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GENERAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
This service manual was designed to provide Sunrise
Medical Respiratory Products Division qualified service
technicians and homecare providers with the proper main-
tenance, service, safety, and repair procedures for the
DeVilbiss Oxygen Concentrator.
Read and understand all the information contained in this ser-
vice manual before attempting to operate or perform any
maintenance on the concentrator.
An oxygen concentrator is a device that delivers highly con-
centrated oxygen for therapeutic applications.
Room air is a mixture of 78% nitrogen, 2
1% oxygen, 1% argon
and other gases.The concentrator draws in room air, sepa-
rates the nitrogen from the oxygen, and delivers concentrated
oxygen to the patient through an oxygen port.
For more in-depth classroom type training, Sunrise Medical
holds oxygen concentrator service schools. For service
school information, contact the Service Department at
11
-800-333-4000 (8
11
4-443-488
11
).
NOTE:
Sunrise Medical reserves the right to alter or change the
design of the DeVilbiss Oxygen Concentrator series. Hence, slight
differences in construction or components may exist between the
unit in hand and what is described in this manual.