Oxygen concentrator

self-introduction
• OHUCHI Manabu
　 ohuchi manabu
• Clinical Engineer
(national qualification)

• 2nd grade ME
(certified by conference)
Maintenance
 Maintenance
Maintenance 　＝　保守
(Japanease)

保 (Tamotsu) = Maintain
守 (Mamoru) = Insure, Keep, Guard, Protect

Maintenance is service to insure maintained condition of

equipment for long term.
(Repair is the final step of maintenance.)
Desired Medical Device Management

Medical device Administrators  Management

management team (hospital director /  Procurement
financial department)

 Technical services
 Use  Implementation of
 Daily care
Users planned preventive
BME maintenance (PPM)
(doctors / nurses)
 Practical PPM
• PPM is to inspect four items below.

• A ：　 Appearance 　 外観　
• F ：　 Function 　 　 機能　　
• P ：　 Performance 　 　 性能　
• S ：　 Safety 　 　 安全　　　　

• Is it OK to be done by engineers only?

→ No. Users should also do it.
 Who does what?

User Engineer
A: Appearance ✔ ✔
F: Function ✔ ✔
P: Performance ✔ ✔
S: Safety △ ✔✔
 Attention !!!
Do not say Maintenance to users!
• They may think maintenance is engineer’s work,
not user’s work.

• Let’s say User Care to users.

To encourage them to take care of
equipment just the same as they take
care of patients.
Effect of PPM
Recovery by repair

When maintenance is performed

performance

If you are not doing

maintenance

performance limit
 Maintenance
of
oxygen concentrator
Principle of oxygen concentrator
Large type
Small type
Internal structure
of
small type
oxygen concentrator
 User care 1
• Every day
• Cleaning up the air intake filter by vacuum cleaner

• Every week
• Water washing the air intake filter
• After water washing, let it dry completely

• 2or3 times a week

• Clean the humidifier with dishwashing liquid & replace the purified water
 User care 2
• Every month
• Charging the built-in battery

• At intervals
• Cleaning up around the power plug and outlet by vacuum cleaner
Maintenance done by BME

• Every 4000hours or 6month

• Check the installation status
• Confirmation of abnormal noise
• Confirmation of accumulated time
• Check oxygen flow rate
• Check oxygen concentration
• Check the display function
• Check battery operation
 Maintenance done by BME
• Every 8000hours
• Replacing the humidifier bubbler

Humidifier bubbler

Humidifier
 Overhaul

• Every 14000hours (Depends on the model)

• Zeolite replacement
• compressor
• Small type : replacement
• Large type : Disassembly and cleaning, Replacement of consumables
 Overhaul
• Electromagnetic valve (solenoid valve)
• Small type : replacement
• Large type : Disassembly and cleaning, Replacement of consumables

• Oxygen sensor : replacement

• Tube, Filter, Packing : replacement