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MN156-1 rev B

08/11

Why Your Physician Prescribed Oxygen

Many people today suffer from a variety of heart, lung, and other respiratory diseases. A

significant number of these patients can benefit from supplemental oxygen therapy for

respiratory care at home, in the hospital, or at a medical facility.

Oxygen is a gas that makes up 21% of the room air we breathe. Our bodies depend on a

steady supply to function properly. Your physician has prescribed supplemental oxygen

therapy because your body is not able to get enough oxygen from room air. Oxygen is a

non-addictive drug, and your physician prescribed a flow sufficient to improve your

condition.

Please keep in mind that unauthorized oxygen therapy can be dangerous. You must seek

medical advice before you use this unit. The Equipment Provider who supplies your

oxygen equipment will demonstrate how to set the prescribed flow rate.

What is an Oxygen Concentrator?

Oxygen concentrators were introduced in the mid-1970s and have become the most

convenient, reliable source of supplemental oxygen available today. Without an oxygen

concentrator, the average patient would require a delivery of 12 bottles/cylinders of

oxygen each month. Your oxygen concentrator produces all the oxygen you need, with

no deliveries required.

The air we breathe contains approximately 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and 1% other

gases. In the VisionAire V unit, room air passes through a regenerative adsorbent

material called molecular sieve. This material separates the oxygen from the nitrogen and

other gases. The result is a constant supply of high concentration supplemental oxygen

that is delivered to the patient.

Note: There is never a danger of depleting the oxygen in a room when you use your

VisionAire V unit.

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