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What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) involves breathing pure oxygen (100% by volume) under an ambient pressure significantly higher than normal atmospheric pressure. Typically, HBOT treatments are carried out in a pressure chamber.

What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)?

How much does hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) cost?

Currently, the cost per treatment session is at least €210. According to research by IGeL-Monitor, prices range between €325 and €375 per session. Outpatient HBOT is not covered by statutory health insurance and must therefore be paid for by the patient directly.

How much does hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) cost?

What are the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)?

Many of these effects are helpful in alleviating or healing medical conditions, and in certain cases can be highly effective. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) can, among other things, lead to a lasting improvement in the supply of oxygen and nutrients through the stimulation of new blood vessel formation (angiogenesis).

What are the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)?

What happens when you are in a pressure chamber?

In the pressure chamber, the user breathes 100 percent pure oxygen under increased pressure. Due to the elevated pressure, the body can absorb up to 20 times more oxygen than during normal breathing.

What happens when you are in a pressure chamber?

Is long-term HBOT healthy?

The results show that long-term oxygen therapy significantly increases patients’ life expectancy. Positive effects have also been demonstrated with regard to physical performance and quality of life..

Is long-term HBOT healthy?

How Often Should You Do Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)?

HBOT is usually recommended as a course of 15 to 40 sessions. The exact number of treatments depends on individual health needs and should be determined together with a specialist.”

How Often Should You Do Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)?

HBOT is usually recommended as a course of 15 to 40 sessions. The exact number of treatments depends on individual health needs and should be determined together with a specialist.”

Why are there Chinese providers with similar-looking products?

Many providers, including some from China, claim to be manufacturers of hyperbaric oxygen chambers. However, as is already known from the smartphone industry, there are only a few actual contract manufacturers who truly produce HBOT systems. Most others are resellers who simply place their own branding on existing products. In contrast, X4Oxygen operates its own development department with German engineers and maintains a direct partnership with the leading contract manufacturer for hyperbaric chambers. All of our systems are produced exclusively according to our own designs, specifications, and quality standards. One of our primary goals is to make highly effective and top-quality HBOT chambers affordable and accessible to everyone. To avoid ‘night shifts’ at manufacturers and uncontrolled duplications, we allow older versions of our chambers (n-1) to be replicated. This helps us recoup development costs. Our latest products, however – featuring cutting-edge technology such as cloud-based, fully automated AI control, our unique optimized oxygen preparation and supply system, up to 5 years of warranty, a German service center, German repair and spare parts service, and much more – are available exclusively through X4Oxygen.

Why are there Chinese providers with similar-looking products?

What is your relationship with Dremenia?

Mr. Raphael Dreher was a former sales representative and received five months of training with us before starting his own business and founding Dremenia UG as a small enterprise. In contrast to X4Oxygen, he does not employ engineers and does not maintain his own product development. He primarily distributes Chinese products. More recently, Dremenia has also started purchasing products from X4Oxygen. Through our Chinese production partner, X4Oxygen supplies similar-looking products from earlier development stages. Our latest products, however – including cloud-based, fully automated AI control – are available exclusively through X4Oxygen.

What is your relationship with Dremenia?

What is the difference between IHHT and hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

IHHT (Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia Training):
With IHHT, alternating low-oxygen air (hypoxia, e.g. 9–16% oxygen) and oxygen-rich air (hyperoxia, e.g. 30–40% oxygen) is inhaled at normal atmospheric pressure. The targeted switch between oxygen deficiency and surplus deliberately stresses the cells.

Physiological effect: This controlled stress stimulates mitophagy (removal of damaged mitochondria) and biogenesis (formation of new, healthy mitochondria), effectively “training” the body on a cellular level.
Goal: Similar to altitude training, IHHT aims to stimulate energy metabolism and improve performance. However, recent studies (e.g. Dr. Sinclair on intermittent fasting) suggest that autophagy may also be triggered more efficiently through other methods.

HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy):
With HBOT, the patient breathes pure oxygen (100%) under increased pressure (usually 1.5–2 bar) inside a pressure chamber.

Physiological effect: This “floods” tissues with oxygen, significantly increasing oxygen concentration in blood and tissue. HBOT reduces inflammation, accelerates healing, and combats bacterial infections (particularly anaerobic bacteria).

Comparison & Overlap:
While IHHT works by stressing cells with oxygen fluctuations, HBOT saturates the body with oxygen. Interestingly, HBOT can also mimic aspects of the IHHT process: studies (e.g. University Hospital Graz, 2023) have shown that oxygen level fluctuations during HBOT can enhance stem cell reactivation.

X4Oxygen Innovation:
Our digital systems include a built-in IHHT function: alternating cycles (20 min pure oxygen at ~96% / 5 min ambient air at ~21%). Unlike traditional IHHT, where the difference between hypoxia and hyperoxia is ~30%, the X4 IHHT function creates a ~75% difference — making it 2.5 times stronger.

Summary:

HBOT floods the body with oxygen.
IHHT deliberately creates partial oxygen deprivation.
HBOT is generally safer and easier to use (especially with modern mHBOT systems), whereas IHHT comes with more contraindications and should only be used by healthy individuals without medical supervision.
Thanks to optimized mHBOT systems, costs can even be lower than IHHT devices, with simpler and safer handling.

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