CN105498056A - Respiratory circulation instrument - Google Patents
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- CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbon dioxide Chemical compound O=C=O CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 38
- QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N atomic oxygen Chemical compound [O] QVGXLLKOCUKJST-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 25
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Abstract
The invention discloses a respiratory circulation instrument which comprises an exhaled breath inlet pipe. A condensing pipe is wound around the periphery of a cooling pipe, the upper end of the condensing pipe is connected with an inner cavity of a purification device, the condensing pipe is connected with a cooling device through a catheter, a first drawer is mounted in the middle of the purification device, and the inner cavity of the upper portion of the purification device is connected with the lower end of an exhaled breath outlet pipe. The purification device, the cooling device, a gas storage tank, an oxygen bottle and a carbon dioxide removing tank are fixed to the front side of a fixed plate. A control panel is mounted on the upper portion of the left side of the fixed plate, and a control module is installed on the upper portion of the right side of the fixed plate. A first electromagnetic check valve, a second electromagnetic check valve, a carbon dioxide concentration detector, an oxygen concentration detector, a temperature sensor and the cooling device are electrically connected with the control module. The control module is electrically connected with the control panel. The respiratory circulation instrument effectively removes carbon dioxide in exhaled breath, and the service life of the instrument is prolonged.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical field of medical instruments, be specially a kind of respiratory cycle device.
Background technology
Along with industrial expansion, air pollution is more and more serious, and the patient of respiratory disorder gets more and more.The effect of existing respiratory cycle device removing carbon dioxide is bad, and in addition because the amount of oxygen in oxygen cylinder is limited, respiratory cycle device can not be used for a long time, for this reason, we propose a kind of respiratory cycle device.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of respiratory cycle device, to solve the problem proposed in above-mentioned background technology.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides following technical scheme: a kind of respiratory cycle device, comprise breath inlet pipe, the bottom of described breath inlet pipe is connected with the inner chamber of removing carbon dioxide case, the second drawer is installed at the middle part of described removing carbon dioxide case, and the lower lumen of removing carbon dioxide case is connected with the first electromagnetism check valve by conduit, and oxygenation pipeline is installed in the bottom of the first electromagnetism check valve, and the top inner chamber of oxygenation pipeline installs gas concentration lwevel detector, the bottom of described oxygenation pipeline is connected with the second electromagnetism check valve on the left of it by conduit, and the lower end of oxygenation pipeline is connected with the left side inner chamber of gas storage tanks, described second electromagnetism check valve is arranged on the bottleneck of oxygen cylinder, the inwall of described gas storage tanks installs oxygen concentration detecting instrument and temperature sensor, and the right side inner chamber of gas storage tanks is connected with the lower end of cooling pipe, surrounding's winding condensing tube of described cooling pipe, and the upper end of cooling pipe is connected with the inner chamber of purifier, described condensing tube is connected with chiller by conduit, the first drawer is installed at the middle part of described purifier, and the lower end that the top inner chamber of purifier and breath go out pipe is connected, described purifier, chiller, gas storage tanks, oxygen cylinder and removing carbon dioxide case are separately fixed at the front side of fixing head, the left upper portion of described fixing head installs panel, and the right upper portion of fixing head installs control module, described first electromagnetism check valve, second electromagnetism check valve, gas concentration lwevel detector, oxygen concentration detecting instrument, temperature sensor and chiller are electrically connected with control module respectively, and control module and panel are electrically connected.
Preferably, the inner chamber of described first drawer arranges calcium oxide, and the bottom of the first drawer is network structure, and the inner chamber of described second drawer arranges active carbon, and the bottom of the second drawer is network structure.
Preferably, the left side of described panel is display screen, and control knob is installed on the right side of panel.
Preferably, the upper end of described breath inlet pipe is breath import, and check valve is installed in breath import bottom, and the top inner chamber that described breath goes out pipe installs check valve, and the upper end that breath goes out pipe is breath outlet.
Compared with prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects as follows: this respiratory cycle device passes through the concentration of the first electromagnetism check valve and gas concentration lwevel detector control device inner silica carbon, the concentration of respiratory cycle device internal oxygen is controlled by the second electromagnetism check valve and oxygen concentration detecting instrument, reduce the waste of oxygen cylinder oxygen, increase the service time of respiratory cycle device, effectively gas temperature is controlled by temperature sensor and chiller, adopt the first drawer and the second drawer, be convenient for changing calcium oxide and active carbon, this device realizes Automated condtrol, very easy to use.
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Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present invention.
