Portable oxygen generator: Escort healthy new life!

Home oxygen therapy

 Home oxygen therapy is one of the important means of treating hypoxemia outside the hospital, which can help patients rapidly improve the partial pressure of arterial blood oxygen and blood oxygen saturation, thereby greatly improving the disease situation of patients and improving the quality of life.

  At present, home oxygen supply is mainly achieved through desktop oxygen generator or portable oxygen generator. Portable oxygen generator because of its small size, light weight, can be used outdoors for a long time and other advantages, more and more users began to choose.

  So, what is the difference between portable oxygen generators and traditional desktop oxygen generators? How to supply oxygen to portable oxygen generator? How should users use it correctly?

  Portable oxygen generator

/ How it works /

  Portable oxygen generator is a kind of equipment that can extract air and remove nitrogen in it, so as to purify oxygen, purified oxygen concentration can reach more than 90% normally. Its core working principle is the use of molecular sieve physical adsorption and desorption technology.

 

  When compressed air flows through the molecular sieve, nitrogen in the air will be adsorbed by the molecular sieve, and oxygen can be successfully collected through the molecular sieve and finally provided to the user for a period of time thereafter.

The working principle of portable oxygen generator

 

  Studies have shown that it takes about 3-5 seconds for the human body to complete each respiratory cycle, and the whole breathing process can be roughly divided into three stages:

• Inspiratory stage 1: In this stage, the body takes in gas and gas exchange occurs in the lungs.
• Inspiratory stage 2: In this stage, due to the presence of a dead zone, although the body has inhaled gas, there is no gas exchange.
• Exhalation stage: In this stage, the body exhales gas without gas exchange.

  The main oxygen supply mode of the portable oxygen generator is pulse oxygen supply, the basic principle is to provide oxygen to the patient in the inspiratory stage one, where the gas exchange is most active, and do not provide any oxygen in the inspiratory stage two and exhalation stage.

Portable oxygen generator oxygen supply mode - pulse type oxygen supply

  With the continuous maturity and progress of pulsed oxygen supply technology, some of the leading portable oxygen generators have introduced a technology that can supply and adjust the pulsed oxygen supply frequency according to the patient's respiratory rate, which can intelligently judge the stage of human breathing, and supply oxygen only in the patient's inspiratory stage, to ensure that pulsed oxygen supply and continuous oxygen supply can achieve the same oxygen treatment effect.

  This "oxygen on demand" approach brings high oxygen utilization, not only does not require the use of high-power compressors and large molecular sieves to produce large amounts of oxygen, but also saves equipment volume and weight.

  In addition, the high oxygen utilization rate also extends the use time of the oxygen generator battery. Under normal circumstances, the pulse oxygen mode can last for more than 1-3 hours under the commonly used three-speed pulse, which greatly gives the patient more opportunities for outdoor activities.

  However, although the pulse mode has a variety of advantages and effects, but some users may appear the following strangeness when using, but please do not worry too much, deepen the understanding of the pulse oxygen supply, can help us more freely absorb oxygen.

 Pulse patterns of breathing sensation and sensitivity

  Some elderly users may feel a little different or more sensitive when using portable oxygen generators for the first time, because compared with the continuous and stable oxygen flow provided by traditional oxygen generators, the pulse oxygen supply is different, and the pulse mode is intermittent.

Therefore, the user may also feel that there is less control over the oxygen supply, and if there is doubt about the effectiveness of oxygen therapy, we recommend that you can use an oximeter to measure whether the body's blood oxygen is effectively increased.

Pulse synchronization

  Unlike the continuous and predictable oxygen flow of traditional oxygen sources, users of pulsed oxygen may need time to get used to and synchronize their breathing with the pulse delivery system of the oxygen generator.

Noise and vibration

  The mechanical characteristics of the pulse transmission will let the user feel the sound and vibration during use, and the principle of continuous flow equipment is the same as the compressor work, so we recommend that the user can be placed in a stable and stable position to reduce the machine vibration when in use.

Battery management and maintenance

  Portable oxygen generator battery is an important part of the machine, but also the most important part of free travel, we recommend that you can usually more maintenance to extend the service life of the battery. For example, often turn on the machine to run, or when not in use, take out the battery every half month to 1 month or so to charge and discharge.

* When using oxygen generator products, please read the product instructions carefully or purchase and use under the guidance of medical personnel. Please refer to the instructions for prohibited contents or precautions.