DUBLIN, February 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lvrdps/portable_oxygen) has announced the addition of a new report "Concise Analysis of the International Portable Oxygen Concentrators - Forecasts to 2018" to their offering. 

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Worldwide markets are poised to achieve continuing growth as the aging population worldwide needs homecare oxygen treatment. Older people develop COPD and other respiratory conditions where oxygen is able to improve the quality of the life in a dramatic manner. Portable devices have become affordable and support a mobile lifestyle even while on oxygen.

There has been a quantum improvement in the portable oxygen concentrator technology. Less weight, more power are the characteristics of the new portable units that begin to rival the larger home units. The huge jump in technology is illustrated by the effectiveness of the Inogen G3 and the about to be released VBox Trooper. Innovation started with Inogen One G3 and AirSep's LifeStyle are the less-than-10-pound battery-operated concentrator. AirSep has re-engineered the unit down to a 2 pound device.

Newer portable oxygen concentrators can be used as multipurpose devices.

Portable oxygen concentrator technology has been instantiated many times over, but in a most compelling manner by Inogen as the Inogen oxygen concentrator which represents a technological breakthrough. The Inogen One G3 is a complete departure from current mainstream technologies. It represents a shift away from standard large, bulky, stationary concentrator systems and inefficient, heavy, and impractical portable devices.

Key Topics Covered: 

1. Portable Oxygen Concentrator Market Description and Market Dynamics
2. Portable Oxygen Concentrator Market Shares and Forecasts
3. Portable Oxygen Concentrator Product Description
4. Oxygen Concentrator Technology
5. Respiratory Equipment Company Description

Companies Mentioned :

• Air Liquide
• Braun and Company
• CareFusion / Intermed Equipment
• Chart Industries
• Covidien
• DeVilbiss Healthcare
• Drive Medical
• Dräger
• Fanem
• Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
• GE Healthcare
• Gardner Denver / Thomas Compressors
• Getinge Group AB / Maquet
• Graham Field
• Hamilton Medical
• Heinen & Loewenstein GmbH & Co
• Inogen
• Inova Labs
• Invacare
• Jiuxin Medical
• Leistung Engineering
• Longfian Scitech
• Merits
• Nidek Medical
• O2 Concepts
• OSI Systems
• Philips Healthcare
• ResMed Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB)
• Smiths Group plc / Smiths Medical
• Teijin
• Teleflex Incorporated / Teleflex Medical
• Terumo
• UltraNebs
• VBox Trooper
• Vitality Medical
• Vygon

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lvrdps/portable_oxygen 

Media Contact: Laura Wood, +353-1-481-1716, press@researchandmarkets.net

SOURCE Research and Markets