Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator 

The Medtronic Covidien Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator is designed to help patients breathe more naturally through advanced breath-delivery technology. Engineered with a highly intuitive and customizable touchscreen interface, the PB980 provides clinicians with flexible display options, including multiple graph and loop layouts for comprehensive patient monitoring.

Equipped with a digital communication board, the Puritan Bennett 980 offers multiple USB ports for external storage connectivity and an HDMI output for projecting the user interface to an external display. The ventilator also features an integrated expiratory filtration system to help protect both patients and healthcare staff from cross-contamination.

Simple, Safe, and Smart Design

Simple

A modern, highly customizable user interface with intuitive navigation helps clinicians work efficiently and adapt the display to their workflow.

Safe

The PB980 includes a unique ventilator assurance feature that maintains ventilation as close to the preset settings as possible during certain system faults. It also incorporates an advanced expiratory filtration system for enhanced infection control.

Smart

Sophisticated synchrony tools enable clinicians to tailor ventilation to meet each patient’s specific respiratory needs, ensuring appropriate support throughout the breathing cycle.

Key Features

• Versatile ventilator supporting both invasive and non-invasive ventilation, including SIMV and CPAP.

• Intuitive touchscreen interface with customizable display options.

• Ventilator assurance feature maintains ventilation during specific system failures.

• Integrated expiratory filtration system minimizes cross-contamination risk.

• Advanced synchrony tools optimize patient-ventilator interaction.

• Software supports spontaneous breathing modes, BiLevel ventilation, and airway pressure release ventilation.

• Proximal flow sensor improves measurement accuracy for neonatal applications.

• Tube compensation reduces the work of breathing caused by artificial airways.

• Standby mode preserves settings and auto-detects patient reconnection.

• Large-font display option for improved visibility.

• Multiple USB ports, HDMI output, and EMR-compatible networking capabilities.

Detailed Specifications

Dimensions

• Height: 58” (148 cm)

• Width: 12.5” (32 cm)

• Depth: 11.5” (30 cm)

• Weight: 113 lbs (51.26 kg)

Display

• Size: 15” (38.1 cm)

• Rotation: 170°

• Tilt: Up to 45° from vertical

Pneumatics

• Oxygen & Air Supply Pressure: 241–600 kPa (35–87 psi)

• Maximum Flow: 200 L/min

• Gas Mixing System:

  • 80 L/min for pediatric circuits

  • 150 L/min for adult circuits

  • Additional peak flow up to 200 L/min for compliance compensation

• Maximum Limited Pressure: < 125 cmH₂O

• Maximum Working Pressure: Ensured by high-pressure limit at PI = 90 cmH₂O

Measuring Systems

• Pressure: Solid-state differential transducers

• Flow & Volume: Hot-film anemometer and optional proximal flow sensor

• Oxygen: Galvanic cell, lifespan up to one year (usage dependent)

Filtration

• Inspiratory Filter Bacterial/Viral Efficiency: > 99.999%

• Particle Filtration Efficiency: > 99.97% at 0.3 μm, 100 L/min

• Exhalation Filter Resistance:

  • < 0.7 cmH₂O at 30 L/min (new)

  • Pediatric/adult exhalation filter penetration ≤ 0.03% at 0.3 μm

Ventilation Parameters

• Predicted Body Weight: 3.5–150 kg

• Modes: A/C, SIMV, SPONT, BiLevel, CPAP

• Mandatory Breath Types: VC, PC, VC+

• Spontaneous Breath Types: PS, VS, TC, PAV+

• Ventilation Type: Invasive & Non-invasive

• Pressure Support: 0–70 cmH₂O

• Rise Time: 1–100%

• Tidal Volume: 25–2,500 mL (with detailed resolution levels)

• Respiratory Rate: 1–100 breaths/min (up to 150 with Universal ventilator)

• Peak Inspiratory Flow: 3–150 L/min

• Inspiratory Time: 0.2–8.0 seconds

• PEEP: 0–45 cmH₂O

• IG Ratio: 1:299 to 149:1

• Trigger Types: Pressure or flow triggering

• Oxygen Range: 21–100%

• Apnea Support: Full parameters including PC/VC modes, O₂ settings, timing options

• Humidification Options: HME, non-heated or heated expiratory tubes

• Patient Circuit Types: Pediatric & adult

Respiratory Maneuvers

• NIF: 0 to –50 cmH₂O

• P0.1: –20 to 0 cmH₂O

• Vital Capacity: Up to 6,000 mL