EP4659015A1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bestimmung von stoffanteilen eines fluiden stoffgemischs sowie medizintechnisches gerät - Google Patents
Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bestimmung von stoffanteilen eines fluiden stoffgemischs sowie medizintechnisches gerätInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for determining substance proportions of a fluid mixture, in particular gases or liquids, using at least two sensors.
- the invention relates to a device for determining substance proportions of a fluid mixture of substances, in particular gases or liquids, wherein the device has at least two sensors for this purpose.
- the invention relates to a medical device comprising such a device for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture.
- Measurements of the composition of mixtures of substances by recording several measurement signals in relation to the mixture of substances are state of the art.
- a single material property is evaluated several times by varying an accompanying parameter and examined for component-specific characteristics.
- an absorption measurement analyzes the light absorption of a gas/gas mixture. The measurement wavelength is changed and the absorption is measured at different wavelengths. By scanning over a wavelength range, the absorption behavior at certain wavelengths can be used to draw conclusions about several gas concentrations or even the complete gas composition.
- a certain material property e.g. absorption
- a certain measurement method e.g. absorption spectroscopy
- a varying parameter e.g. wavelength
- Such methods and devices are also used in medical technology, for example in ventilation technology, where the composition of the respiratory gas is determined in particular.
- the rapid selective measurement of, for example, oxygen (02) currently requires complex, expensive measuring methods that are also difficult to integrate into compact devices.
- C02 measurement in which, for example, a filter is placed in front of the sensor on the receiver side that only allows a wavelength relevant to C02, this is not possible with O2 measurement.
- O2 measurement There is no corresponding characteristic absorption range for O2, so that an optical O2 measurement can only be carried out with very finely tunable lasers.
- This procedure is very expensive and complex.
- the breath-resolved measurement of the oxygen concentration is important for good patient care, but has so far been difficult to implement for compact devices.
- the solution approach described here is intended to show that a combination of primarily non-selective measuring methods allows the gas composition to be determined and thus the oxygen concentration can still be determined.
- An object of the invention is to provide a device for determining substance proportions of a fluid mixture of substances, which at least partially eliminates the disadvantages of the prior art described above.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a medical device with which the above-described disadvantages of the prior art in determining the proportions of mixtures of substances are at least partially eliminated.
- the basic idea of the invention is the combination of several non-selective measuring methods or measuring devices for determining the proportions of a fluid mixture of substances.
- the higher speed of non-selective measuring methods allows overall faster measurements to be carried out to determine at least one proportion of a mixture of substances.
- Non-selective measuring methods or measuring devices are those methods or devices with which a certain substance proportion of a mixture of substances cannot be determined directly or not with the required accuracy or robustness and only on the basis of the measurement data obtained with this method or device, as is possible with selective measuring methods or measuring devices.
- scanning is not primarily carried out via a single material property, but at least two different and independent material properties are measured and evaluated.
- Independent material properties are those properties of the respective substance or mixture of substances that do not influence each other. These include, for example, the thermal conductivity, the heat capacity, the speed of sound in the respective substance or mixture of substances, the molar mass, the dynamic viscosity, the permittivity and the refractive index or the speed of light in the respective substance or mixture of substances, which can be used with the known measuring methods for the non-selective determination of the material components of a mixture of substances.
- the following sensors can be used to measure these material properties.
- the thermal conductivity and heat capacity are measured, for example, using a sensor comprising at least one heating element and a temperature sensor. If the fluid mixture is at rest, the thermal conductivity of the fluid mixture can be determined from the temperature measurement at a known heater temperature after the sensor has been calibrated. If the temperature of the heater is modulated, the delay with which a temperature change can be detected at the temperature sensor is a measure of the thermal capacity of the fluid mixture. In principle, thermal conductivity and thermal capacity can be measured using a suitable sensor device.
- the device for determining the proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has at least one thermal conductivity sensor and/or heat capacity sensor. In embodiments of the invention, this is designed as an integrated sensor chip.
- the speed of sound is measured using ultrasound technology.
- Corresponding sensors are already available on the market.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has at least one sound velocity sensor based on ultrasound technology.
- the molar mass can be derived from the speed of sound. Measuring it using other methods is very complex.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has at least one sensor for determining the molar mass based on the determination of the speed of sound.
- the dynamic viscosity can be measured, for example, via the pressure drop in a thin tube in which a laminar flow has been established.
