Portable Medical Oxygen
Separation Design Group's LAPTOC technology


If you are one of the nearly one million Americans with chronic obstructive cardiopulmonary disease (COPD) or other diseases that require oxygen therapy, you are painfully aware of the restrictions that are, literally, attached to long term oxygen therapy (LTOT). Oxygen bottles are cumbersome and require delivery for refilling. Home oxygen concentrators are scaled down versions of the same complex mechanical equipment used by steel mills and glass factories.

Even the most sophisticated "portable" battery-powered oxygen concentrators weigh more than a gallon of milk and are the size of a toaster.
How mobile would you be carrying this everywhere you go? How often would you visit a neighbor or even cook a meal? These devices are too noisy to take to the movies or a restaurant.

Research supported by a National Institutes of Health grant and the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse is focused on developing the chemical and mechanical stuctures necessary to produce medical quality oxygen. This work is being carried out in conjunction with scientists at Waynesburg University. SDGroup's innovation will replace typical cumbersome, complicated, and noisy oxygen separation components with a LAPTOC unit that efficiently filters air to produce an enriched oxygen flow.

An oxygen concentrator incorporating SDGroup's new separations technology will have few moving parts to wear, degrade, or need replenishing. Its battery life will be extended far beyond the current 4-hour limit. It will be virtually silent.

And, integrated with a manufacturer's filter and battery unit, LAPTOC will be as small as a portable CD player. With few moving parts or explosively high concentrations of oxygen, it may well be the first personal portable oxygen concentrator suitable for use in all public venues. Such a unit will radically improve the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of LTOT patients. LAPTOC units could also provide portable oxygen for remote or emergency medical and high altitude recreation needs. These and other markets indicate a significant trend to improve one's performance by improving one's environment. LAPTOC makes it possible.




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