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US 8,282,717 B2Granted
Oxygen concentrator having structural sieve beds
AssigneeInvacare Corporation
InventorsWilliam M. Chambers, Dennis J. Sniezek, Thomas B. Sprinkle
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Abstract
Embodiments of oxygen concentrators having a sieve bed that includes a vessel filled with a separation medium are disclosed. The sieve bed vessel at least partially supports one chassis component of the oxygen concentrator with respect to another chassis component. of the oxygen concentrator.
Claims26
A concentrator for providing a breathing gas comprising:
- a first chassis component;
- a second chassis component;
- and
- at least one sieve bed comprising a vessel filled with a separation medium, wherein a rim of the sieve bed vessel is disposed in a recess of the second chassis component to couple the sieve bed vessel to the second chassis component such that the sieve bed vessel supports the second chassis component relative to the first chassis component.
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An apparatus for providing a breathing gas comprising:
- a first chassis component having a recess;
- a second chassis component having a recess;
- and
- a sieve bed vessel disposed in the recesses of the first and second chassis components,
- wherein the sieve bed forms at least a portion of a third chassis component.
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A concentrator for providing a breathing gas comprising:
- a first chassis component;
- a second chassis component;
- and
- at least one sieve bed comprising a vessel filled with a separation medium, wherein a rim of the sieve bed vessel is disposed in a recess of the second chassis component to couple the sieve bed vessel to the second chassis component such that the sieve bed vessel supports the second chassis component relative to the first chassis component, and said rim of the sieve bed vessel is disposed in a recess of a third chassis component to couple the sieve bed to the third chassis component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.