The present invention relates to the technical field of breathing device, and more particularly to a breathing device with carbon dioxide compensation function.
According to the service environment, ventilators are divided into medical ventilators and household ventilators. Medical ventilators are used under the supervision of medical staff for patients with respiratory failure and barotrauma, as well as those requiring respiratory support, respiratory treatment, and first aid resuscitation. The medical ventilators mainly include therapeutic ventilators, first aid ventilators, out-of-hospital transport ventilators, high-frequency jet ventilators, high-frequency oscillation ventilators. Household ventilators are used to relieve snoring, hypopnea and sleep apnea during sleep, moderate and mild respiratory failure, and respiratory insufficiency, thus achieving adjuvant therapeutic purposes. They are commonly used in the family environment, and is also able to be used in medical institutions, and mainly include household respiratory support equipment, sleep ventilators, sleep non-invasive ventilators, continuous positive pressure ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure ventilators and positive pressure ventilation therapy apparatuses.
Currently, the air source of all ventilators is air and pure oxygen. Existing ventilators are only able to provide patients with mixed air-oxygen, air or pure oxygen, and are unable to provide patients with carbon dioxide gas. Therefore, existing ventilators are unable to compensate for carbon dioxide in the body of the patient by adjusting the proportion of carbon dioxide in the supplied air.
The present invention provides a breathing device with carbon dioxide compensation function, so as to solve the above problems in the prior art.
A breathing device with carbon dioxide compensation function comprises:
Preferably, a first filter is provided on the air source pipeline, a second filter and a first check valve are provided on the low pressure oxygen source pipeline, the low pressure oxygen flows through the second filer and first check valve in sequence and enters an oxygen flow sensor, the low pressure oxygen and the air from the oxygen flow sensor enter a breathing gas generator through a second check valve, and are mixed by the breathing gas generator for forming breathing gas;
Preferably, a third filter, a first flow control valve, and a directional valve are provided on the high pressure oxygen source pipeline, a second pressure sensor is located between the third filter and the first flow control valve; when the directional valve is opened positively, the high pressure oxygen enters the gas supply pipeline through the third filter, the first flow control valve, and the directional valve on the high pressure oxygen source pipeline;
Preferably, an oxygen sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a fourth pressure sensor and a gas flow sensor are provided on the gas supply pipeline;
Preferably, a humidifier and a nebulizer are provided on a breathing pipeline, a fifth pressure sensor is located between the humidifier and the nebulizer, the breathing gas or the therapeutic gas enters a body of the user through the nebulizer;
Preferably, the breathing gas or the therapeutic gas enters the body of the user through the nebulizer, which specifically comprises:
Preferably, the fifth pressure sensor is connected with an alarm; when the fifth pressure sensor detects that a pressure exceeds a preset range, an alarm instruction is sent to the alarm, and the alarm sends out an abnormal pressure alarm to remind occurrence of gas path blockage or gas leakage.
Preferably, when the directional valve is opened reversely, the high pressure oxygen in the high pressure oxygen source pipeline will not enter the gas supply pipeline.
Preferably, the breathing device further comprises an auxiliary gas source pipeline, the auxiliary gas source pipeline is provided with a fifth filter and the a flow control valve, and a seventh pressure sensor is located between the fifth filter and the third flow control valve;
Preferably, the breathing device further comprises a carbon dioxide flow regulation system which comprises a carbon dioxide monitoring AI (artificial intelligence) module;
Compared with the prior art, the present invention has some advantages as follows.
The present invention provides the breathing device with carbon dioxide compensation function. The breathing device comprises an air source pipeline, a low pressure oxygen source pipeline, a high pressure oxygen source pipeline, a carbon dioxide source pipeline, a gas supply pipeline all of which are set in a ventilator; and a breathing pipeline which is set outside the ventilator. The air from an air source enters the ventilator through the air source pipeline. The low pressure oxygen from a low pressure oxygen source is mixed with the air in the air source pipeline through the low pressure oxygen source pipeline; mixed breathing gas enters the gas supply pipeline, is transmitted outside the ventilator through the gas supply pipeline, and is inhaled by a user through the breathing pipeline. The high pressure oxygen from a high pressure oxygen source enters the ventilator through the high pressure oxygen source pipeline, carbon dioxide gas from a carbon dioxide source and the high pressure oxygen in the high pressure oxygen source pipeline are mixed through the carbon dioxide source pipeline and form therapeutic gas. the therapeutic gas enters the gas supply pipeline, is transmitted outside the ventilator through the gas supply pipeline, and is inhaled by the user through the breathing pipeline for treatment, wherein the carbon dioxide gas is mixed with the high pressure oxygen in a preset ratio. Moreover, the breathing device further comprises the carbon dioxide flow regulation system for detecting and regulating carbon dioxide in the breathing gas which is transported by the breathing device for patients, so as to compensate for the carbon dioxide in the body of the patient. The carbon dioxide flow control parameters are dynamically adjusted for preventing patients from hyperventilation, and there is no need to collect the carbon dioxide gas exhaled or produced by patients in this process.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be described in the subsequent specification, and partially become apparent from the specification, or be understood by implement the present invention. Objects and other advantages of the present invention are able to be realized and obtained by the structure specified in the specification, claims, and drawings.
The technical solutions of the present invention are further described in detail by the accompanying drawings and embodiments as follows.
The present invention is able to be further understood with accompanying drawings. The drawings are a part of the specification and are used to explain the present invention in combination with embodiments as follows, which are not a limitation of the present invention.
In the drawings, 1: ventilator; 2: air source; 3: low pressure oxygen source; 4: high pressure oxygen source; 5: carbon dioxide source; 6: auxiliary gas source; 9: first pressure sensor; 10: oxygen flow sensor; 11: breathing gas generator; 12: carbon oxide sensor; 14: first flow control valve; 15: directional valve; 16: second flow control valve; 17: third flow control valve; 18: pressure regulating valve; 19: shut-off valve; 20: sixth pressure sensor; 21: first throttle valve; 22: second throttle valve; 23: external environment; 24: second pressure sensor; 25: third pressure sensor; 26: seventh pressure sensor; 27: oxygen sensor; 28: gas flow sensor; 29: humidifier; 30: fifth pressure sensor; 31: diaphragm regulating valve; 32: nebulizer; 33: mask; 34: user; 35: fourth pressure sensor; 36: carbon dioxide flow regulation system; 38: physiological detection instrument; 40: carbon dioxide monitoring AI (artificial intelligence) module; 108: first check valve; 207: first filter; 208: second check valve; 218: third check valve; 307: second filter; 413: third filter; 513: fourth filter; 613: fifth filter.
The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are intended only to illustrate and explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.
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the air from the air source 2 enters the ventilator 1 through the air source pipeline, the low pressure oxygen from the low pressure oxygen source 3 is mixed with the air in the air source pipeline through the low pressure oxygen source pipeline; the mixed breathing gas enters the gas supply pipeline, is transmitted outside the ventilator 1 through the gas supply pipeline, and is inhaled by a user 34 through the breathing pipeline;
the high pressure oxygen from the high pressure oxygen source 4 enters the ventilator 1 through the high pressure oxygen source pipeline, the carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide source 5 and the high pressure oxygen in the high pressure oxygen source pipeline are mixed through the carbon dioxide source pipeline and form the therapeutic gas; the therapeutic gas enters the gas supply pipeline, is transmitted outside the ventilator 1 through the gas supply pipeline, and is inhaled by the user 34 through the breathing pipeline for treatment, wherein the carbon dioxide gas is mixed with the high pressure oxygen in a preset ratio.
The working principle of the above technical solution is as follows. According to the present invention, there are two breathing control systems in the breathing device, namely, a therapeutic breathing system and an universal breathing system, wherein the two breathing control systems share the same gas supply pipeline; in the therapeutic breathing system, the high pressure oxygen from the high pressure oxygen source 4 and the carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide source 5 are mixed to form the therapeutic gas for the user 34; in the universal breathing system, the low pressure oxygen from the low pressure oxygen source 3 and the air from the air source 2 are mixed to form the breathing gas for the user 34.
Specifically, the breathing device comprises an air source 2, a low pressure oxygen source 3, a high pressure oxygen source 4, a carbon dioxide source 5, a first pressure sensor 9, an oxygen flow sensor 10, a first flow control valve 14, a directional valve 15, a shut-off valve 19, a sixth pressure sensor 20, a first throttle valve 21, a second throttle valve 22, a fifth pressure sensor 30, a diaphragm regulating valve 31, a nebulizer 32, a first check valve 108, a first filter 207, a second filter 307, a third filter 413, a fourth filter 513 and a fifth filter 613.
When the general breathing function is activated, the directional valve 15 is switched and connected with the oxygen flow sensor 10, the high pressure oxygen from the high pressure oxygen source 4 flows through the third filter 413 for entering the ventilator 1, a proportion of the oxygen in the respiratory airflow for the user 34 is set through the first flow control valve 14, the second pressure sensor 24 monitors the pressure of the high pressure oxygen entering the ventilator 1, and the oxygen sensor 27 detects the oxygen concentration. When no high pressure oxygen source 4 is provided, the low pressure oxygen source 3 is provided, the low pressure oxygen from the low pressure oxygen source flows through the first check valve 108 and enters the oxygen flow sensor 10, the first pressure sensor 9 monitors the pressure of the low pressure oxygen, the flow of the low pressure oxygen is determined by the low pressure oxygen source 3 and is generally not higher than 15 L/min. The air from the air source 2 flows through the first filter 207 for entering the ventilator 1, and then is mixed with the oxygen from the oxygen flow sensor 10, and then enters the breathing gas generator 11 through the second check valve 208. The tidal gas generated by the breathing gas generator 11 flows through the third check valve 218 and enters the gas supply pipeline. The oxygen sensor 27 detects the oxygen concentration. The gas flow sensor 28 detects the flow of the tidal gas. The fourth pressure sensor 35 detects the pressure of the gas supply pipeline. The tidal gas flows outside the ventilator 1 and enters the respiratory tube of the user. If the humidity and temperature of the tidal gas need to be adjusted, the humidifier 29 is able to be connected with the ventilator 1 in series. If medication needs to be added to the tidal gas, the breathing pipeline is provided with a nebulizer 32, and at this time, the shut-off valve 19 is switched on, the diverted gas from the high pressure oxygen source 4 flows through the first throttle valve 21 and enters the nebulizer 32 for nebulizing the medication; the tidal gas is inhaled by the user 34 through a mask 33 or the respiratory pipeline. The exhaled gas from the user flows through the diaphragm regulating valve 31 and enters the external environment 23. The pressure of the diaphragm regulating valve 31 is adjusted by the sixth pressure sensor 20 and the second throttle valve 22. While using the PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) regulating function, the pressure regulating valve 18 is opened to a certain position according to the preset value of PEEP, the diverted gas from the high pressure oxygen source 4 flows through the second throttle valve 22 and enters the external environment 23; the sixth pressure sensor 20 is connected with the pressure regulating valve 18 and the second throttle valve 22, so the sixth pressure sensor 20 monitors the pressure between the pressure regulating valve 18 and the second throttle valve 22. The sixth pressure sensor 20 is also connected with the diaphragm regulating valve 31, so the pressure of the location where the pressure regulating valve 18, the sixth pressure sensor 20, the second throttle valve 22 and the diaphragm regulating valve 31 are connected is defined as PEEP.
Beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows. There is a carbon dioxide flow regulation system 36 in the ventilator 1 for detecting and regulating the carbon dioxide gas in the breathing gas which is delivered to the user by the ventilator 1, so as to compensate for the amount of carbon dioxide or hydrogen ions H+ in the user's body, so that the flow control parameters of the carbon dioxide gas are dynamically adjusted for preventing the user from hyperventilation, and there is no need to collect the carbon dioxide gas exhaled or produced by the user in this process.
Preferably, the first filter 207 is provided on the air source pipeline, that is, the first filter 207 is connected with the air source 2; the second filter 307 and the first check valve 108 are provided on the low pressure oxygen source pipeline, that is, the second filter 307 is located between the low pressure oxygen source 3 and the first check valve 108; the low pressure oxygen flows through the second filer 307 and first check valve 108 in sequence and enters the oxygen flow sensor 10, the low pressure oxygen and the air from the oxygen flow sensor 10 enter the breathing gas generator 11 through the second check valve 208, and are mixed by the breathing gas generator 11 for forming the breathing gas;
Preferably, the third filter 413, the first flow control valve 14, and the directional valve 15 are provided on the high pressure oxygen source pipeline, the second pressure sensor 24 is located between the third filter 413 and the first flow control valve 14; when the directional valve 15 is opened positively, the high pressure oxygen enters the gas supply pipeline through the third filter 413, the first flow control valve 14, and the directional valve 15 on the high pressure oxygen source pipeline;
Preferably, the oxygen sensor 27, the carbon dioxide sensor 12, the fourth pressure sensor 35 and the gas flow sensor 28 are provided on the gas supply pipeline;
Preferably, the humidifier 29 and the nebulizer 32 are provided on the breathing pipeline, the fifth pressure sensor 30 is located between the humidifier 29 and the nebulizer 32, the breathing gas or the therapeutic gas enters the body of the user 34 through the nebulizer 32;
Preferably, the breathing gas or the therapeutic gas enters the body of the user 34 through the nebulizer 32, which specifically comprises:
PEEP is the positive end-expiratory pressure for reinflating collapsed alveoli, increasing mean airway pressure, improving oxygenation, and reducing pulmonary edema, but at the same time affecting cardiac blood return and left ventricular afterload, and overcoming increased respiratory work. PEEP is often applied to I-type respiratory failure represented by ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome).
