Patent ID: 6009870
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A63B,B01D

Abstract:
An installation having a body for producing a gas mixture to be used for interval hypoxic therapy and which comprises the following elements connected in series:a) a compressor,b) a gas separating element in mating relationship with the compressor,c) a pipeline in mating relationship with the gas separating element,d) a humidifier in mating relationship with the pipeline,e) an automatic system connected to the gas separating element to control operating conditions along with means to control patient condition connected to an oxygen measuring element, a flowmeter and a spirometer,f) a patient face-mask comprising a breathing valve connected to the oxygen measuring element,g) a dehumidifier placed in mating relationship with said gas separating element wherein said gas separating element comprising two truncated cones each having a larger circular base and a smaller circular base, said cones connected together by their respective larger bases on a single support bar having a diameter and an enlarged-middle cross-section with a disk having a diameter of 4-6 times the diameter of the support bar, wherein the support bar is wrapped around by hollow fibres formed of a mixture of poly-4-methylpentene-1 having different melt indexes.