- the pressure drop is directly proportional to the dynamic viscosity.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture has at least one sensor for determining the dynamic viscosity based on the determination of a pressure drop.
- the permittivity of a mixture of substances can be measured using a plate capacitor through which the fluid mixture of substances flows.
- the change in capacitance is also directly proportional to the permittivity.
- water vapor is particularly important here, as water vapor differs by more than an order of magnitude from the other relevant gases.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture has at least one permittivity sensor.
- the refractive index or the speed of light of different gases differs very little, so that in corresponding embodiments of the invention interferometers are used as refractive index sensors or speed of light sensors.
- the device for determining material proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has at least one refractive index sensor and/or a speed of light sensor comprising at least one interferometer.
- composition of a mixture of substances containing a number of X different substances is to be completely determined, at least X-1 independent non-selective measurements of different material properties are required in order to be able to completely and unambiguously solve the resulting system of equations.
- a device according to the invention for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture is designed to determine the proportion of at least one substance in a fluid substance mixture.
- a device according to the invention for determining material proportions of a fluid substance mixture has at least two different non-selective measuring devices, each of which measures a material property of the substance mixture, wherein the material properties measured with the measuring devices are different and independent of one another.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture has at least X-1 non-selective measuring devices with which various mutually independent material properties of the substance mixture can be measured.
- At least two of the non-selective measuring devices are designed to carry out the respective measurements simultaneously or at least partially overlapping in time.
- all non-selective measuring devices are designed to carry out the respective measurements simultaneously or at least partially overlapping in time.
- the device for determining the material proportions of a fluid mixture has a volume flow sensor in preferred embodiments.
- the device for determining material proportions of a fluid mixture of substances is designed to determine the proportion of O 2 and/or CO 2 in the mixture of substances.
- At least one measuring device of the device for determining material proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has at least one sensor for determining one of the material properties heat conduction, heat capacity, speed of sound (e.g. ultrasonic sensor), molar mass, dynamic viscosity, permittivity or refractive index or speed of light.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture additionally has at least one selective sensor for selectively determining at least one substance proportion in the substance mixture.
- the at least one selective sensor is designed for NDIR absorption measurement to determine the CO2 content, as a lambda probe to determine the O2 content, as a paramagnetic sensor to determine the O2 content, as an optical sensor such as an optrode for measurement by means of fluorescence quenching (in particular a pO2 optrode), as an electrochemical gas sensor or as a humidity sensor (in particular by means of permittivity measurement).
- an optical sensor such as an optrode for measurement by means of fluorescence quenching (in particular a pO2 optrode), as an electrochemical gas sensor or as a humidity sensor (in particular by means of permittivity measurement).
- the device for determining the proportions of a fluid mixture of substances is designed for the iterative determination of at least one material property. In corresponding embodiments, the measurement accuracy can thereby be improved. In embodiments of the invention, the device for determining the proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has more than X-1 non-selective measuring devices. This makes it possible to increase the robustness and/or the accuracy of the measurement. Furthermore, in embodiments of the invention, a plausibility check and/or a check of the mixture of substances for unknown substances with a relevant influence on the measurement(s) is implemented.
- the device for determining material proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has an evaluation unit with which the material proportion of at least one substance in the mixture of substances can be determined by setting up a system of equations from the measured material properties and the solution of the system of equations.
- system of equations to be solved can be linear or non-linear.
- the system of equations to be established includes the measured material properties and their mathematical dependencies on the individual substances in the mixture, taking into account at least the relevant components of the mixture.
- the evaluation unit is designed for the analytical solution of the system of equations.
- the evaluation unit is designed to numerically solve the system of equations.
- the evaluation unit is designed for the iterative solution of the system of equations.
- the evaluation unit is designed to evaluate the measurement data acquired with the measuring devices with the aid of at least one Kl system.
- the evaluation unit is designed to evaluate the measurement data using a combination of analytical, numerical, iterative and/or AI-based methods.
- the device for determining the proportions of a fluid mixture of substances has at least one compensation device with which for example, the temperature, pressure, volume flow and/or humidity of the substance mixture can be measured and can be used to compensate for at least one of the other measurements carried out to determine the substance proportions.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid mixture of substances is designed for use in a medical application.
