Solid State Oxygen Concentrator and Compressor

Skyre is developing a system that concentrates oxygen from air to supply medical-grade oxygen to meet the needs of COVID-19 patients that are now being treated in hallways, over-crowded hospital facilities, makeshift hospitals and triage centers. Skyre’s Oxygen Concentrator Module (OCM) will be produced to address the vastly growing demand for post hospitalization patient care. The OCM is a small, solid-state system that administers oxygen to meet the respiratory needs of an individual patient and can plug in to an ordinary 110 electrical outlet. Because it is solid state, this unit offers higher reliability than outdated pressure swing adsorption models on the market.

On long term space exploration missions, Skyre’s OCM would serve as a contingency medical oxygen system. The system concentrates oxygen from the cabin environment to provide the required concentration of medical breathing oxygen. In addition, the OCM can replenish the secondary oxygen pack (SOP) used by astronauts during extravehicular activity (EVAs) should the primary and backup systems fail. By replenishing the SOP with recycled oxygen, Skyre’s OCM could give astronauts on EVAs additional time to reach the airlock of their orbiter.

Skyre’s OCM will serve as a low cost, efficient, and portable oxygen generation system for use in hospital and home applications where patients have respiratory conditions, such as COPD, which greatly benefit from in home oxygen generation. The home oxygen use market is changing as the cost of delivery of cumbersome oxygen cylinders increases and the reimbursement for oxygen continues to decrease.

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