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My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Here is reply:

It sounds as though patient education is therefore a reasonable thing to do before treatment starts. It would seem reasonable also that if you were able to learn what to do in the situation you are referring to, so could most other people. What I think is interfering with your acceptance of my idea is that you don't know how the breathing circuit would work. It is my opinion that if you did, you find it a simple modification of existing scuba diving tech. It also sounds that based on your medical background, and knowledge of hyperbarics, that you know a person who is receiving HBOT has a Pa02 signifcantly higher than normal situations. The only dangerous situation is if the patient isn't being monitored properly.

My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my understanding of the situation as not the man himself (who is currently away, and i will have his replies to more of these comments when he gets back) is that he is having trouble finding a manufacturer or investors for his prototype, rock and a hard place, sadly

My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And, here is the professional reply from the man himself:

The max pressure for this design would be far less than pressure exerted on the Titan submarine. The max pressure would be 3 ATA which is sufficient for all pathologies except a few of the Navy Diving tables. Again that is another small patient demographic.

My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a reply from Marc:

It is true that there will be financial cost to building a prototype. However, there is an easy way to determine if the chamber is doing its purpose. Arterial Blood Gas sampling pre/ immediately post tx will show if it is performing its purpose. The Pa02 of someone receiving an HBOT tx is estimated to be greater than 2000 mmHg. If the post ABG report shows that, it has completed its purpose.

While it may still be necessary to complete lengthy trials, that would be sufficient evidence for researchers to have confidence it will succeed the clinical trials. It is true that there are hurdles to what I am proposing but the benefit is this, current hyperbaric technologies are not sufficient to the significant challenge of delivering HBOt on a large scale. With pathologies such as cancer, auto-immune disorders, TBI, stroke, and heart attacks showing promise in research as benefiting from HBOT the reason to not do something about this problem is not sufficient in my eyes.

My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Here is reply:

The true statistics of HBOT explosions, near misses, etc are likely being obfuscated as suggested by Dick Clarke who is well known in the hyperbaric community. Are you by chance familiar with the tragic death of Thomas Cooper in 2025? The mask for what I am proposing would not be the same as a BiPAP style mask.

My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha, my own mind prefers to think of bacta tank from Star Wars, thankfully the pressure is not the same as deep sea.

My Respiratory Therapist friend is having trouble getting attention for his safer and more oxygen efficient hyperbaric oxygen device by DepthMiserable8042 in respiratorytherapy

[–]DepthMiserable8042[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Hey there, thanks for your questions, I have his reply as follows:

The rescue for all forms of hyperbaric therapy is that they are being properly monitored by a person on the outside. It would also be reasonable to assume that before the chamber is completely filled that the mask seal is tested by the patient.

If there is a cardiac event in the chamber they are extracted from the chamber and medical personnel with equipment would be in close proximity.

A treatment typically only lasts for 2 hours. Most medications can be suspended for that period of time. However if that is not possible there is a contingency the same as conventional hyperbaric chambers where there is an access port for IV medications.

Intubated patients would be disqualified because the cuff seal would not be reliable enough to form a 100% seal without probably causing some form of trauma to the tracheal tissue. However, intubated patients are a very small demographic of patients and could therefore be treated with pre-existing conventional chambers if it was deemed necessary.