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2. Respironics - Wikipedia

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   Respironics is an American medical supply company owned by Philips that specializes in products that improve respiratory functions. It is based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Murrysville in Pennsylvania, United States. Some of its products had hazardous foam that disintegrated and entered patients' bodies.

3. Portable oxygen concentrator - Wikipedia

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   Portable oxygen concentrator used with bottle humidifier POCs operate on the same principle as a home concentrator, pressure swing adsorption . [ 6 ] The basic set up of a POC is a miniaturized air compressor , a cylinder filled containing the sieve, a pressure equalizing reservoir and valves and tubes.

4. Oxygen concentrator - Wikipedia

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   An oxygen concentrator is a device that concentrates the oxygen from a gas supply (typically ambient air) by selectively removing nitrogen to supply an oxygen-enriched product gas stream. They are used industrially, to provide supplemental oxygen at high altitudes, and as medical devices for oxygen therapy .

5. Medical gas supply - Wikipedia

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   Medical oxygen storage tanks at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Oxygen may be used for patients requiring supplemental oxygen via mask. Usually accomplished by a large storage system of liquid oxygen at the hospital which is evaporated into a concentrated oxygen supply, pressures are usually around 345–380 kPa (50.0–55.1 psi), [1] [2] or in the UK and Europe, 4–5 bar ...

6. Positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.PAP ventilation is also commonly used for those who are critically ill in hospital with respiratory failure, in newborn infants (), and for the prevention and treatment of atelectasis in patients with difficulty taking deep breaths.

7. Oxygen therapy - Wikipedia

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   Many people only require slight increases in inhaled oxygen, rather than pure or near-pure oxygen. [67] These requirements can be met through a number of devices dependent on situation, flow requirements, and personal preference. A nasal cannula (NC) is a thin tube with two small nozzles inserted into a person's nostrils. It can provide oxygen ...