{"id":105173,"date":"2021-05-05T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=105173"},"modified":"2021-05-05T22:26:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T16:56:06","slug":"how-does-an-oxygen-concentrator-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-does-an-oxygen-concentrator-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How does an Oxygen concentrator help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oxygen Concentrators have emerged as a sought after device as the demand for medical oxygen continues unabated and several states struggle to keep pace with the demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are Oxygen Concentrators?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oxygen Concentrator <\/strong>is a medical device that takes in air and separates the oxygen and delivers it into a person via a nasal cannula.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>When is an oxygen concentrator needed?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oxygen Concentrator<\/strong> could help those whose saturation levels range between 88 and 92.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Any lower would require<\/strong> more intensive oxygenation and any higher would mean that an improvement in lung function can obviate the need for such a device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Working:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Atmospheric air <\/strong>has about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen with other gases making up the remaining 1%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The concentrator takes<\/strong> in this atmospheric air, filters out the nitrogen and concentrates all the oxygen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The oxygen that is concentrated <\/strong>in this device holds about 90 to 95% purity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Components:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly, an Oxygen Concentrator consists<\/strong> of a compressor and sieve bed filter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly, the compressor <\/strong>squeezes atmospheric air and also adjusts the pressure at which it is delivered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly, the sieve bed <\/strong>is made of a material called Zeolite that separates the nitrogen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourthly, there are two sieve beds<\/strong> that work to both release oxygen into a tank that\u2019s connected to the cannula as well as release the separated nitrogen and form a continuous loop that keeps producing fresh oxygen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Are all concentrators the same?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The Oxygen Concentrator comes with a variety of specifications.There are those with varying oxygen outputs.<\/li>\n<li>For COVID-19 patients, a device with a 5L-10 L output is recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Types of Oxygen Concentrators: <\/strong>There are two types of oxygen concentrators namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Continuous flow:<\/strong> It provides the same flow of oxygen in a minute until its been turned off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pulse dose<\/strong>: It identifies the patient&#8217;s breathing pattern and gives out oxygen when it detects inhalation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-oxygen-concentrators-and-how-are-they-different-from-oxygen-cylinders\/\"><strong>Further Reading on Difference between Oxygen Concentrator and Medical Oxygen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/MShareArticle?OrgId=GA88I7BOB.1&amp;imageview=0\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Oxygen Concentrators have emerged as a sought after device as the demand for medical oxygen continues unabated and several states struggle to keep pace with the demand. What are Oxygen Concentrators? Oxygen Concentrator is a medical device that takes in air and separates the oxygen and delivers it into a person&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-does-an-oxygen-concentrator-help\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How does an Oxygen concentrator help?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,1351,1310,1738,9],"tags":[1424],"class_list":["post-105173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_6","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700772840,"cached_date":1704924052},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}