Patent ID: 6948493

Claim:
A connector arrangement for an anaesthetic circuit comprising a manifold including a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets, the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets being arranged for connection to gas lines in the anaesthetic circuit, whereby to facilitate minimizing the extent of gas line components required in the anaesthetic circuit, the manifold including a high pressure portion and a low pressure portion only, the high pressure portion including an oxygen inlet for receiving oxygen from an oxygen supply and regulator, and an oxygen outlet for providing oxygen to an oxygen flowmeter, the low pressure portion having a vaporizer inlet for receiving oxygen and anaesthetic from a vaporizer, and a patient outlet for connection to a patient breathing circuit, for providing an oxygen/anaesthetic mixture to the patent breathing circuit; and an oxygen flush outlet provided for connection to a flush valve and an oxygen flush inlet provided for connection from the flush valve, whereby to enable the provision of a flush bypass line for enabling oxygen to be provide directly to the patient, bypassing the vaporizer, wherein the oxygen flush outlet communicates with the oxygen inlet in the high pressure portion and the oxygen flush inlet communicates with the patient outlet in the low pressure portion.