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US 9,221,006 · App. 14/027,306 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Oxygen concentrator having structural sieve beds

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Patent No.
US 9,221,006
App. No.
14/027,306
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of oxygen concentrators having a sieve bed that includes a vessel filled with a separation medium are disclosed. The sieve bed vessel at least partially supports one chassis component of the oxygen concentrator with respect to another chassis component. of the oxygen concentrator.

Claims (10)

1. A method of assembling a concentrator for providing a breathing gas comprising:

supporting a sieve bed with a first chassis component;

supporting a second chassis component with said sieve bed, wherein the second chassis component is an outermost cover of the concentrator.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second chassis component is directly supported by engagement of said outermost cover with the sieve bed.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising securing the first chassis component to the second chassis component such that the sieve bed vessel is captured between the first chassis component and the second chassis component.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein securing the first chassis component to the second chassis component further comprises securing a bottom portion of said outermost cover to the first chassis component.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein supporting a second chassis component with said sieve bed further comprises engaging an upper end of the sieve bed with said outermost cover.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising supporting a third chassis component with said sieve bed, wherein the sieve bed is captured between the third chassis component and the first chassis component.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the third chassis component is a control panel support member.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the first chassis component, the second chassis component, and the third chassis component form an enclosure of the concentrator.

Assignments (17)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: INVACARE CORPORATION; ADAPTIVE SWITCH LABORATORIES, INC.; THE AFTERMARKET GROUP, INC.; ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.; CENTRALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LLC; CHAMPION MANUFACTURING INC.; FAMILY MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC; THE HELIXX GROUP, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE CONTINUING CARE, INC.; INVACARE CREDIT CORPORATION; INVACARE FLORIDA CORPORATION; INVACARE HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; INVACARE SUPPLY GROUP, INC.; INVAMEX HOLDINGS LLC; KUSCHALL, INC.; ROADRUNNER MOBILITY, INCORPORATED; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.; GARDEN CITY MEDICAL INC.; INVACARE FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE HCS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063662/0430 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: INVACARE CORPORATION; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.; GARDEN CITY MEDICAL INC.; THE AFTERMARKET GROUP, INC.; DYNAMIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC; INVACARE CONTINUING CARE, INC.; MEDBLOC, INC.; ADAPTIVE SWITCH LABORATORIES, INC.; CENTRALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LLC; THE HELIXX GROUP, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN FINANCE, LLC; INVACARE CANDIAN HOLDINGS, INC.; INVACARE CREDIT CORPORATION; INVACARE FLORIDA CORPORATION; INVACARE FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; INVAMEX HOLDINGS LLC; INVACARE OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 063668/0639 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2023
From: INVACARE CORPORATION
To: VENTEC LIFE SYSTEMS,INC.
Reel/Frame 063608/0374 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062575/0556 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PARTIAL RELEASE (TRANCHE II NOTES) Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062591/0431 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062547/0538 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PARTIAL RELEASE (TERM LOAN) Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062591/0415 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PARTIAL RELEASE (TRANCHE I NOTES) Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062591/0423 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: NATIONAL CITY BANK
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062538/0241 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062538/0331 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062538/0312 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062538/0304 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TRANCHE I NOTES) Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: INVACARE CORPORATION; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.
To: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061131/0833 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TRANCHE II NOTES) Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: INVACARE CORPORATION; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.
To: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061131/0852 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM LOAN) Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: INVACARE CORPORATION; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.
To: GLAS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061131/0814 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 5, 2014
From: INVACARE CORPORATION; ADAPTIVE SWITCH LABORATORIES, INC.; THE AFTERMARKET GROUP, INC.; ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.; CENTRALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LLC; CHAMPION MANUFACTURING INC.; FAMILY MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC; THE HELIXX GROUP, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE CONTINUING CARE, INC.; INVACARE CREDIT CORPORATION; INVACARE FLORIDA CORPORATION; INVACARE HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; INVACARE SUPPLY GROUP, INC.; INVAMEX HOLDINGS LLC; KUSCHALL, INC.; ROADRUNNER MOBILITY, INCORPORATED; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.; GARDEN CITY MEDICAL INC.; INVACARE FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE HCS, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 032162/0921 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2013
From: CHAMBERS, WILLIAM M; SNIEZEK, DENNIS J; SPRINKLE, THOMAS B
To: INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031354/0365 →