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Safety IV Catheter & Arterial Syringe Vents

Protect Healthcare Workers from Pathogen Exposure with Multiple Venting Options

Safety IV Catheter & Arterial Syringe Vents for Enhanced Safety

Protecting healthcare workers and ensuring sample integrity are paramount in catheter and syringe applications. At Porex, we offer a range of innovative vents designed specifically for safety IV catheters and arterial syringes. Our vents provide crucial benefits such as enhanced protection against pathogen exposure and blood bypass, optimized airflow, customizable designs for seamless integration, sterilization compatibility, and adherence to environmental regulations. With our catheter and syringe vents, healthcare professionals can confidently perform their critical tasks while maintaining the integrity and safety of patients and samples.

Our materials are shapable for high-volume applications and customizable for easy fabrication and conversions. We provide large sheets, rolls, or other material formats specific to your needs.

Safety IV Catheter Vents

Our self-sealing safety IV catheter vents are assembled into safety IV catheter devices, designed to perform multiple functions such as obtaining blood samples, introducing fluids, and administering drugs. These vents immediately shut off upon contact with fluids, preventing blood bypass in the “flashback chamber” and protecting healthcare workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Arterial Syringe Vents

Arterial syringe vents are designed to prevent blood bypass in arterial syringe devices when collecting blood samples for blood gas analysis. These vents protect healthcare workers and maintain sample integrity by trapping blood in a controlled environment.

Options for customizing safety IV catheter and arterial syringe vents

Features
PTFE Membrane Options

Key Features & Benefits

Safety IV Catheter Vents

Protect healthcare employees from exposure–The vent’s “self-sealing” ability to immediately shut off upon contact with fluids eliminates fluid bypass and protects healthcare employees from blood and bloodborne pathogens.
Meet airflow requirements – Optimized design provides desired airflow and pressure drop characteristics under venous pressure.
Can be customized to specific assembly needs – Vent designs can be optimized for integrating into specific devices and for high-volume automated assembly.
Free of PFOA: Compliant with (EC) 1907/2006 REACH / Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 POP

Arterial Syringe Vents

- High airflow venting: Vents allow gases to escape at high airflow under arterial pressure.

- Customizable designs: Vent designs can be tailored to integrate into syringes and accommodate high-volume automated assembly.

- Sample integrity: The vent’s self-sealing ability preserves samples in a controlled environment.

- Sterilization compatibility: Our arterial syringe vents are compatible with gamma, e-beam, and ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization processes.

- PFOA-free: Compliant with (EC) 1907/2006 REACH / Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 POP.

Item	Product	Typical Pore Size [µ]	Reinforcement material	Typical Airflow [L/h cm2 70mbar]	Water Entry pressure (≥WEP/[bar])	Thickness [µm]
MD10	Porex Virtek® PTFE Sintered Hydrophobic Membranes	>99.99% BFE Nominal	none	107 (min 70)	175	0.13
MD10L	Porex Virtek® PTFE Sintered Hydrophobic Membranes	>99.99% BFE Nominal	PP	85 (min 48)	175	0.3
MD15	Porex Virtek® PTFE Sintered Hydrophobic Membranes	>99.99% BFE Nominal	none	75 (min 45)	265	0.18
MD20	Porex Virtek® PTFE Sintered Hydrophobic Membranes	>99.9999% BFE, >99.999% VFE Nominal	none	25 (min 16)	350	0.25
MD22	Porex Virtek® PTFE Sintered Hydrophobic Membranes	>99.99% BFE Nominal	none	17 (min 5)	500	0.1
MD25	Porex Virtek® PTFE Sintered Hydrophobic Membranes	>99.9999% BFE Nominal	none	7 (mn 2)	750	0.19
eMD01LPP	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	0.1	PP	27 (min 15	5000	0.2
eMD01LPET	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	0.1	PET	18 (min 12)	5000	0.155
eMD022LPP	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	0.2	PP	33 (min 24)	4500	0.2
eMD022LPET	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	0.2	PET	30 (min 21)	4500	0.155
eMD045LPP	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	0.45	PP	48 (min 36)	2500	0.2
eMD045LPET	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	0.45	PET	42 (mn 30)	2500	0.155
eMD1LPP	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	1	PP	102 (min 72)	1000	0.2
eMD1LPET	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	1	PET	81 (min 60)	1000	0.155
eMD3LPP	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	3	PP	123 (min 96)	800	0.2
eMD3LPET	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	3	PET	114 (min 90)	800	0.155
eMD5LPP	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	5	PP	372 (min 312)	50	0.2
eMD5LPET	Porex Virtek® PTFE Expanded Hydrophobic Membranes	5	PET	354 (min 300)	50	0.155

Oleophobic treatments available
^** Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) data is based on a modified version of ASTM F2101
^*** Viral Filtration Efficiency (VFE),
Properties are typical and not meant for specifications. Selected options and adhesives may affect properties. Complete testing data and information is available upon request – all exceeded the standard BFE value of 98% RoHS, WEEE, REACH Compliant (PFOA Free)

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