is that many GE Healthcare/Datex-Ohmeda (hereafter referred to as Datex-Ohmeda) machines/workstations have a check valve near the common gas outlet, whereas Dräger Medical workstations do not. Several reports have described failures of the Link-25 system. how does the anesthesia gas machine prepare gases before their delivery to the patient? 1, there is shown a schematic view of an anesthesia machine adapted to provide a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide to a patient for inducing anesthesia. The lower half of illustration represents the lower portion of a flow tube. & Terms of Use. Administration of a third inert gas, such as helium, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide, can cause a hypoxic mixture because contemporary proportioning systems link only nitrous oxide and oxygen. The pre-use checklist should contain steps that confirm both. A Fail-Safe valve is present in the gas line supplying each of the flowmeters except O2. Rotating the N 2 O flow control knob very slowly may help in detecting potential malfunctions. Safety Guidelines for Anesthesia Systems. 10 Proportioning Systems ... To-and-fro system Closed System Anesthesia Other devices have been marketed, such as shown in U.S. Pat. Flow sensors are hot-wire anemometers. An oxygen-nitrous proportioning system will work only if there is oxygen flowing through the oxygen pipes and nitrous flowing through the nitrous pipes. In the Link-25 System, the nitrous oxide and oxygen flow-control valves will continue to be mechanically linked. In a similar fashion to the gas supply hoses, cylinder colors are specific for each gas and pin indexed to prevent connection to the wrong regulator. 2, there is shown a top cross-section of the anesthesia needle valves 54 and 56 for, respectively, oxygen and nitrous oxide. GE-Datex-Ohmeda Link-25 Proportion-Limiting Control System. Lack of essential safety features. In a review of the ASA “Closed Claims” database, Caplan et al. generation, Low oxygen flow alarm for anesthesia systems, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING GASES UNDER PRESSURE PARTICULARLY FOR RESPIRATORS AND MEDICAL DEVICES, Device for regulating the quantity and composition of gas mixtures, <- Previous Patent (Electrohydraulic dir...). Operating Principles of Conventional Flowmeters, Opening the flow control needle valve allows gas to travel through the space between the float and the flow tube. (Courtesy Dräger Medical AG.). The operator regulates flow entering the low-pressure circuit by adjusting the flow control valves. 1). In the GE Datex Aisys Carestation, the traditional needle valve gas flow controls and color-coded control knobs are replaced by an electronic control system that uses a gas mixer. The flowmeter scale can be marked directly on the flow tube or located to the right of the tube. The anesthesia machine is a major component in an integrated anesthesia care system. The scale in use is obvious when two flow tubes for the same gas are used. When a volatile liquid is in a closed container, molecules escape from the liquid phase to the vapor phase until the number of molecules in the vapor phase is constant. The hanger yokes, yoke block (with check valves), cylinder pressure gauge, and cylinder pressure regulators. Part of the Link 25 Proportion-Limiting System used on the Ohmeda Modulus machine consists of a 14-tooth sprocket fixed to the nitrous oxide control knob, with the sprocket linked by a chain to a 29-tooth sprocket, which is mounted on a threaded sleeve attached to the oxygen control knob. Dräger Oxygen Ratio Monitor Controller. Nitrous oxide must not be used. (Redrawn with permission from: Macintosh R, Mushin WW, Epstein HG. 76% for example. This setting automatically determines the minimum flow of oxygen, and, because the outward projections 182 and 184 on the sleeve 172 limit the counterclockwise or outer movement of valve stem 96, a maximum flow is also established for oxygen. The machine is provided with the capability of varying the relative proportion of the individual gases in the final mixture yet an interlocking system prevents certain mixtures being selected, even inadvertently, by the user. Similarly, as knob 174 is turned counterclockwise, thereby opening the oxygen needle valve 54, the knob 174 can be rotated about two complete revolutions or approximately 720° before the outward projections 182 and 184 of sleeve 172 again engage, respectively, outward projection 178 of nut 164 and outward projection 180 of knob 174, thus preventing further counterclockwise rotation of knob 174 and correspondingly preventing further opening of the needle valve 54. The two tubes are connected in series and supplied from a single flow-control valve. The invention is diagrammatically illustrated by way of example, in the drawings appended hereto, in which: FIG. A. Specifically, a linking means is used between the two needle valves. As the gas flow rate increases, the float is carried further up the tube, thereby indicating the flow rate. Manufacturers provide double flow tubes for oxygen and nitrous oxide to provide better visual discrimination at low flow rates. A complete anesthesia apparatus checkout procedure must be performed each day prior to the first use of the anesthesia workstation. 