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How to Get Started with Medical Oxygen: Your Guide to OxyGo Products
Get started with oxygen therapy and explore OxyGo’s portable and stationary options for personalized, reliable oxygen
COPD: What It Is and How Oxygen Therapy Helps
Learn what COPD is, how it affects the body, and how oxygen therapy can help those with COPD breathe easier and improve quality of life
Is Oxygen a Medication?
Learn why medical oxygen is prescribed, how it benefits respiratory health, and its role as essential therapy for improved quality of
Managing Oxygen Therapy in the Summer Heat
Summer is officially here, bringing longer days, sunshine and warm weather. For those using oxygen therapy, the heat can present unique
Essential Spring Cleaning Tips for OxyGo POCs
For those using oxygen therapy, ensuring your device is clean and well-maintained is essential for its efficiency and
OxyGo Celebrates 5th Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2019 Orlando, FL: OxyGo LLC, a leader in the portable oxygen concentrator market celebrated their 5th anniversary this past Friday. In 2014 OxyGo launched its first portable oxygen concentrator, to meet the needs of today’s portable oxygen patients. Five years later, OxyGo has three different units and has been rated the best POC for three years in a row by a Needham & Company report. “Five years ago, we entered a highly competitive market, but we knew we had something very different and special to offer,” said Victoria Marquard-Schultz, OxyGo, CEO. “Since then we have continued to make it our mission to provide patients as well as providers with the very best POCs on the market.”. OxyGo offers an original 5-setting concentrator, OxyGo FIT weighing only 2.8lbs, and OxyGo NEXT. The NEXT is the latest unit which came out this year and it is setting the standard for portable oxygen concentrators. At only 4.7 pounds, and with 6 flow settings, the OxyGo NEXT offers the highest oxygen output per pound of weight of any portable oxygen concentrators currently on the market. Other features include a long battery life of up to 13 hours with the optional double battery, access to the My OxyGo App, a large LCD screen, and is one of the quietest POCs on the market at 38 dB. OxyGo hosted a brand anniversary party to honor and thank the dedicated employees and vendors who have helped make OxyGo the most requested POC o
OxyGo Announces Launch of OxyGo FIT Connect
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2019 OxyGo Announces Launch of OxyGo FIT Connect Orlando, FL: OxyGo LLC, a leader in the portable oxygen concentrator market announced the launch of their new Bluetooth enabled POC today. OxyGo FIT Connect will allow healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes through a new wireless connectivity platform using Bluetooth technology. The platform includes a provider dashboard and mobile application for patient use through mobile devices. The My OxyGo Provider Dashboard will work with the My OxyGo App to provide real-time monitoring that will aid in troubleshooting, concentrator health checks, preventative maintenance and geo-locating of patient’s POCs. Both providers and patients will be able to check battery life, column life, oxygen purity and more with the touch of a button! “We are proud to introduce the OxyGo FIT Connect to the provider market. The new Bluetooth enabled unit and patient app, in conjunction with a provider focused and designed back end will improve patient outcomes by allowing patients and providers to communicate in real-time about their POC,” says Victoria Marquard-Schultz, CEO of OxyGo. “Patients on oxygen are always concerned about their next breath, and providers now will be able to ensure the patients are getting their required oxygen prescription... regardless of where in the world the patient is breathing. OxyGo’s mission is to Keep Going. And this is just another too
Traveling with Oxygen on the Airlines
When traveling with oxygen, whether by automobile or airline, there are some guidelines that you need to follow either due to regulations or simply for your own safety. This article will focus on traveling with oxygen while flying. Years ago, when you wanted to travel by air and needed oxygen during the flight, you were required to use the oxygen provided by the airlines. No personal oxygen devices could be used. Portable concentrators were not around yet and your source of oxygen for portability back then was primarily oxygen cylinders. To get oxygen for a flight you had to call the airlines weeks ahead of your trip and make the arrangements, providing a script for the oxygen and letter of medical necessity from you physician. Believe it or not, ALL oxygen cylinders (and they were cylinders) were kept only at the Pittsburgh Airport. There were NO available cylinders at any other airport in the country that could be commandeered for a flight. The airlines really did not want to handle oxygen patients and so they charged dearly for this service. The airlines charged you a flat fee of $200.00 per leg of your flight. Going to Florida with a layover in Atlanta? That would cost you $400.00 one way. And of course, there is the return trip home…another $400.00. Insurance companies would not cover this cost so this would be out of your pocket. I find it very ironic that even today, you cannot take any form of oxygen cylinder on board an aircraft because it is considered a ha
The OxyGo Portable Oxygen Concentrator
The OxyGo is a new-generation pulse dose oxygen concentrator that weighs only 4.8 pounds and can operate on electricity, DC current, or the external attached battery. The OxyGo can be used as both a portable and stationary concentrator. When in the home or a temporary location such as a doctor’s office, plugging the OxyGo into an electrical outlet will provide you with an endless supply of oxygen to meet your needs as well as charge the attached external battery. When traveling in a vehicle, simply plug the OxyGo into the DC outlet and the OxyGo will be powered by the vehicle’s electrical resources and will recharge or maintain a full charge on the attached external battery. Before leaving home, check the battery strength. This is easily done by powering up the unit and looking at the display window. The left side of the window will show a battery outline representing the battery strength. A fully shaded battery means fully charged. Within about 15 seconds of turning the unit on, the exact percentage of battery charge will also appear in the display window. To turn on the OxyGo, place the concentrator in the upright position with the display panel on top and press the large round on/off button on the far-right side for approximately 2 seconds. A single beep will sound as the unit is powering up. To turn the OxyGo off, press and hold that same on/off button until a beep is heard. The oxygen flow settings are controlled by the + and – buttons in the center of the c
POC Game Changer
How OxyGo® Is Transforming Lives For The Better Big surprises often come in small packages that can make a huge difference in a person’s life. Read one patient’s personal story… For Cathy Work, a happy-go-lucky grandmother and resident of Sandusky, Ohio, life changed for the better when she found out about OxyGo POCs. A small OxyGo POC gave her back a sense of independence and the opportunity to once again live a happy and meaningful life. This is Cathy’s story. When health issues related to scarred lungs forced Cathy to be put on continuous flow oxygen in her home, her life changed from happy to sad. Used to coming and going as she pleased, the restrictions of being tethered to oxygen tanks 24/7 sent her spiraling into a hurtful depression. It tested her will power and those of the loving family around her. Home HealthCare Today (HHCT) editor-in-chief Victoria Marquard interviewed Cathy and her daughter, Angela, in their suburban Sandusky home this past February. It was Angela who discovered that an OxyGo POC unit was available to help free her mom from the monotony and confinement of oxygen tanks. So gratified were Cathy and Angela with the freedom OxyGo gave them that they happily agreed to the interview with the hope it would encourage other home oxygen patients and providers to make the switch to OxyGo POCs. HHCT: Cathy, It’s obvious you are not a fan of having to use oxygen tanks. Please tell the home healthcare providers who read this article what lif
