Breathe easy: novel breathing system offers safer
alternative.
by Williams, Robert H.
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A start-up company in Boise, Idaho, is offering a hybrid breathing
system which relies on non-corrosive chemicals to provide oxygen and
scrub carbon dioxide from expelled breath.
Unlike other existing products, this system is non-pressurized,
non-flammable and not explosive, says the manufacturer.
OXON Medical LifeSystems Inc. developed the breathing systems for
the military and mining industry. The self-contained, self-rescue units
provide life giving air and a hybrid filter component offers ambient air
cleansing.
The units are dockable and rechargeable which means they can
sustain users for long periods.
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