Oxygen Smart

POC’s (portable oxygen concentrators) were introduced around 2002 and have become a major player in the oxygen therapy area.  These are machines – and they include larger models as a home based stationary unit, or smaller portable ones, that do not store oxygen but recycle it instead.  They are powered by electricity and what they [...]

One of the great restrictions on mobility that long term oxygen therapy patients had was being able to travel.  Taking a trip for vacations or any other reason was a major problem.  The difficulties came from two sources:
1.    The oxygen delivery system.
2.    Transport restrictions.
Oxygen tanks and oxygen cylinders have to be stored safely and at [...]

Portable oxygen concentrators have changed many things for people who depend on an external oxygen supply. Revolutionize is perhaps too strong a word, but they definitely have changed the lifestyles of many people for the better. A few years back you hardly ever saw anyone on the streets carrying or pulling an oxygen [...]