Efficacy of a novel oxygen scavenger mask in reducing local oxygen concentrations below the surgical fire risk threshold: an experimental proof-of-concept study
An oxygen scavenger mask device reduced local oxygen concentrations from nasal cannula ventilation to below the 23% fire threshold in the entire facial surgical field external to the mask in these experiments. The device may reduce intraoperative fire risk in patients that require supplementary oxygen during surgery.
Authors
- Jeremiah Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6742-4276)
- Teresa Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-219X)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Orbital Research (United States) (US)
- Federal State Scientific Institution Research Institute of Eye Diseases (RU)
- UC Irvine Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Patient Safety in Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-024-00411-1
- Primary Topic
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of California, Irvine
- School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine