CPAP

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a method of respiratory ventilation used primarily in the treatment of  sleep apnea, COPD, acute respiratory failure. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the upper airway becomes narrow as the muscles relax naturally during sleep. This reduces oxygen in the blood and causes arousal from sleep. The CPAP machine stops this phenomenon by delivering a stream of compressed air via a hose to a nasal pillow, nose mask or full-face mask, splinting the airway (keeping it open under air pressure) so that unobstructed breathing becomes possible, reducing and/or preventing apneas and hypopnea.

CPAP is useful for children with collapsible airways, small lung volumes, or muscle weakness that interferes with adequate ventilation.

CPAPs come with different features such as ramping to allow comfortable adjustment to the pressure to allow the user to fall asleep more easily, software to capture specific usage and breathing events data; and automated altitude adjustment. Accessories, such as nasal interface applications and humidification devices are provided to maximize comfort to ensure patient’s compliance.

Oxygen Concentrator

An Oxygen Concentrator uses the ambient air, which is normally 80% nitrogen and only 20% Oxygen. The oxygen concentrator separates the two components by using zeolite granules to selectively absorb nitrogen from the compressed air. Individual units have an output of up to five liters per minute with an oxygen concentration of up to 95%.

O2 concentrators used by COPD Patients. An estimated 10 million Americans suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an illness with disabling symptoms, high cost of care, and substantial mortality. COPD is an obstructive airway disease that is characterized by a reduction noted on the individual's pulmonary function study. The term COPD is often applied to a family of diseases, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and alpha 1-antitrypsin disease. Currently, therapeutic interventions can slow the progression of these diseases, but they cannot stop or reverse it. It can also used by the patients who suffer from asthma, lung cancer, acute myocardial infarction, acute pulmonary heart disease, congestive heart failure, viral pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia.