KR102384117B1 - Oxygen generator with oxygen saturation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an oxygen generator using oxygen saturation that can generate oxygen in a space to which a subject belongs when the oxygen concentration falls through the oxygen concentration of a subject's body measured through an oxygen saturation meter, comprising: a housing and , an oxygen discharge unit installed in the housing, including an oxygen storage member for storing oxygen and having an oxygen inlet and an oxygen outlet, and a discharge member connected to the oxygen outlet and discharging oxygen in the oxygen storage member; , An oxygen saturation measuring unit including an insertion hole for accommodating the subject's finger on one side, and a sensor member provided inside the insertion port for measuring oxygen saturation information through the subject's finger and the oxygen saturation measuring unit provided and a transmitting member for transmitting the oxygen saturation information measured by the sensor member; a receiving member provided in the oxygen discharge unit to receive the oxygen saturation information from the transmitting member; and the oxygen saturation information received from the receiving member It characterized in that it comprises a wireless communication unit including a control means for controlling the amount of oxygen discharged from the oxygen discharge unit based on the.

Description

Oxygen generator with oxygen saturation

The present invention relates to an oxygen generator using oxygen saturation, and more particularly, through the oxygen concentration of the subject's body measured through the oxygen saturation meter, when the oxygen concentration falls, oxygen is generated in the space to which the subject belongs It relates to an oxygen generator using the oxygen saturation that can be made.

In general, an oxygen generator is an electric device that removes contaminants and nitrogen in the air and supplies oxygen to a user by highly concentrating oxygen.

These oxygen generators were originally expensive medical devices, but environmental pollution, especially air pollution, is getting serious day by day. As more and more people are interested in health, it is used in various places such as offices, enclosed spaces, and students, and the demand for it is increasing.

Here, what is important is not only the oxygen concentration in the air as described above, but also the humidity of the oxygen composition, depending on the degree, the humidity affects breathing disorders or disease occurrence. It is desirable to maintain about 65%.

For this reason, conventionally, many oxygen generators having a humidifier tank have been developed in order to supply moisture to the air having a high oxygen concentration, but there is a cumbersome need to check the water stored in the humidifier tank one by one.

In addition, in the conventional oxygen generator, the user directly arbitrarily controls the on/off operation in an enclosed space, or the on/off operation is controlled by measuring the oxygen concentration in the space in which the oxygen generator is generated.

Since the oxygen generator operates by grasping only the oxygen concentration in the space, there is a problem in that the operation is stopped in a state in which the oxygen-deficient user in the space does not breathe enough oxygen.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-0677993 (2005.12.22.) Republic of Korea Public Utility Model Publication No. 20-2012-0000498 (2010.07.12.)

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to measure oxygen saturation in the body of a user who uses an oxygen generator, and to control the operation of the oxygen generator based on the measured oxygen saturation information. It is to provide an oxygen generator using saturation.

Objects of the present invention are not limited to the objects mentioned above, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a housing, an oxygen storage member installed inside the housing, storing oxygen and having an oxygen inlet and an oxygen outlet, and connected to the oxygen outlet and within the oxygen storage member An oxygen discharging unit including a discharging member for discharging oxygen, an insertion port for accommodating the finger of the subject on one side, and a sensor member provided inside the insertion port for measuring oxygen saturation information through the finger of the subject a transmitting member provided in the oxygen saturation measuring unit and the oxygen saturation measuring unit to transmit oxygen saturation information measured by the sensor member; and a receiving member provided in the oxygen discharging unit and receiving the oxygen saturation information from the transmitting member and a wireless communication unit including a control unit for controlling the amount of oxygen discharged from the oxygen discharge unit based on the oxygen saturation information received from the receiving member.

In addition, it characterized in that it further comprises a display unit including a body detachably coupled to the housing, and a display member coupled to the body and displaying the oxygen saturation information of the subject measured by the sensor member.

