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Overview

Portable Oxygen Market Assessment

Portable Oxygen Market,

Patients on Oxygen,

Liquid Oxygen Market Forecasts,

Portable Oxygen Concentrators Market Forecasts

MARKET STRATEGIES FORECASTS TO 2007

Breathing Portable Oxygen,

Portable Oxygen Issues

Homecare Market Growth Factors

MARKET STRATEGIES FORECASTS TO 2007

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Oxygen Insurance Reimbursement

Portable Oxygen Market Driving Forces

Oxygen Equipment Market Participants

Liquid Oxygen Market Shares

Liquid Oxygen Market Forecasts

Recent Portable Oxygen Product Introductions

Oxygen Concentrator Product Functions

Oxygen Delivery Methods

Regional Liquid Oxygen Market Segments

Number of Home Healthcare and Hospice Agencies

Home Oxygen Market Segments

Unified Supply Network

Technological Trends

Oxygen Concentrator Compressor Component Repair

Portable Oxygen Market Shares, Market Opportunities, Market Strategies, and Market Forecasts, 2002 to 2007

Homecare technology is poised to create new services efficiencies for the healthcare industry. Systems automate care delivery, permitting tracking from the bedside and eliminating unnecessary visits to the home. Patients and family gain more control over the care delivery. Care can be delivered in familiar settings.

The market participants in portable oxygen seek to position in a manner that is competitive with existing stationary systems. Vendors offer a wide range of products, services, training, and support. Homecare agencies need to limit truck rolls. The designs of systems that are intuitive to use represent major market opportunity.

Portable oxygen choices relate to portable oxygen concentrators, liquid oxygen, or compressed gas cylinders. Portable oxygen concentrators need a battery or to be plugged in. They are poised to become the system of choice as fuel cell power becomes more available.

The worldwide liquid oxygen forecast, which was at $81.3 million in the year 2001, is expected to make a large increase to $147.9 million by the year 2007.

The worldwide portable oxygen concentrator market, which was at $300 thousand in the year 2001, is expected to make a large increase to $112.6 million by the year 2007.

Companies Profiled

Market Leaders

AirSep

Chad Therapeutics

Chart Industries / Caire

Drager Home Care

Hudson RCI

IDEX / Gast Manufacturing

Invacare Corporation

Luxfer Group

Mada

OxLife

Penox

Respironics

Roscoe Medical

SeQual Technologies

Sievetek

Sim Italia

Sunrise Medical

Thomas Industries

Tyco International

UOP

Victor Medical

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