Combat Readiness—Medical Research Program (CRRP) Rapid Development and Translational Research Award (RDTRA)

In this program, TDA Research proposes to develop and demonstrate a high performance, shelf-stable oxygen concentrator module in a cylindrical configuration that fits into existing hardware for mounting high-pressure D-size oxygen cylinders. TDA has invented a unique humidity blocker design that can be dropped into the bed without increasing the size of the bed or reducing the performance of the oxygen concentrator. By preventing water adsorption on the majority of the bed, TDA’s oxygen concentrator module becomes shelf-stable and won’t show reduced performance after storage (in the proposed work, TDA will demonstrate the use of the new humidity blocker for its own cylindrical medical oxygen generator, but it will be applicable to all oxygen generation systems). Oxygen concentrators equipped with this new technology can be placed in storage for several months in between uses without any degradation in performance.