2002 Jun;94(6):1672. Dräger Medical does not use a modular system for the flowmeter subassembly. The components located within this area are, Verifying the Integrity of the Gas Supply Lines between the Flowmeters and the Common Gas Outlet, The 1993 FDA low-pressure system leak check is based on the Datex-Ohmeda negative-pressure leak test (. At any time, however, the nitrous oxide needle valve 56 may be turned to the closed position and even closed entirely without moving or in any way changing the setting of the oxygen needle valve 54. 2, the sleeve 120 for the oxygen needle valve 54 is shaped differently than the corresponding sleeve 124 for the nitrous oxide needle valve 56. The 2000 ASTM F1850-00 standard mandated that a medium priority alarm be activated within 5 seconds when the oxygen pressure decreases below a manufacturer-specific pressure threshold. The heart of the system is the mechanical integration of the nitrous oxide and oxygen flow-control valves. By the positioning of the sleeve 120 on valve stem 96, the compression spring 118 causes a force exerted outwardly by the thrust washers 116, one of which produces the force against nut 114 which is fixed with respect to stud 98 and the other of which produces a force against the internal surface of the sleeve 120 forcing the same outwardly and preventing slack or backlash in the rotational movement of the valve stem 96 within the stud 98. The flow control valves represent an important anatomic landmark within the anesthesia workstation because they separate the intermediate-pressure circuit from the low-pressure circuit. A leak in the oxygen flow tube may result in creation of a hypoxic mixture even when oxygen is located in the downstream position (. pressure fail-safe + + A “fail-safe” is a system or device that limits damage or harm. Figure 24.12. Oxygen flow tube leak. Ohmeda Excel 210 Anesthesia Machine Parts- Flow meters with proportioning system breathing system pressure and leak testing. Dräger Fabius GS. A 2004 document called "Guidelines for determining anesthesia machine obsolescence" is available. • Protection against cross-contamination of anaesthetic agents: means shall be provided to pressure fail-safe + + A “fail-safe” is a system or device that limits damage or harm. The availability of such automated checkout features further adds to the complexity of constructing a uniform pre-use checklist such as the one utilized in the recent past. Uses of spontaneous or manual ventilation, with low FGF rates in a circle system with CO, A new regulator for E-cylinders of oxygen is available that permits controlled delivery of oxygen via a nozzle at flows of ≤25 L/min for patient transport (, Nitrous oxide from the tank supply enters the N. Having entered the anesthesia machine’s intermediate-pressure system from the pipeline supply at ∼50 psig, or from the tank supply at 45 psig, oxygen can take several paths: To the DISS auxiliary oxygen takeoff, which can be connected to a Sanders type jet ventilating system, To supply a pneumatically powered bellows ventilator. Such scrutiny will reduce the risk of hypoxic gas flow at the beginning of anesthesia. They include the pin index safety system (PISS), diameter index safety system (DISS), failsafe valve, oxygen-nitrous oxide proportioning system, oxygen supply failure alarm, flowmeter sequence, and, most distally, the oxygen analyzer. These are discussed in the following sections. Turning now to FIG. Nitrous oxide/oxygen proportioning flowmeters. As may be seen in FIG. The oxygen and nitrous oxide flow-control valves are linked mechanically or pneumatically by a proportioning system to help prevent unintended delivery of a hypoxic mixture. Case reports in the anesthesia literature describe how pipelines may be crossed in the bulk supply system or in the anesthesia machine itself,” or how cylinders can be misfilled or attached to the wrong yoke of the anesthesia machine.’,’ A. An anesthesia machine for providing a mixture of oxygen and a second gas of selected proportions, said anesthesia machine having first and second rotatable valves, said first rotatable valve