What Is The Focus Portable Oxygen Concentrator - AirSep Focus Portable Patient Manual

What is the Focus Portable Oxygen Concentrator?

Oxygen concentrators were introduced in the mid-1970s and have become the most convenient, reliable source of supplemental oxygen
available today. Oxygen concentrators are th e most cost-effective, efficient, and safe st alternative to using high-pressure ox ygen
cylinders or liquid oxygen. An oxygen concentrator provides all the oxygen you need with no cylinder or bottle deliveries required.
The air we breathe contains approximately 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and 1% other gases. In the Focus unit, room air passes thro ugh
a regenerative, adsorbent material called molecular sieve. This material separates the oxygen from the nitrogen. The result is a flow of
high-concentration oxygen delivered to the patient.
Focus combines advanced oxygen concentrator technology with oxygen conserving technology for the world's smallest and lightest
portable oxygen concentrator at just 1.75 lb (0.8 kg). The unit efficiently produces its own oxygen, and quickly delivers it as a pulse
of oxygen at the very beginning of your inhalation. This eliminates the waste associated with a continuous flow oxygen device that
delivers oxygen even while you are exhaling. Focu s produces the equivalent of 2 LPM (liters per m inute) continuous flow oxygen
in a lightweight package that patients can wear easily away from the home.
Focus operates from four different power sources. (Refer to the Power Supplies section of this manual.)
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