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Small, relatively cheap oxygen concentrators
Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 17 4:31pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Medicare will allow you to rent a portable oxygen concentrator, the trick is finding an oxygen supplier actually has one in stock that isn’t a piece of crap.
My Medicare provider went to bat for me and called all over Ohio trying to find a Rove 6. Oxygen suppliers would tell them that they had an equivalent product, but when I actually talked to them, What they were offering was nowhere near what I needed.
What is your diagnosis? Is it alpha one antitrypsin deficiency or a rare disorder. If so, you need to apply for assistance from Accessia. They are an awesome assistance program that will pay for portable oxygen concentrators And I mean good ones.
I am getting ready to order an Imogen Rove 6.
Wt: 5.4lbs (extended battery)
Pulse-Dose Settings: 1 - 6
Height: 8.14”
Length: 7.18”
Width: 3.27”
Exteded Batt: 12.75 hrs (
Sound: 37 dBA (Set 1)
Inogen Hotline: 1-844-887-1287
Inogen Claims that they will help you find a portable oxygen concentrator to rent. But the only one that would really serve your needs would be the Rove 6 so be adamant that that is what you want.
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I have a 2 liter O2 prescription both for exertion and for sleep. My Medicare provider gave me both a stable concentrator for night sleep and an Inogen One 5 for exertion/exercise.
I bought the Inogen Rov 6 outright. I like my portable Inogens, but they are not for home use unless my electricity is out and I can't use my stable continuous flow concentrator. I have to set the Inogens at 4-6 for my 2 liter prescription. And that consumes the battery quickly....and those batteries are expensive!
The continuous flow is set at 2 lites per my prescription and runs on electricity
If my O2 needs increase I think I will need a different portable, one that has continuous flow.
Unfortunately Mayo only tests and prescribes with continuous flow so one does not know how well pulse dose works and if the portable pulse dose is doing the job.
As the Inogen Internet site states:
Rov 6: 6 Pulse-Dose settings
Home Inogen: 5 liters per minute, continuous flow
Those are two different things. The Rov 6 manual says "The settings of this device may not correspond with the setting for devices that provide continuous flow oxygen.
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Many thanks. I can get one through the VA. (I'm disabled.)