Patent ID: 8186346
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61M,B01D

Abstract:
1. A method of titration using a combination continuous flow and pulse flow portable oxygen concentration system with a patient, comprising: a) providing the portable oxygen concentration system in a continuous flow mode and titrating the patient to a predetermined blood oxygen saturation using the portable oxygen concentration system at one or more predetermined conditions in the continuous flow mode; b) providing the portable oxygen concentration system in a pulse flow mode and titrating the patient to the same predetermined blood oxygen saturation as step a using the portable oxygen concentration system at the same one or more predetermined conditions as in step a in the pulse flow mode; c) determining an Individualized Pulse Dose Equivalent (IPDE) correlation based on data obtained from steps a and b; d) providing the portable oxygen concentration system with the IPDE correlation; and e) using the IPDE correlation to operate the concentrator in a more efficient manner.