controlling the flow of oxygen and said second rotatable valve controlling the flow of the second gas, each of said rotatable valves being independently rotatable with respect to said other rotatable valve within a predetermined … In such manner, the maximum opening of needle valve 54 is also established. As an example, if the know 174 is rotated clockwise, it moves towards the nut 164 as oxygen needle valve 54 progresses towards the closed position. The hanger yoke assembly orients and supports the cylinder, provides a gas-tight seal, and ensures a unidirectional flow of gases into the machine. Therefore, it was common practice to pressurize the breathing circuit and the low-pressure circuit with the oxygen flush valve to test for internal anesthesia machine leaks by observing the breathing system pressure gauge. In addition, the pipeline supply pressures of all gases can fall to less than 45 psig if problems exist in the central piping system. It is the only machine safety device, Table 24-1. In addition, precision of desired concentrations and changes thereof by needle valve movement is assured by spring loading the needle valve movable members and providing fixed bearings. The Ohmeda Excel 210, which does have a one-way check valve, also has a positive-pressure relief valve downstream from the check valve and therefore is unsuitable for jet ventilation. Now, a new generation of anesthesia vaporizers blending traditional technology and “new” computerized control technology has emerged in the GE-Datex Aladin cassette vaporizer system. 3) Proportioning system- safety feature that wont allow you to adjust to result in hypoxic mixture - automatically decreases N2O when O2 decreased (prevents user error) 4) Oxygen failsafe system/valve- anesthesia machine will alarm with low limits (senses if O2 pressure drops by more than 50%) and shut off N2O and give visual and audio alarms Simply always attaching the correct cylinder to the appropriate yoke of the anesthesia machine would obviate the need for a pin index system. All three gases meet together where? In 2008 the ASA published recommendations for pre-anesthesia checkout machines, taking into consideration newer workstations that perform automated checkout. The function of the anesthesia machine is to (1) receive gases from the central supply and cylinders, (2) meter them and add anesthetic vapors, and finally, (3) deliver them to the patient breathing circuit. (Reproduced with permission from: Brockwell RC. Thus, the N2 O valve cannot be opened to any point where the percentage of O2 in the mixture falls below 21%. Dräger Medical Fabius GS anesthesia workstation. Ultimately, the responsibility of performing an adequate pre-use checkout of the anesthesia workstation falls to the individual operator: regardless of the level of his/her training and the quality of technical support. Two set screws are used to secure each knob, collar, and sprocket of the assembly. The Anesthesia Machine: Essentials for Understanding. • Protection against cross-contamination of anaesthetic agents: means shall be … Privacy Policy The needle valves 54 and 56 are mounted on a manifold 78 by a threaded engagement. Note needle valve controls, graphical and digital flow displays. Comparison of Anesthesia Workstation Functions. A few failures of the Datex-Ohmeda Link-25 system have been described. Tested components commonly include the gas supply system, flow control valves, the circle system, ventilator, and integrated vaporizers. PIN INDEX SAFETY SYSTEM 3/6/2020 9 The anesthesia care provider has the ultimate responsibility for proper function of all anesthesia delivery equipment that he or she uses. The Aisys Carestation controls are designed by electrical engineers where the standard is to increase the output by rotating the dial (com wheel) in a clockwise direction. The total gas flow rotameter continues to function if electrical power is lost. Anesthesia workstations have E-cylinders for use when a pipeline supply source is not available or if the pipeline system fails. Thus, although the invention has been shown and described specifically for an anesthesia machine wherein nitrous oxide and oxygen are the two gases being utilized, it may be easily seen that the proportion limiting system could be used for a range of other uses where a maximum limit on the proportion of one of such gases is desired, yet full flexibility afforded to select, within that range, any particular proportion of the gases. Thus when learning to use the Aisys Carestation workstation, the operator must adapt to “clockwise to increase” and remember to confirm new settings, otherwise they are not implemented. In addition, they are not readily accepted by many users that are accustomed to the more conventional technique of adjusting individual needle valves to obtain the desired mixtures. 