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Pressure swing cycle for the separation of oxygen from air

US4534346A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1983
Grant dateAug 13, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2259/4533
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved pressure swing adsorption cycle which is preferably useful for the continuous production of a relatively minor amount of a purified gas, and a method which is useful to provide a continuous therapeutic supply of oxygen at a level required by an individual patient for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other health conditions.

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