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LT-2334
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTION
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION AND
FUNCTION
Accumulator Manifold
The accumulator manifold is mounted beneath the sieve beds and
accumulator tank. It includes two check valves that are located between the
outlet of each sieve bed and the accumulator tank. These check valves allow
oxygen to pass from the sieve beds to the accumulator tank, but prevent the
reverse ow of oxygen from the accumulator to the sieve beds.
Accumulator Tank
The accumulator tank holds the concentrated oxygen and releases it to the
patient at a specied liter ow.
Battery
The iGo2 uses a rechargeable lithium ion battery of 11.25 nominal volts, 6.4
amp-hours of total capacity and allows the iGo2 to operate free of connection
to an external power source. The iGo2 concentrator will operate for a
minimum of 3.5 hours at a setting of 2 at 20 BPM (breaths per minute) using
a new fully charged battery. However, a variety of factors such as age of
battery and ow rate, can impact the duration of operating time.
After 300 charge/discharge cycles, the battery’s capacity may drop to about
75% of the original capacity; in this case, you can expect up to 2.5 hours of
runtime at a setting of 2 and 20 BPM.
Battery will charge in less than 3 hours from fully discharged state with
device off and plugged into AC power; or less than 4 hours when using DC
power. While using the concentrator, charge time will be less than 5 hours
from fully discharged state using either AC or DC power.
Compressor
A dual-head compressor creates pressure and vacuum simultaneously and
is driven from a single brushless DC motor. The motor speed is regulated by
the printed circuit board.
Cooling Fan
The cooling fan provides a constant air ow to cool the compressor. A
defective cooling fan may cause the compressor’s internal thermo-protective
(thermal cut off) device to activate and shut the compressor off. Should this
condition occur the compressor will require several minutes for the thermo-
protective device to reset.
Dispense Valve
The dispense valve ensures that the selected ow rate is delivered (pulsed)
to the patient at each inhalation. When the PC board detects breathing it
activates or briey opens the dispense valve to deliver the correct bolus of
oxygen for the selected ow rate at the beginning of inhalation.
Final Bacteria Filter
The nal bacteria lter is located inside the oxygen outlet port. It prevents
contaminants from reaching the patient through the oxygen supply.
Intake Filter (compressor silencer)
The intake lter/silencer lters the air drawn into the compressor removing
particulate matter and also reduces the sound of the intake.
Molecular Sieve Beds
Molecular sieve beds contain a synthetic alumino-silicate that attracts and
holds nitrogen in a magnetic bond. Two molecular sieve beds work in
tandem: one bed removes nitrogen from the air passing through it while the
other bed releases the removed nitrogen back into the room air.
Moisture or hydrocarbons contaminate molecular sieve material causing it to
lose its nitrogen adsorbing properties, which in turn decreases the oxygen
concentration. To allow the iGo2 to exhaust these possible contaminants and
for optimal service life it is recommended that the unit is operated for a
minimum of 30 minutes after it is powered on.
Shorter periods of operation, operating in extreme temperature/humidity
conditions or in the presence of contaminates, and/or handling and storage
conditions outside those specied, may affect the long term reliable
operation of the product.
Printed Circuit Board
The printed circuit (PC) board monitors and controls the operation of the
iGo2. It cycles pressure and vacuum between the two sieve beds and
initiates visible and audible alerts if abnormal operation is detected. The
oxygen sensing device (OSD®) is located on, and controlled by, the PC
board.
Purge Valve
Before the switching manifold cycles pressure and vacuum to alternate sieve
beds, the PC board activates the purge valve briey. During this time, the
purge valve sends oxygen from the pressurizing bed to the evacuating bed
breaking any remaining nitrogen bonds and cleaning the bed in preparation
for its upcoming pressure cycle.
Switching Manifold
The switching manifold directs the pressure and vacuum created in the
compressor to the two sieve beds in alternating cycles. The cycle shift is
controlled by the PC board and occurs when a predetermined pressure is
reached in the accumulator tank.