- the device for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture is designed to determine at least a gas proportion of respiratory gas during the ventilation of a patient.
- a medical device according to the invention has at least one device according to the invention for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture.
- the medical device is designed as a ventilator, wherein the substance mixture is a gas mixture, namely respiratory gas.
- the medical device is designed for blood gas analysis.
- the medical device is designed to use the determined substance proportions to adapt the control of a therapy module and/or an instruction module.
- a therapy module is designed as the ventilation unit of a ventilator and the instruction module is designed in embodiments of the invention to issue instructions to a human helper.
- a method according to the invention for determining material fractions of a fluid mixture of substances can be used to determine at least one material fraction of a fluid mixture of substances.
- a method according to the invention for determining the substance proportions of a fluid mixture comprises at least the following method steps:
- At least X-1 different non-selective measuring methods or measuring devices are used which measure different, mutually independent material properties of the mixture.
- At least two of the non-selective measurements are carried out simultaneously or at least partially overlapping in time.
- all non-selective measurements are carried out simultaneously or at least partially overlapping in time.
- the proportion of O2 and/or CO2 in the substance mixture is determined.
- At least one of the material properties heat conduction, heat capacity, speed of sound e.g. ultrasonic sensor
- molar mass e.g., dynamic viscosity, permittivity or refractive index or speed of light
- At least two of the material properties heat conduction, heat capacity, speed of sound, molar mass, dynamic viscosity, permittivity or refractive index or speed of light are measured.
- At least one selective sensor is used for the selective determination of at least one substance component in the substance mixture.
- a sensor for NDIR absorption measurement to determine the CO2 content a lambda probe to determine the O2 content, a paramagnetic sensor to determine the O2 content, an optical A sensor such as an optrode for measurement by fluorescence quenching (in particular a pO2 optrode), an electrochemical gas sensor or a humidity sensor (in particular by permittivity measurement) is used as a selective sensor.
- an optical A sensor such as an optrode for measurement by fluorescence quenching (in particular a pO2 optrode), an electrochemical gas sensor or a humidity sensor (in particular by permittivity measurement) is used as a selective sensor.
- At least one material property is determined iteratively. This allows the measurement accuracy to be improved in corresponding embodiments.
- more than X-1 different non-selective measurement methods are used. This allows the robustness and/or accuracy of the measurement(s) to be increased.
- a plausibility check of the substance proportions determined from the remaining measurements and/or a check for unknown substances in the substance mixture with a relevant influence on the measurement(s) is realized with the help of at least one additional measuring method/measuring device.
- At least one additional measuring method is used to measure a material property slowly but accurately with a first measuring method and to detect rapid changes in the respective material property with a second fast but possibly absolutely inaccurate measuring method, such as a measurement subject to strong drift.
- At least one measurement method is used that is influenced by at least two material properties (e.g. heat conduction and heat capacity).
- the measurement method is used multiple times in different versions (e.g. modulation of the temperature of the material mixture using a heater), with the influence of the different material properties being weighted differently in each version.
- the measurement is predominantly influenced by the thermal conductivity (slow modulation) or the heat capacity (fast modulation).
- At least one measuring method is used in which the respective material property is measured in two different states of the substance mixture.
- many material properties depend on the temperature and/or the pressure.
- the substance mixture is first measured at a first temperature T1 (e.g. ambient temperature) and/or a first pressure P1.
- the respective parameter is then changed without changing the composition of the substance mixture and the measurement is repeated.
- the substance mixture is heated to a temperature T2 (or cooled down) or the pressure is changed to a value P2. If the material properties of the individual components of the substance mixture have significantly different temperature or pressure behavior, the new measurement provides new information about the composition of the substance mixture.
- the proportion of at least one substance in the substance mixture is determined by automatically setting up and solving a possibly linear system of equations from the measured substance properties.
- the system of equations established using the determined material properties is solved analytically.
- the system of equations established using the determined material properties is solved numerically.
- the system of equations established using the determined material properties is solved iteratively.
- At least one further material property S2 which is independent of the material property S1 is used in a similar way to estimate a material proportion A2 or further material proportions, so that the system of equations to be solved is further reduced.
- at least one substance proportion is estimated in at least one iteration stage using an empirical value. In certain mixtures of substances, for example air or breathing air, certain substances (eg argon or nitrogen) normally occur in certain concentrations. In corresponding embodiments of the invention, these values are used at least for an initial estimate in the first iteration stage, so that the system of equations can be reduced accordingly.
