Faa Approves 4 More Portable Oxygen Concentrator
A new ruling has become effective 1-31-2010 that allows fliers to bring any of 11 different POCs aboard aircraft and use them, with the approval of the aircraft operator and airline.
The FAA has announced that passengers on U.S. commercial aircraft now may bring any of 11 different portable oxygen concentrators on board and use them, with the approval of the aircraft operator and the airline.
Randy Babbitt, an FAA Administraor, signed the amended Special Federal Aviation Regulation bill 106, Use of Certain Portable Oxygen Concentrator Devices on Board Aircraft. The concentrators include the DeVilbiss Healthcare Inc.'s iGo, International Biophysics Corporation's LifeChoice, Inogen Inc.'s Inogen One G2, and Oxlife LLC.'s Oxlife Independence Oxygen Concentrator.
A portable oxygen concentrator, (POC) also called a portable concentrator is a portable device used to provide oxygen therapy to a patient at substantially higher concentrations than the levels of ambient air. It is very similar to a home oxygen concentrator, but it smaller in size and more mobile. The portable oxygen concentrator makes it easy for patients to travel freely; they are small enough to fit in a car and most of the major concentrators are now FAA-approved.
SFAR 106, originally published in July 2005, already allowed passengers to carry on and use AirSep Corporation's LifeStyle and FreeStyle; Inogen's Inogen One; SeQual Technologies' Eclipse; Philips Respironics Inc.'s EverGo; Delphi Medical Systems' RS-00400; and Invacare Corporation's XPO2.
In the rule, FAA said it still intends to develop a performance-based standard for all future POC devices but wants to ensure such a standard does not hamper innovative technologies by the manufacturers. "This process is time-consuming and we intend to publish a notice in the Federal Register and offer the public a chance to comment on the proposal when it is complete. In the meantime, manufacturers continue to create new and better POCs, and several have requested that their product also be included as an acceptable device in SFAR 106," the agency explained.
For more information, please visit Oxygen Concentrator
The FAA has announced that passengers on U.S. commercial aircraft now may bring any of 11 different portable oxygen concentrators on board and use them, with the approval of the aircraft operator and the airline.
Randy Babbitt, an FAA Administraor, signed the amended Special Federal Aviation Regulation bill 106, Use of Certain Portable Oxygen Concentrator Devices on Board Aircraft. The concentrators include the DeVilbiss Healthcare Inc.'s iGo, International Biophysics Corporation's LifeChoice, Inogen Inc.'s Inogen One G2, and Oxlife LLC.'s Oxlife Independence Oxygen Concentrator.
A portable oxygen concentrator, (POC) also called a portable concentrator is a portable device used to provide oxygen therapy to a patient at substantially higher concentrations than the levels of ambient air. It is very similar to a home oxygen concentrator, but it smaller in size and more mobile. The portable oxygen concentrator makes it easy for patients to travel freely; they are small enough to fit in a car and most of the major concentrators are now FAA-approved.
SFAR 106, originally published in July 2005, already allowed passengers to carry on and use AirSep Corporation's LifeStyle and FreeStyle; Inogen's Inogen One; SeQual Technologies' Eclipse; Philips Respironics Inc.'s EverGo; Delphi Medical Systems' RS-00400; and Invacare Corporation's XPO2.
In the rule, FAA said it still intends to develop a performance-based standard for all future POC devices but wants to ensure such a standard does not hamper innovative technologies by the manufacturers. "This process is time-consuming and we intend to publish a notice in the Federal Register and offer the public a chance to comment on the proposal when it is complete. In the meantime, manufacturers continue to create new and better POCs, and several have requested that their product also be included as an acceptable device in SFAR 106," the agency explained.
For more information, please visit Oxygen Concentrator
