Patent ID: 8485187

Claim:
A breathing circuit for use with an anesthesia machine, the breathing circuit adapted to remove volatile anesthetics from the anesthesia machine to minimize the effects of malignant hyperthermia in susceptible patients, the breathing circuit comprising: an expiratory limb adapted to receive gases expelled from a patient such that substantially all the gases can be returned to an anesthesia machine through the expiratory limb; an inspiratory limb adapted to receive gases from the anesthesia machine and deliver gases to the patient to be inspired by the patient; a first anesthetic removing filter component for placement in fluid communication with the expiratory limb such that gases passing through the expiratory limb pass through the first anesthetic removing filter component, the first anesthetic removing filter component being adapted to remove sufficient volatile anesthetics positioned in the gases passing through the expiratory limb to minimize the effects of malignant hyperthermia in a patient; and a second anesthetic removing filter component for placement in fluid communication with the inspiratory limb such that gases passing through the inspiratory limb pass through the second anesthetic removing filter component, the second anesthetic removing filter component being adapted to remove sufficient volatile anesthetic positioned in the gases passing through the inspiratory limb to minimize the effects of malignant hyperthermia in a patient.