- substances that have a similar influence on a material property are taken together during the corresponding iteration and treated as a single substance.
- Substances that will have a similar influence on all measured material properties are considered globally as a single substance in embodiments of the invention when solving the system of equations.
- the measurement data acquired with the measuring devices are evaluated using at least one Kl system.
- At least one of the values temperature, pressure, volume flow and/or humidity of the substance mixture is measured and used to compensate for at least one of the other measurements carried out to determine the substance proportions.
- At least a gas component of respiratory gas is determined during the ventilation of a patient.
- at least one device according to the invention for determining substance proportions of a fluid substance mixture or a medical device according to the invention is used.
- Fig. 1 A schematic block diagram of an inventive device for
- Fig. 2 to 4 Schematic block diagrams of a device according to the invention for determining at least one substance fraction in a fluid mixture in a bypass configuration in three different designs
- Fig. 5 A sensor configuration of a device according to the invention for determining at least one substance content in a fluid mixture
- Fig. 6 A schematic block diagram of an inventive device for
- Fig. 7 An illustration of different iteration stages in a corresponding method according to the invention for determining at least one substance fraction in a fluid mixture
- Fig. 8 A schematic representation of the measured value processing according to the invention.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a device (1) according to the invention for determining at least one material component in a fluid mixture (10).
- the device (1) for determining at least one material component in a fluid mixture (10) comprises an evaluation unit (2), two non-selective sensors (3), a selective sensor (4) and a compensation device (5) for recording measured values in relation to a fluid mixture (10).
- the evaluation unit (2) is designed to retrieve and evaluate the measured values for determining at least one material component of the fluid mixture (10).
- the evaluation unit (2) can use a Kl system (6) to determine the material proportions of the fluid mixture (10).
- the at least one specific substance portion of the fluid substance mixture (10) can be output by means of an output unit (7), for example as a display on a screen, as an acoustic output or as a digital data packet.
- Figures 2, 3 and 4 show various embodiments of a device (1) according to the invention for determining at least one substance fraction in a fluid substance mixture (10) in bypass configurations.
- Figure 2 shows the arrangement of non-selective sensors (3) in a secondary flow (21) which branches off from the main flow (20) of the fluid mixture (10) at a sampling point (22).
- the fluid mixture (10) is conveyed into the secondary flow (21) and past the sensors (3) for measurement using a suction pump (8) arranged behind the sensors (3) in the flow direction.
- a suction pump (8) arranged behind the sensors (3) in the flow direction.
- the suction pump (8) is positioned in the bypass stream (21) in the flow direction upstream of the sensors (3).
- Figure 4 shows an embodiment with two sensors (3) arranged in parallel, marked M2 and M3.
- Figure 5 shows a sensor configuration 3 for parallel measurement of at least three measured values.
- the fluid mixture (10) can be guided into the area of the sensor configuration (3) using a line, here designed as a main flow line (20) or secondary flow line (21).
- the sensor configuration (3) comprises a permittivity sensor (3') designed as a plate capacitor, a sound velocity and/or volume flow sensor (3") implemented using an ultrasonic sensor, and a viscosity sensor (3"') implemented using a differential pressure sensor.
- the differential pressure can be measured using pressure sensors arranged at the inlet and outlet of the plate capacitor.
- the space between the capacitor plates is also used for ultrasonic measurement.
- Figure 6 shows a medical device (15) designed as a ventilator, which has a device (1) for determining at least one substance proportion in a fluid substance mixture (10), which is integrated into the hose system (23) of the ventilator with respect to the sensors, shown here as non-selective sensors (3).
- Figure 7 shows the iterative determination of material proportions of a fluid mixture of substances (10) according to advantageous embodiments of the invention.
- the material proportions C1', C2', ... Cn' are determined in the first step, whereby the estimates E1', E2', ... En' are used.
- improved estimates E1", E2", ... En” are used in the second iteration stage to determine the now more precise material proportions C1", C2", ... Cn".
- embodiments according to the invention with more than two iteration stages can also be implemented.
- Figure 8 shows a schematic of the mathematical evaluation of the measured values recorded by the sensors (3) using the evaluation unit (2) to determine the material proportions C1, ... Cn of a fluid mixture of materials (10).
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