What is an Oxygen Concentrator? Oxygen Generator, Portable & Home Oxygen Concentrator Units, UK

An Oxygen Concentrator creates its own oxygen by taking in the air around you and filtering out the unwanted gases such as nitrogen, thus delivering oxygen at about 90% +/-3%, this can be either on demand, i.e. when the user breathes in (pulse flow) or constantly delivered (constant flow).

Portable Oxygen Concentrators are lightweight thus releasing the user from the restraints of a static machine or stocking and carrying extra oxygen canisters, allowing you the freedom to be spontaneous or travel.

Portable Oxygen Concentrators run on internal and/or external rechargeable batteries, so for longer journeys you can re-charge the batteries from your car cigarette lighter socket. For greater length of time away from home or for where there are no charging facilities then having spare batteries are the answer.

Some people are not able to use a pulse flow due to certain medical conditions such as sleep apnea, those using a CPAP machine a constant flow portable oxygen concentrator would be needed. If oxygen is required at night time, as a pulse flow portable oxygen concentrator relies on ones breath being detected to activate the release of oxygen, a shallow breather may not breath deep enough to activate the machine causing the machine to keep alarming, so it is important that the user trials a portable oxygen concentrator during the night to make sure it is suitable.

View more information on our range of Portable Oxygen Concentrators or our Home Oxygen Concentrators.