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A waste anesthesia capture system includes exhaust apparatus having a rate of fluid flow of at least five times the rate of anesthesia gas delivered to a patient, the exhaust apparatus having a capacity of at least ten cubic feet per minute. The system further includes an exhaust conduit in fluid-in

A waste anesthesia capture system includes exhaust apparatus having a rate of fluid flow of at least five times the rate of anesthesia gas delivered to a patient, the exhaust apparatus having a capacity of at least ten cubic feet per minute. The system further includes an exhaust conduit in fluid-integral communication, at a first opening, with the exhaust apparatus. Also included is a Y-shaped anesthesia gas conduct formed of a flexible memory-retaining material. A cross-section of a base portion of that conduit has an output in fluid-integral communication with a second opening of the exhaust conduit, and each of two branches of the Y-shaped conduit define longitudinal axes, the axes having a selectable separation in the range of nine inches to two feet, and each open end of the branches defining a diameter in the range of 0.5 to 4.0 inches.

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[ Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, useful and non-obvious and, accordingly, secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] An anesthesia gas capture system, comprising:(a) exhaust means having a rate of fluid flow of at least five times the rate of flow of an input of

[ Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, useful and non-obvious and, accordingly, secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] An anesthesia gas capture system, comprising:(a) exhaust means having a rate of fluid flow of at least five times the rate of flow of an input of anesthesia gas delivery to a patient, said exhaust means having a fluid exhaust capacity of at least 25 cubic feet per minute, said exhaust means further comprising means for actuating said exhaust means responsive to a monitored predetermined level of anesthesia gas contamination within a work area;(b) an exhaust conduit in fluid-integral communication, at a first opening thereof, with said exhaust means; and(c) a Y-shaped gas acquisition conduit formed of a flexible memory-retaining material, an opening of a base portion of said conduit having an input in fluid integral communication with an appropriate opening of said exhaust conduit, and branches of said Y-shaped conduit defining longitudinal axes having a selectable separation in the range of six inches to two feet, and input ends of said branches defining anesthesia gas acquisition means, each of said input ends having diameters in a range of 0.5 to 4.0 inches.