Preferably, the fifth pressure sensor 30 is connected with an alarm; when the fifth pressure sensor 30 detects that the pressure exceeds the preset range, an alarm instruction is sent to the alarm, and the alarm sends out an abnormal pressure alarm to remind the occurrence of gas path blockage or gas leakage.
Preferably, when the directional valve 15 is opened reversely, the high pressure oxygen in the high pressure oxygen source pipeline will not enter the gas supply pipeline.
Preferably, the breathing device further comprises an auxiliary gas source pipeline, the auxiliary gas source pipeline is provided with the fifth filter 613 and the third flow control valve 17, and the seventh pressure sensor 26 is located between the fifth filter 613 and the third flow control valve 17;
Preferably, the breathing device further comprises the carbon dioxide flow regulation system 36 which comprises a carbon dioxide monitoring AI (artificial intelligence) module 40;
The working principle of the above technical solution is as follows. The carbon dioxide flow regulation system comprises a high pressure oxygen source 4, a carbon dioxide source 5, a third filter 413, a fourth filter 513, a first pressure sensor 24, a second pressure sensor 25, a first flow control valve 14, a second flow control valve 16, and a fifth pressure sensor 30 which is a pressure sensor close to the user. When the carbon dioxide regulation function is activated, the carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide source 5 flows through the fourth filter 513 and enters the ventilator 1; by adjusting the second flow control valve 16, the flow of the carbon dioxide in the breathing gas for the patient or the user 34 is set. The carbon dioxide sensor 12 detects the concentration of the carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide source 5.
When the general respiratory function is activated, the tidal volume VT, the respiratory time ratio I:E, the oxygen ratio FiO2, and the PEEP are set; the appropriate breathing mode is selected according to the state of the patient, and then the ventilator 1 starts to work.
When the therapeutic function is started, the tidal volume VT, the respiratory time ratio I:E, the oxygen ratio FiO2, and the PEEP are set, and then the ventilator 1 starts to work. If the pressure is abnormal at the fifth pressure sensor 30, it indicates the gas path blockage or gas leakage. Medical personnel need to check the state of gas path. The therapeutic gas is a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide. The two gases are mixed in a fixed proportion and then injected into the poisoned patient for treatment. Other medical gases are also able to be mixed according to the above method and then injected into patients through continuous ventilation or other customized ventilation modes.
The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows. The CO2 monitoring AI module 40 is able to automatically adjust FiCO2 according to the physiological condition of the patient, which prevents the patient from hyperventilation while regulating CO2. In addition, the pre-opening time is preset, the first time and the second time are calculated, the ratio of carbon dioxide to oxygen is adjusted in advance according to the change rule and trend of carbon dioxide content in the body of the user 34, or the therapeutic function of the ventilator 1 is activated in advance to timely supplement the carbon dioxide gas or reduce the inhalation of carbon dioxide gas for the user 34.
In addition, the oxygen content in the body of the user 34 is able to be measured and calculated. Based on the oxygen content, the preset ratio of carbon dioxide gas to high pressure oxygen is able to be further controlled as follows. The calculation method comprises steps of:
The formula of the first linear relationship is as follows:
wherein SaO2 is oxygen saturation, K is dual wavelength light absorption ratio, εo1 is oxygenated hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under red light, εo2 is oxygenated hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under infrared light, εr1 is reduced hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under red light, εr2 is reduced hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under infrared light, CHbO2 is oxygenated hemoglobin light content, CHb is reduced hemoglobin content, a is empirical coefficient and ranges from 0.1 to 0.3, W is the weight of the object to be detected (unit: Kg); H is the height of the object to be detected (unit: m).
The formula of the second linear relationship is as follows:
wherein SaO2 is oxygen saturation, A is ratio of red light absorption to infrared light absorption, εo1 is oxygenated hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under red light, εo2 is oxygenated hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under infrared light, εr1 is reduced hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under red light, εr2 is reduced hemoglobin light absorption coefficient under infrared light, I01 is the intensity of red light incident light, I02 is the intensity of infrared light incident light, Itest1 is the intensity of light detected after red light passes through the body surface; Itest2 is the intensity of light detected after infrared light passes through the body surface.
The formula of the formed multiple linear regression model is as follows:
wherein Y(SaO2) is oxygen saturation determined based on the multiple linear regression model, and β0, β1 and β2 are the regression coefficients of the multiple linear regression model.
Obviously, those skilled in the art may make various alterations and variants of the present invention without deviating from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include these modifications and variations.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202210450492.9 | Apr 2022 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/129965 | 11/4/2022 | WO |