Development of the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) Portable Therapeutic Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Breathing System

Abstract

The USAFSAM portable therapeutic liquid oxygen (LOX) breathing system was designed to meet an urgent operational requirement to provide a portable, low pressure, therapeutic oxygen system for use on multimission aeromedical aircraft that do not have an integral therapeutic oxygen system. Specifications required that the systems be safe, compact, lightweight, and self-contained. They were to be capable of delivering therapeutic oxygen at rates from 8 to 10 liters per minute to two patients simultaneously for a minimum of 6 hours. Compatibility of the system with all USAF approved ventilatory, resuscitative, and inhalation therapy equipment was required. The evaluations indicated the portable LOX system performed the function for which it was designed in a satisfactory manner and recommended it be standardized for routine use in Air Force aeromedical evacuation missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0772697

Entities

People

  • Constance R. Sturim

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • High Pressure
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Oxygen Equipment
  • Prototypes
  • Relief Valves
  • Respiration
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Valves

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

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Technology Areas

  • Space