Instruction Manual

NewLife

Intensity F

AirSep

Corporation

IV. USEFUL INFORMATION

IV. 1. Accessories and spare parts

The accessories used with the NewLife

Intensity must:

- be oxygen compatible,

- be biocompatible,

- comply with the general requirements of the 93/42/EEC European Directive.

The connectors, tubes, nasal cannulas, probes or masks must be designed for oxygen therapy.

Contact your distributor to obtain these accessories.

Remarks:

• The use of certain administration accessories which are not specied for use with this

concentrator may reduce its performance and void the manufacturer’s responsibility.

IV. 2. Materials in direct or indirect contact with the patient

Concentrator casing ............................. Valtra/ABS/Polystyrene

Mains cable ................................................. PVC

Dust lter ..................................................... Polyester

ON/OFF switch ............................................ Thermoplastic

Casters ........................................................ Nylon

Flow adjustment knob .................................. ABS/Polycarbonate

Gas outlet .................................................... Chrome Plated Brass

Printed labels ............................................... Lexan

IV. 3. Operating principle

The compressor sends ltered ambient air to a group of valves, which allows compressed air to

pass to the column in production. The columns contain a molecular sieve, whose function is to

adsorb the nitrogen and thus allow oxygen to pass. The oxygen-enriched air is then directed to a

pressure reducing valve through the ow control valve to the oxygen outlet tting.

During this time, the column which is being “regenerated” is connected to the ambient air and a

current of oxygen enriched air is passed through it (from the column “in production”). In this way,

when one column is in production, the other is in a nitrogen desorption or “regeneration” phase. The

oxygen enriched air nally passes through a product lter situated prior to the oxygen therapy outlet.

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