A supplemental oxygen system is meant to help provide patients like you with a chronic lung disease such as COPD a chance at breathing clearly and easily, and back when the now industry standard oxygen tanks became a thing that is exactly what they did.
Well it has been quiet sometime since their introduction into the market, and time has certainly begun to catch up to them with the development and vast improvements of portable oxygen concentrators throughout the years.
Project your medical oxygen treatment into the future and ditch the restrictions pesky oxygen tanks impose the instant you purchase the FAA approved SeQual Eclipse 5 portable oxygen concentrator.
Instead of having to refill tanks or wait for new ones to be delivered, you instead will swap out rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Instead of being confined to your home the majority of your day, you can now go for a walk, attend book club, travel across the country, and anything you put your mind to.
The Eclipse 5 by SeQual not only gives you oxygen therapy of the 21st century, but more importantly it will vastly improve the overall quality of your day to day life.
The SeQual Eclipse 5 offers precise oxygen delivery in both continuous and pulse dose flow settings, in a package that weighs 18.4 pounds.
Supporting the unit will never fall to you as you are out and about, instead you will always be able to rely on the durable travel cart which offers a telescoping handle so you can find a comfort height that is perfect for you.
Unlike many portable concentrators available on the market today, the Eclipse 5 gives patients the ability to more precisely select their flow rate by 0.5 increments.
This also gives doctors the ability to recommend this unit to more patients since it offers both continuous and pulse flow settings, and the presence of continuous settings makes this a leading option for nocturnal use.
Your doctor may have you use different flow settings depending on if you are resting or exercising, and with the wide array of flow settings in the Eclipse 5 your needs will be properly met.
One lifestyle adjustment you will have to make is getting used to your oxygen device being ready to go the instant you are. You will just have to remember to charge the batteries at the end of each usage.
The Eclipse 5 features a rechargeable lithium ion battery that delivers uninterrupted oxygen therapy for up to 5.1 hours on a pulse setting of 2 or up to 2 hours on a continuous setting of 2 LPM.
Whether you are at home or driving down the highway, you will always have a way of charging the battery of the SeQual Eclipse 5 so you never miss a dose of oxygen.
Which brings us to the first and most standard way of charging, the AC Power supply. Plugging into any standard US or Canadian wall outlets, the AC power supply is the perfect option whenever you are near a wall outlet at home or at a friend’s place.
For unexpected portable charging, or to even extend the usage of the battery, simply plug the DC power supply into the cigarette lighter outlet in your vehicle as well as into the unit itself.
Then the Eclipse 5 will begin being powered from your car battery and if necessary the unit battery will even recharge. When using the DC power supply, all pulse flow settings will be available without interrupting the charge cycle.
When using a continuous flow, the DC power supply will only charge up to a setting of 2 LPM and will strictly operate on a setting of 3 LPM.
The external battery charger is ideal for patients that have or plan to have more than one battery for their SeQual Eclipse 5.
This will allow for you to enjoy the benefits of supplemental oxygen, while having a spare battery charging on the side through a standard US or Canadian wall outlet.
This will allow for you to fully deplete one battery and quickly swap it out for a fully charged one, making sure you don’t go a second without oxygen.
Usage of the SeQual Eclipse 5 while charging will increase the time it takes to fully recharge the battery, though it strictly depends on the flow setting being used.
Breathing patterns vary and change depending on if you are sleeping, walking the store, exercising, or at altitude.
AutoSAT technology picks up those ever changing breathing rates and adjusts the pulse flow of oxygen accordingly, so no matter what you are doing you will always be saturated with a consistent bolus size every breath.
Never again worry about hoisting your oxygen device over your shoulders or be forced to hold it again, because the Eclipse 5 delivers a more patient friendly option.
The durable wheeled travel cart features large wheels to clear any puddle or curb, a telescoping handle for customized height settings, and the battery can be changed without ever needing to remove the cart from the unit.
If you are planning on traveling, this is the ideal companion for the FAA approved SeQual Eclipse 5.
Only what is necessary was included on the SeQual Eclipse 5 portable oxygen concentrator control panel, here is where you can turn the unit on or off, adjust the flow rate, as well as change between continuous and pulse flow mode with the simple push of a button.
The control panel also features a display screen, throughout usage of the concentrator the screen will display the selected flow rate in addition to a battery gauge.
The battery gauge will help you effectively measure how much battery life you have before you go out, so you know whether to bring additional batteries or charging accessories along or not.
One of the many additional accessories for the Eclipse 5 gives you the ability to add moisture to your supplemental oxygen before it enters your nose, greatly reducing the occurrence of nasal dryness and nose bleeds from the usage of supplemental oxygen.
The humidifier kit comes with everything you need, a bottle to be filled with water, a tube to attach the kit to the unit, and a durable strap with a bottle holder that will keep the bottle in place at all times.
In addition to supplemental oxygen do you also need to use a CPAP or BiPAP machine due to sleep apnea? Typically the two devices are separate, but with the SeQual Eclipse 5 the two can work together in continuous flow mode!
The Eclipse 5 is compatible for usage with CPAP or BiPAP machines, effectively making your bedtime routine a little easier.
Unlike the majority of POC’s on the market today that use custom carrying cases, the SeQual Eclipse 5 uses the mobility boosting power of a wheeled travel cart.
Yes it is FAA approved for in-flight use. Be sure to call your airfare provider in advanced and ask about any specific guidelines they may have for traveling with supplemental oxygen.