In addition, a membrane that filters nitrogen and passes oxygen from the sucked outdoor air by sucking the outside air is built-in to separate nitrogen and oxygen from the membrane member, and the membrane member separates moisture from the oxygen generated in the membrane member and is connected to the oxygen inlet It characterized in that it further comprises an oxygen generator including a water separation member.

According to the present invention, a sufficient amount of oxygen can be rapidly discharged through an oxygen storage member in which oxygen is contained and an exhaust member coupled to the oxygen storage member, and oxygen is produced based on the information of the oxygen saturation measurement unit that measures the oxygen saturation level in the user's body. Because it is discharged, it provides a reliable effect on whether or not oxygen is discharged.

In addition, through the display unit that visually displays the oxygen saturation level, the subject can check the oxygen saturation level contained in the body in real time, thereby providing the effect of easily determining whether the oxygen generator is malfunctioning.

In addition, it is possible to solve the inconvenience of cleaning or replacing the oxygen storage member through the combustion generator for separating oxygen and nitrogen from the gas introduced to the outside, and provides an effect that can be used semi-permanently.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing an oxygen generator using oxygen saturation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an oxygen generator using oxygen saturation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view showing an oxygen saturation measuring unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in a variety of different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs It is provided to fully inform the possessor of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

With reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail for the implementation of the present invention. Irrespective of the drawings, like reference numbers refer to like elements, and "and/or" includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited items.

Although the first, second, etc. are used to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the spirit of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments, and is not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the stated components.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used with the meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in a commonly used dictionary are not to be interpreted ideally or excessively unless clearly defined in particular.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an oxygen generator using oxygen saturation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the oxygen generator 1000 using the oxygen saturation of the present invention includes a housing 10 , an oxygen discharge unit 100 , an oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 , and a wireless communication unit 300 . do.

First, the housing 10 constitutes the body of the oxygen generator 1000 using the oxygen saturation of the present invention, and the oxygen discharge unit 100 is installed inside, and the display unit 400 is formed on the outer surface.

In addition, the oxygen discharging unit 100 includes an oxygen storage member 110 and a discharging member 120 .

At this time, the oxygen storage member 110 is installed inside the housing 10 and stores oxygen, an oxygen inlet (not shown) is formed at one end, and an oxygen outlet (not shown) is formed at the other end.

In addition, the discharge member 120 is connected to the oxygen outlet, and an end of the discharge member 120 is penetrated through the outer surface of the housing to discharge oxygen from the inside of the oxygen storage member 110 to the outside of the housing 10 .

Here, the oxygen inlet may be formed of a tube for supplying oxygen into the oxygen storage member 110 by being connected to a device for supplying oxygen from the outside or a separate oxygen supplying device.

Preferably, it is connected between the oxygen generator 500 and the oxygen storage member 110 to be described later to supply oxygen supplied from the oxygen generator 500 into the oxygen storage member 110 .

And the oxygen outlet is connected between the oxygen storage member 110 and the discharge member 120, and discharges the oxygen stored in the oxygen storage member 110 to the discharge member 120, the discharge member 120 has A separate blocking means (not shown) is provided to control the discharge of oxygen.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3 , the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 is manufactured to have a size that is easy to carry, and an insertion hole 210 for accommodating the subject's finger is formed on one side, and the insertion hole 210 ) and a sensor member 220 for measuring oxygen saturation information included in the body of the person through the finger of the person is formed.

Here, the insertion hole 210 forms an entrance so that the finger of the person is inserted, the finger of the person accommodated in the insertion hole 210 is in contact with the sensor member 220 , and oxygen saturation information is obtained by the sensor member 220 . will be detected

As described above, the sensor member 220 has a thimble-type shape in which an opening hole is formed on one side to correspond to the insertion hole 210 and the other side is closed, or both ends open thimble shape in which both sides are open. Sensor member 220 Since an opening hole through which a finger can be inserted is formed in one side of the , the finger of the subject can easily come into contact with the sensor member 220 .

In this case, the sensor member 220 is configured to include a first sensor module 221 and a second sensor module 222 .

In detail, the first sensor module 221 includes a light source, and the second sensor module 222 includes a light sensor or a light detector, and the As an example of the light source, an infrared light generator may be used.

Here, the first sensor module 221 and the second sensor module 222 are installed in the hollow part of the insertion hole 210 , and preferably, the first sensor module 221 and the second sensor module 222 are mutually installed oppositely.

Accordingly, the first sensor module 221, that is, srhkdfid emitted from the light source and transmitted through a part of the human body or a finger, and then detected by the optical sensor of the second sensor module 222, expands and contracts the pulsatile arterial blood vessel. The oxygen saturation of the arterial blood is measured using a property that is influenced by the sensitive fraction between the unsaturated hemoglobin and the saturated hemoglobin, and the measured oxygen saturation value is displayed on the display unit 400 to be described later.

And the body constituting the oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 is made of a material having an elastic material, and as the finger of the person to be measured is accommodated in the insertion hole 210 , the oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 is elastically deformed, so that by the elastic force As it is tightened, it is fixed to the finger of the subject.

Accordingly, since the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 can be elastically stretched, the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 is deformed to fit the size of the fingers even if the body conditions of each subject, that is, the size and thickness of the fingers are different. Therefore, it can be used universally by anyone of any age or gender.

To this end, the oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 may be formed of an elastic material such as a rubber material, where the vertical clearance distance of the insertion hole 210 is smaller than the thickness of the finger, and the left and right clearance width of the insertion hole 210 is greater than the width of the finger. It may be formed in a wide flat shape, but is not limited thereto.

According to the insertion hole configured as described above, since there is an extra space in the width of the insertion hole 210 , when a finger is inserted through the insertion hole 210 , it is easily elastically deformed and accommodated with a small force.

Of course, the vertical clearance distance of the insertion hole 210 is greater than the thickness of the finger, and the left and right clearance width of the insertion hole 210 may be formed to be narrower than the width of the finger.

On the other hand, a separate display module (not shown) may be detachably connected to the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 , and for this purpose, a magnet 230 having a magnetic force to be attached to the display module may be provided.

In one embodiment, although one magnet 230 is illustrated as being provided inside the insertion hole 210, a plurality of magnets may be provided. In addition, the display module is also provided with a magnet to be detachable.

In addition, a connecting line 240 may be connected to one end of the body of the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 , and may be connected to the oxygen discharging unit 100 by a wire.

Next, the wireless communication unit 300 is provided in the oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 and is provided in the transmission member 310 for transmitting the oxygen saturation information measured by the sensor member 220 , and the oxygen discharge unit 100 , A receiving member 320 receiving the oxygen saturation information from the transmitting member 310, and a control means for controlling the amount of oxygen discharged from the oxygen discharging unit 100 based on the oxygen saturation information received from the receiving member 320 ( 330) is included.

In this case, the transmitting member 310 and the receiving member 320 may communicate by wire through the connection line 240 , but in one embodiment, they can communicate by wireless such as Bluetooth and control.

Here, when the sensor member 220 measures the oxygen saturation through the finger of the person to be measured in the enclosed space or the space to which the person to be measured, the control means 330 determines the degree of oxygen saturation contained in the body of the person to be measured. When it is lower than the pre-stored value, the oxygen discharge unit 100 discharges it, and when it is higher than or equal to the pre-stored value, the oxygen discharge unit 100 controls not to discharge oxygen.

At this time, the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 is manufactured in a size that is easy to carry, so even if the location of the subject is separated from the housing 10 in which the oxygen generating unit 100 is built in, the transmitting member 310 of the wireless communication unit 300 is ) and the receiving member 320 perform wireless communication, so there is no restriction in transmitting and receiving oxygen saturation information measured by the oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 .

Next, the oxygen generator 1000 using the oxygen saturation of the present invention may be configured to further include a display unit 400 and an oxygen generator 500 .

First, the display unit 400 includes a body 410 that is detachably coupled to a sensor member, and a display member that is coupled to the body 410 and displays oxygen saturation information of a subject measured by the sensor member 220 . 420 is included.

Here, the display unit 400 is detachably coupled to the outer surface of the housing 10 to display oxygen saturation information of the subject, and is distinguished from the display module coupled to the oxygen saturation measurement unit 200 .

The subject can check the oxygen saturation contained in the subject's body through the housing 10 or the oxygen saturation measuring unit 200 .

Next, the oxygen generator 500 is installed inside the housing 10, and a membrane member 510 for separating nitrogen and oxygen with a built-in membrane that sucks outside air, filters nitrogen from the sucked outside air and passes oxygen, and , separates moisture from oxygen generated by the membrane member 510 and includes a moisture separation member 520 connected to an oxygen inlet.

At this time, the membrane member 510 can suck in the external air and separate the sucked air into air having a high oxygen concentration and air having a high nitrogen concentration.

In this way, oxygen generated by separation by the membrane has high temperature and high humidity properties due to the hydrophilic property of the membrane, and has a humidity of about 95% or more higher than that of the inhaled outdoor air.

In addition, nitrogen generated by being separated by the membrane member 510 has a humidity of about 30% or less, which is relatively lower than that of oxygen.

The reason for the difference in humidity between oxygen and nitrogen as described above is that the humidity of the sucked outside air does not change inside the membrane member 510 , and when the humidity on the oxygen side is high, the humidity on the nitrogen side becomes low.

In addition, the moisture separation member 520 serves to separate moisture from oxygen generated by the membrane member 510 . When oxygen generated from the membrane member 510 is discharged to the outside in a high humidity state, a comfortable environment is not created around the oxygen discharge unit 100, so that users around the oxygen discharge unit 100 may feel discomfort. Since there is a problem, the moisture is separated from the moisture separation member 520 .

Here, by separating moisture from the high-humidity oxygen separated from the membrane member 510 by the moisture separation member 520 , the low-humidity air is stored in the oxygen storage member 110 , and is controlled by the control unit 330 . can be discharged to the outside.

In addition, the oxygen generator 1000 using the oxygen saturation of the present invention uses the oxygen saturation information measured through the oxygen measurement unit 200 for measuring the oxygen saturation in the body of the subject to determine whether the subject needs oxygen. Thus, it is possible to provide an effect of rapidly generating oxygen in the space in which the subject resides.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the above and the accompanying drawings, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can practice the present invention in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. You will understand that there is Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

1000: Oxygen generator using oxygen saturation
10: housing
100: oxygen exhaust unit
110: oxygen storage member
120: discharge member
200: oxygen saturation measurement unit
210: insert
211: hollow
220: no sensor
221: first sensor module
222: second sensor module
230: magnet
240: connection line
310: transmission absent
320: reception absent
330: control means
400: display unit
410: body
420: no indication
500: oxygen generator
510: membrane member
520: moisture separation member

Claims (3)

housing;
an oxygen discharge unit installed in the housing, the oxygen storage member storing oxygen and having an oxygen inlet and an oxygen outlet formed therein, and an oxygen discharge member connected to the oxygen outlet and discharging oxygen in the oxygen storage member;
an oxygen saturation measuring unit having an insertion hole accommodating a finger of the person to be measured at one side, and a sensor member provided inside the insertion hole and measuring oxygen saturation information through the finger of the person to be measured;
a transmitting member provided in the oxygen saturation measuring unit and transmitting the oxygen saturation information measured by the sensor member; a receiving member provided in the oxygen discharging unit to receive the oxygen saturation information from the transmitting member; a wireless communication unit including a control unit for controlling the amount of oxygen discharged from the oxygen discharge unit based on the received oxygen saturation information;
a display unit including a body detachably coupled to the housing, and a display member coupled to the body and displaying oxygen saturation information of the subject measured by the sensor member; and
A membrane member for separating nitrogen and oxygen with a built-in membrane for filtering nitrogen and passing oxygen from the sucked outside air by sucking the outside air, and moisture separation connected to the oxygen inlet while separating moisture from the oxygen generated by the membrane member Oxygen generator using oxygen saturation further comprising; an oxygen generator including a member. delete delete

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