In figure: 1 breath inlet pipe, 2 breaths go out pipe, 3 control modules, 4 first drawers, 5 purifiers, 6 fixing heads, 7 chillers, 8 gas storage tanks, 9 condensing tubes, 10 cooling pipes, 11 oxygen cylinders, 12 oxygenation pipelines, 13 first electromagnetism check valves, 14 second electromagnetism check valves, 15 second drawers, 16 removing carbon dioxide casees, 17 panels.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, be clearly and completely described the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
Refer to Fig. 1, the invention provides a kind of technical scheme: a kind of respiratory cycle device, comprise breath inlet pipe 1, the bottom of breath inlet pipe 1 is connected with the inner chamber of removing carbon dioxide case 16, the second drawer 15 is installed at the middle part of removing carbon dioxide case 16, facilitate the replacing of removing carbon dioxide material, easy to use, and the lower lumen of removing carbon dioxide case 16 is connected with the first electromagnetism check valve 13 by conduit, and oxygenation pipeline 12 is installed in the bottom of the first electromagnetism check valve 13, and the top inner chamber of oxygenation pipeline 12 installs gas concentration lwevel detector, by the concentration of the first electromagnetism check valve 13 and gas concentration lwevel detector control device inner silica carbon, the bottom of oxygenation pipeline 12 is connected with the second electromagnetism check valve 14 on the left of it by conduit, and the lower end of oxygenation pipeline 12 is connected with the left side inner chamber of gas storage tanks 8, second electromagnetism check valve 14 is arranged on the bottleneck of oxygen cylinder 11, the concentration of respiratory cycle device internal oxygen is controlled by the second electromagnetism check valve 14 and oxygen concentration detecting instrument, reduce the waste of oxygen cylinder oxygen, increase the service time of respiratory cycle device, the inwall of gas storage tanks 8 installs oxygen concentration detecting instrument and temperature sensor, and the right side inner chamber of gas storage tanks 8 is connected with the lower end of cooling pipe 10, surrounding's winding condensing tube 9 of cooling pipe 10, and the upper end of cooling pipe 10 is connected with the inner chamber of purifier 5, condensing tube 9 is connected with chiller 7 by conduit, the first drawer 4 is installed at the middle part of purifier 5, the inner chamber of the first drawer 4 arranges solid removing carbon dioxide material, and the bottom of the first drawer 4 is network structure, the inner chamber of the second drawer 15 arranges active carbon, and the bottom of the second drawer 15 is network structure, the first drawer 4 and the second drawer 15 is adopted to be convenient for changing calcium oxide and active carbon, and the lower end that the top inner chamber of purifier 5 and breath go out pipe 2 is connected, the upper end of breath inlet pipe 1 is breath import, and check valve is installed in breath import bottom, the top inner chamber that breath goes out pipe 2 installs check valve, and the upper end that breath goes out pipe 2 is breath outlet, purifier 5, chiller 7, gas storage tanks 8, oxygen cylinder 11 and removing carbon dioxide case 16 are separately fixed at the front side of fixing head 6, the left upper portion of fixing head 6 installs panel 17, and the right upper portion of fixing head 6 installs control module 3, first electromagnetism check valve 13, second electromagnetism check valve 14, gas concentration lwevel detector, oxygen concentration detecting instrument, temperature sensor and chiller 7 are electrically connected with control module 3 respectively, and control module 3 and panel 17 are electrically connected, the left side of panel 17 is display screen, and control knob is installed on the right side of panel 17, this device realizes Automated condtrol, very easy to use.
Although illustrate and describe embodiments of the invention, for the ordinary skill in the art, be appreciated that and can carry out multiple change, amendment, replacement and modification to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, scope of the present invention is by claims and equivalents thereof.
Claims (4)
1. a respiratory cycle device, comprise breath inlet pipe (1), it is characterized in that: the bottom of described breath inlet pipe (1) is connected with the inner chamber of removing carbon dioxide case (16), the second drawer (15) is installed at the middle part of described removing carbon dioxide case (16), and the lower lumen of removing carbon dioxide case (16) is connected with the first electromagnetism check valve (13) by conduit, and oxygenation pipeline (12) is installed in the bottom of the first electromagnetism check valve (13), and the top inner chamber of oxygenation pipeline (12) installs gas concentration lwevel detector, the bottom of described oxygenation pipeline (12) is connected with the second electromagnetism check valve (14) on the left of it by conduit, and the lower end of oxygenation pipeline (12) is connected with the left side inner chamber of gas storage tanks (8), described second electromagnetism check valve (14) is arranged on the bottleneck of oxygen cylinder (11), the inwall of described gas storage tanks (8) installs oxygen concentration detecting instrument and temperature sensor, and the right side inner chamber of gas storage tanks (8) is connected with the lower end of cooling pipe (10), surrounding's winding condensing tube (9) of described cooling pipe (10), and the upper end of cooling pipe (10) is connected with the inner chamber of purifier (5), described condensing tube (9) is connected with chiller (7) by conduit, the first drawer (4) is installed at the middle part of described purifier (5), and the lower end that the top inner chamber of purifier (5) and breath go out to manage (2) is connected, described purifier (5), chiller (7), gas storage tanks (8), oxygen cylinder (11) and removing carbon dioxide case (16) are separately fixed at the front side of fixing head (6), the left upper portion of described fixing head (6) installs panel (17), and the right upper portion of fixing head (6) installs control module (3), described first electromagnetism check valve (13), second electromagnetism check valve (14), gas concentration lwevel detector, oxygen concentration detecting instrument, temperature sensor and chiller (7) are electrically connected with control module (3) respectively, and control module (3) and panel (17) are electrically connected.
2. a kind of respiratory cycle device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the inner chamber of described first drawer (4) arranges calcium oxide, and the bottom of the first drawer (4) is network structure, the inner chamber of described second drawer (15) arranges active carbon, and the bottom of the second drawer (15) is network structure.
3. a kind of respiratory cycle device according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the left side of described panel (17) is display screen, and control knob is installed on the right side of panel (17).
4. a kind of respiratory cycle device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the upper end of described breath inlet pipe (1) is breath import, and check valve is installed in breath import bottom, the top inner chamber that described breath goes out pipe (2) installs check valve, and the upper end that breath goes out pipe (2) is breath outlet.
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