RE: Any engineer, inventer types on here?

[Guest guest]

Zena,

I see what you are saying unfortunately there is a small problem. Your condensor has a built in pressure releif valve so if the resistance increases it stops producing oxygen until the pressure returns to normal and mine produces an alarm telling me something is wrong. If, for what ever reason, you are lucky enough to not have that happen on your machine then you need to understand that increasing resitance, i.e. a valve in the tubing, puts more pressure on the diaphram mechanism of the consentrator causing to overheat easier and to wear out sooner. Small changes, half liter, might work but any more than that will not be a good thing for your concentrator. I wish I had better news on the idea

Jeff

Folicular bronchiolis/bronchilitis obliterans/ paralized right diaphram/ 05/ Salt Lake City

-----Original Message-----From: Breathe-Support [mailto:Breathe-Support ] On Behalf Of ZenaSent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:55 AMTo: Breathe-Support Subject: Any engineer, inventer types on here?

Having started a convo about various sat levels, and remembering an earlier one about remote control O2 levels, I've been thinking. What I need in the absence of remote controls or hovering O2 cannisters is a flow regulator attached to my tubing somewhere near me, rather than having to get up to my condenser to alter it, by which time, if I'm turning it up, my sats have already dropped. Also, my condenser is downstairs, my bed is upstairs, usually I ask Rob to turn me down in about half an hour, go upstairs, get ready for bed, get tucked in, lay there wondering if Rob has remembered me or got ingrossed in a film, get out of bed, shout down for him to 'do' me and by the time I'm back in bed, my sats are down again.

If someone could invent some sort of valve that is small and lightweight, that can be connected to the tube, that would really be a help.

Oh, and if you do, I'd like some of the proceeds for coming up with the idea

Love Ze xx

[Guest guest]

Actually there are some interesting cannulas although they wouldn't

work with a concentrator. There are some that are themselves

conservors. And, I believe I have seen one somewhere that allowed for

some adjustment on the cannula itself. I'll search when I have some

time.

I'd love a remote control and a digital control on the reservoir so I

could just change it from wherever I am. For instance, when I get my

CPAP and don't need the oxygen for sleep (at least short term) then

how do I get from the reservoir to bed? Portable? Or walk and let

sats drop?

> >

> > Zena,

> > I see what you are saying unfortunately there is a small problem.

Your

> > condensor has a built in pressure releif valve so if the

resistance

> > increases it stops producing oxygen until the pressure returns to

> normal

> > and mine produces an alarm telling me something is wrong. If, for

what

> > ever reason, you are lucky enough to not have that happen on your

> > machine then you need to understand that increasing resitance,

i.e. a

> > valve in the tubing, puts more pressure on the diaphram mechanism

of

> the

> > consentrator causing to overheat easier and to wear out sooner.

Small

> > changes, half liter, might work but any more than that will not

be a

> > good thing for your concentrator. I wish I had better news on the

idea

> >

> >

> > Jeff

> > Folicular bronchiolis/bronchilitis obliterans/ paralized right

> diaphram/

> > 05/ Salt Lake City

> >

> > Any engineer, inventer types on here?

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Having started a convo about various sat levels, and remembering

an

> > earlier one about remote control O2 levels, I've been thinking.

What I

> > need in the absence of remote controls or hovering O2 cannisters

is a

> > flow regulator attached to my tubing somewhere near me, rather

than

> > having to get up to my condenser to alter it, by which time, if

I'm

> > turning it up, my sats have already dropped. Also, my condenser is

> > downstairs, my bed is upstairs, usually I ask Rob to turn me down

in

> > about half an hour, go upstairs, get ready for bed, get tucked

in, lay

> > there wondering if Rob has remembered me or got ingrossed in a

film,

> get

> > out of bed, shout down for him to 'do' me and by the time I'm

back in

> > bed, my sats are down again.

> >

> > If someone could invent some sort of valve that is small and

> > lightweight, that can be connected to the tube, that would really

be a

> > help.

> >

> > Oh, and if you do, I'd like some of the proceeds for coming up

with

> the

> > idea

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> >

> > Love Ze xx

> >

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