3. The balance regulator for nitrous oxide closes completely when the pressure of oxygen falls to 0.5 psig. proportioning devices. Anaesthesia machine is designed to deliver O 2 along with other anaesthetic gases including volatile anaesthetic vapours in specified concentrations to patients with the help of breathing circuits. Oxygen can exist only in gaseous form at room temperature, and it obeys Boyle’s law which states that for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature, the product of pressure times volume is constant. The valve is open in, Many Datex-Ohmeda machines are equipped with a fail-safe valve known as the pressure-sensor shutoff valve (, In the GE Datex Aestiva/5, which is a more recent model machine, the “fail-safe” valve is not of an “open or closed” design, rather it is a variable valve in a balance regulator. Nevertheless, a hypoxic mixture can proceed to the common gas outlet. A Fail-Safe valve is present in the gas line supplying each of the flowmeters except O2. ORMC controls the fresh gas oxygen concentration to levels substantially higher than 25% at oxygen flow rates of less than 1 L/min. A damaged float can cause inaccurate readings because the precise relationship between the float and the flow tube is altered. The flow scale, the chemical symbol, and the gas-specific color codes are etched directly onto the flow tube. The traditional needle valve gas flow controls were designed by mechanical engineers so that one turns the flow control knob counterclockwise to increase flow (by opening the valve wider). The term. The Link-25 automatically increases oxygen flow to prevent delivery of a hypoxic mixture. Therefore, V2, the volume of oxygen in a “full” E-cylinder at 1 atm is, The following equation has been proposed to help estimate the remaining time that oxygen can be delivered at a given flow rate, For example, an E-cylinder of oxygen with a pressure of 1,000 psig, used at an oxygen flow rate of 5 L/min would be depleted in, It should be noted that this calculation will provide only a gross estimate of remaining time and may not be exact. A stop 130 is also mounted on the oxygen needle valve stem 96 and is positioned in a predetermined location on the stem 96 for purposes which will later become apparent. For example, oxygen pressure within the machine can decrease below 45 psig with oxygen flushing or possibly even during the use of a pneumatically driven ventilator, particularly at high inspiratory flow rates. Finally, if flowmeters are not aligned properly in the vertical position (plumb), readings can be inaccurate because tilting distorts the annular space. Just as the patient is intubated, the ventilator alarms “Low O2 Supply.” The flow meters drop to zero. Each cylinder supply source has a pressure-reducing valve known as the cylinder pressure regulator. The hypoxic guard system is also known as a.... proportioning system. Anesthesia Machine The Anesthesia Machine ... –Proportioning. The same applies to increasing agent concentration on a variable bypass vaporizer. alarm and safety features: anesthesia machine. The anesthesia machine is a major component in an integrated anesthesia care system. A direct acting proportional valve, integral to the design of an inspiratory flow system, provides precision control for the flow of gas. Furthermore, users should be cautioned that use of a pneumatically driven mechanical ventilator will dramatically increase oxygen utilization rates and decrease the remaining time until the cylinder is depleted. A defective or damaged valve can stick in the fully open position, resulting in barotrauma. The invention is particularly suited to an anesthesia machine wherein separate supplies of oxygen (O, 128/203.25, 137/607, 251/294, 137/607, 137/630.18, 137/630.19, 137/635, 128/203.12, 128/203.23, 128/203.24, 128/203.25, 251/294, ROGER M. RATHBUN (NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ, US), Click for automatic bibliography The comprehensiveness of these self-diagnostic tests varies from one model and manufacturer to another. Inspect anesthesia machine for: a. machine control number (note on anesthesia record) b. undamaged flowmeters, vaporizers, gauges, and supply hoses c. complete, undamaged breathing system with adequate CO2 absorbent d. correct mounting of cylinders in yokes; presence of cylinder wrench 2. In a 1976 survey of approximately 200 hospitals, 31% reported difficulties with pipeline systems. Flow tube constriction. The bearing 162 acts along with bearing 112 to prevent wobble of the valve stem 96. - Representation of a typical anesthesia workstation - Fresh gas decoupled breathing system - Anesthesia machine internal piping - Components of a standard circle breathing system - Simplified functional diagram of an anesthesia machine - Flowmeter sequence - Incompetent inspiratory valve vs incompetent expiratory valve - Simplified functional diagram of a Perseus anesthesia machine Pressure-sensor shutoff valve. In particular, the sleeve 120 has an externally threaded extension 126, upon which is mounted a sprocket 128 having its internal bore threaded correspondingly to the external threads of extension 126 such that rotation of either the sleeve 120 or the sprocket 128 with respect to each other causes lateral movement between the sleeve 120 and sprocket 128. No valve movement of either the O2 or N2 O valve can cause the O2 concentration in the final mixture to be reduced below 21%. Product details. Many new anesthesia workstations now incorporate technology that allows the machine to either automatically or manually guide the user through a series of self-tests to check for functionality of electronic, mechanical, and pneumatic components. The Ohmeda Modulus II plus, which does not have the check valve, provides only 7 psig at the common gas outlet because much of the oxygen flows retrograde into the low-pressure circuit and out to atmosphere through an internal relief valve located upstream from the oxygen flush valve. In such closed position the sprocket 140 may be rotated clockwise (in the closing direction of needle valve 56) until the surface 136 of sprocket 128 almost touches shoulder 138 of sleeve 120. Anesthesia Workstation Standards and Pre-Use Procedures, A few years ago, a fundamental knowledge of the basic anesthesia machine pneumatics would have sufficed for most anesthesia providers. In the GE Aisys Carestation, the second gas, either N. In the Aisys Carestation, the controls to increase or decrease flows (or agent concentration) represent a departure from the traditional. Both gases are available in hospitals through built-in piping systems, or in the alternative and in the event of any failure of such piping systems, supplies are readily available commercially in cylinders. The annular space. Dräger Perseus® A500. The second-stage pressure regulator for oxygen reduces the pressure to about 30 psig in the intermediate-pressure system. The flow scale and the chemical formula (or name of the gas) is permanently etched on the backing to the right of the flow tube. Newly manufactured workstations must have monitors that measure the following parameters: continuous breathing system pressure, exhaled tidal volume, ventilatory CO. Perhaps just as important as the specifications for new anesthesia machines and workstations that are introduced into clinical care are the characteristics that render older machines obsolete. If the cylinders are left open when this occurs, they will eventually become depleted and no reserve supply may be available if a complete central pipeline failure were to occur. This invention relates to an anesthesia machine, and more particularly, to a machine adapted to receive separate supplies of oxygen and nitrous oxide and to cause mixing thereof to dispense a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide for anesthetizing a patient. The minimum flow rate for oxygen as determined by oxygen needle valve 54 is established, as previously stated, by adjusting the position of the nut 164 such that its outward projection 178 is held in a predetermined position. The heart of the system is themechanical integration of the nitrous oxide and oxygen flow control valves. The oxygen pressure is then piloted to the balance regulator where it is applied to the oxygen side of the regulated diaphragm. Machine standard requires that an anesthesia machine be designed so that whenever the oxygen supply pressure is reduced below normal, the oxygen concentration at the common gas outlet does not fall below 19% Oxygen Pressure Failure Devices. The internal volume of the breathing system is 2.5 L (of which 1.4 L is absorbent). Contemporary Ohmeda machines use the Link-25 system. regulatory bodies when considering whether an anaesthetic machine is suitable for clinical practice in Malta. Figure 24.4. It allows independent adjustment of either valve, yet automatically intercedes to maintain a minimum 25% oxygen concentration with a maximum nitrous oxide–oxygen flow ratio of 3:1. It must be emphasized that use of the oxygen flush to drive a jet ventilation system connected at the machine’s common gas outlet is an “off label” use of the machine, and is not recommended by the machine manufacturers. FIG. 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