MedOx+ Mobile Medical Oxygen System

医用级氧气供应对NHS和私立医院至关重要。氧气通过管道或氧气瓶输送。当前的新型冠状病毒疫情和第二波疫情对氧气供应造成了巨大压力。一些医院在氧气不足的情况下宣布发生危急事件。皇家自由医院不得不限制使用，因为管道供应压力系统降到了不可接受的低水平，以满足需求。这意味着限制哪些病人可以接受氧气。大多数医院系统使用永久管道装置供应氧气。在正常情况下，这些系统将能够满足需求。这种系统很难快速升级以应对突然增加的需求。解决方案是提供一种灵活的方法，使医院能够快速增加现有系统的氧气容量。通过升级现有安装来添加此功能将花费时间。额外的能力将是浪费金钱，如果它不是经常使用在更正常的时间。“MedOx+”是一款经过医学认证的移动的氧气发生器。它可以快速部署在医院中，根据需要提供医用级氧气。为了使用MedOx+制氧机，它必须符合严格的法规。它必须经过认证，其部署和使用必须在负责的医院技术人员的控制下。它必须能够24/7可靠地运行。该项目是建立一个试点移动的认证的氧气发生器单元，以量化什么规格和物流的一个网络的单位将需要满足紧急氧气部署在英国。研究已经进行了与关键的氧气管道供应商。这已经确定了正确的流速（更高）以及MedOx+如何物理连接到现有管道中。进一步的研究还将解决采用的任何障碍，其整体设计，商业模式和成本，物流，安全，维护，培训，安全，设备运营报告和控制。一个MedOx+装置正处于建设的最后阶段，准备在未来4周内在医院进行试验。我们的最终目标是利用该项目的结果开发多用途认证的移动的MedOx+装置。模块化设计，使MedOx+单元能够快速重新配置以用于不同的应用。MedOx+设备网络可用于医院紧急供氧、水修复（河流溢漏）和市政/工业废水处理。

Medical grade oxygen supply is essential for NHS and private hospitals. Oxygen is delivered either through pipes or by using oxygen cylinders. The current Covid-19 pandemic and the second wave has put a significant strain on the availability of oxygen. Some hospitals have declared a critical event when there has been insufficient oxygen available. The Royal Free hospital had to restrict use as the pipeline supply pressure system dropped to an unacceptably low level to meet demand. This has meant limiting which patients can receive oxygen.Most hospital systems supply oxygen using permanent pipeline installations. In normal times these systems would be capable of satisfying demand. Such systems are difficult to upgrade quickly in response to sudden increased demand.The solution is to provide a flexible means whereby a hospital can quickly add oxygen capacity to its existing systems. Adding this by upgrading an existing installation would take time. The extra capacity would be a waste of money if it was not regularly used in more normal times. 'MedOx+' is a mobile medically certified oxygen generator. It can quickly be deployed in a hospital providing a supply of medical grade oxygen as required. In order to use a MedOx+ oxygen generator it has to meet stringent regulations. It has to be certified, its deployment and use must be under control of the responsible hospital technician. It has to be able to reliably operate 24/7. This project is to build a pilot mobile certified oxygen generator unit to quantify what the specifications and logistics a network of units would need to meet for emergency oxygen deployment across the UK.Research has been undertaken with a key oxygen pipeline supplier. This has ascertained the correct flowrate (higher) and how MedOx+ would physically connect into existing pipelines. Further research will also address any barriers to adoption, its overall design, business models and costs, logistics, safety, maintenance, training, security, equipment operational reporting and control. A MedOx+ unit is in the final stages of construction ready for trial at a hospital site within the next 4 weeks. Our ultimate aim is to use the findings from this project to develop a multi-purpose certified mobile MedOx+ unit. A modular design that enables a MedOx+ unit to be quickly re configured for a different application. A network of MedOx+ units could be used for emergency oxygen supply for hospitals, water remediation (river spills) and municipal/industrial wastewater treatment.