KR20170067501A

KR20170067501A - Respiration volume conversion device and method for using itself

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Publication number: KR20170067501A
Application number: KR1020150174240A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이장춘
Original assignee: 이장춘
Priority date: 2015-12-08
Filing date: 2015-12-08
Publication date: 2017-06-16

Abstract

The present invention relates to a breathing volume measuring instrument and a breathing volume measuring method using the breathing volume measuring instrument and the breathing volume measuring method. The breathing volume measuring instrument comprises a flow path (110) communicating with a mouthpiece (111) inserted into the oral cavity of a testee, And a main body (120) for measuring the volume of the body (120). The flow path 110 is provided with a flow rate adjustment module 113 which is provided on the inner diameter portion to adjust the flow rate of air passing through the respiration and operates to vary the size of the flow path according to manipulation of the switch 112 of the examinee, 110) for sensing breathing and converting the breathing sensor (114) into an electrical signal; The main body 120 includes a power module 121, a control module 122, a recording module 123, a display module 124, and a communication module 125 so that the breathing capability It is advantageous to induce the respiratory ability to be gradually increased according to the individual's body condition by selectively adjusting the amount of respiration and output according to the level and allowing the range of the respiration amount to be applied flexibly according to the amount of respiration.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a respiratory volume measurement apparatus,

The present invention relates to a respiratory volume measuring instrument and a respiratory volume measuring method using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a respiratory volume measuring instrument, And the respiration rate is converted by applying the correction value according to the size of the flow path during the measurement of the breath volume, thereby improving the stepwise respiratory ability by reflecting the breathing ability level according to the individual's body condition And a method for measuring the volume of a living body using the same.

In general, respiration refers to the action by which organisms break down organisms and produce the energy necessary for their life, through the exchange of gases, which inhales oxygen and releases the carbon dioxide contained in the blood.

Humans can maintain life without drinking water or food for two or three days, but even if they stop breathing for only five minutes, life is at stake. In addition, a healthy person produces more than 90% of the energy produced by the body through breathing, and the waste is also discharged through the breath, so having adequate breathing ability to maintain a healthy body can be a big issue.

It is known that the amount of air that enters and exits the inside and outside of the body is about 500 ml, and the volume of the lungs, which refers to the amount of air sucked and discharged afterward, is about 3,500 ml for men and about 2,500 ml for women. Of course, this is an average figure and depends on health status, physique, age, and amount of activity.

There are many reasons for the decrease in respiratory ability, for example, a lung related disease such as pneumonia occurs, or respiratory peripheral nerve or muscle abnormality may weaken the breathing ability. However, even if there are no other diseases, the lung function may be lowered due to the habit of repeating the breathing with small or shallow activity. Therefore, continuous efforts to improve the breathing ability should be accompanied.

The most common way to measure volume or lung capacity is to use a spirometer. The spirometer has a function of measuring the volume of the lung, the volume of breathing, and the number of breaths, and is mainly used for the purpose of examining the patient in the hospital. Since the spirometer has already been known through a number of techniques, a detailed description thereof is omitted.

Meanwhile, in recent years, various apparatuses and devices have been actively developed to help increase the volume of blood. Typical examples of the configuration of the vital capacity controller of the public utility model 20-1994-0008956 are as follows.

A large number of through holes are formed on the upper surface of the cylinder, and a rubber hose is connected to one side of the upper surface of the cylinder so that the injection hole of the rubber hose can be blown through the mouth to float the inside of the cylinder. .

Another example is the spirometry enhancement device of Registration Practical Utility Model No. 20-0300833. In the spirometry enhancing device that blows air through the tongue to the air tube, And when the tube is filled with air and tightened, it takes place in the direction of the tongue by the air pressure.

Published Utility Model No. 20 - 1994 - 0008956 Registered Utility Model No. 20 - 0300833 - 0000 Registered Utility Model No. 20 - 0187834 - 0000 Published Patent No. 10 - 2013 - 7005103

A commonly used spirometer takes a form in which the respiration of a subject is inputted and the lung volume, the first breath volume, the inspiration volume, the breath volume, etc. are measured and expressed in numerical values or graphs, as is well known.

Since such a spirometer is used only for the purpose of confirming the absolute result value of the testee's breathing ability, the testee can easily understand or discriminate his / her breathing ability level according to the measurement result. Therefore, Is not suitable for the purpose of confirming its own breathing ability.

In addition, in the above-described conventional technique, the pulmonary function regulator or the pulmonary function enhancing device is configured to perform breathing ability according to the degree of floating of the exercise ball or the degree of tightness of the air tube as in the above-described configuration so that the examinee can more easily and easily confirm his / And the like.

However, in the case of the conventional technique described above, the testee can only measure the respiratory ability only by the naked eye, so that the reliability of the measurement result can not be secured like the spirometer, and the application standard according to the physique or age of the testee is clear It is possible to cause confusion in recognizing the breathing ability level of the examinee.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems,

A respiration measuring instrument (100) comprising: a flow path (110) connected to a mouthpiece (111) inserted into a mouth of a testee and through which a respiration flows; and a main body (120)

The flow path 110 is provided with a flow rate adjustment module 113 provided on the inner diameter portion for adjusting the flow rate of air passing through during breathing and operated to vary the size of the flow path according to the manipulation of the switch 112 of the examinee, A breathing sensor 114 for sensing breathing through the flow path 110 and converting the breathing signal into an electrical signal;

In the main body 120,

A power supply module 121 for supplying power to the respiratory volume measuring instrument 100 and a switch 112 signal operated by the examinee to control the operation of the flow volume adjustment module 113 and generate data for each breath volume measurement A display module 123 for displaying breathing volume measurement data through a display provided outside the main body 120, a control module 122 for controlling the display module 122, a recording module 123 for storing the breathing volume measurement data generated by the control module 122 in a memory, And a communication module 125 for transmitting the respiration amount measurement data to the remote terminal 200 and monitoring the respiration amount by using the respiration amount measurement data, It is possible to attain an objective of inducing improvement.

In the present invention, the testee selectively adjusts the amount of respiration by level or step, reflecting the level of respiratory ability according to the individual's health condition, physique, age, etc., There is an effect to plan.

Particularly, it is configured to be able to apply the normal range of the respiratory volume flexibly according to the amount of respiration and dispensation adjusted by the examinee, and the examinee recognizes the level of his / her breathing ability and confirms that his / her breathing ability is gradually improving It has the effect of giving motivation to sustain breathing exercise and to improve respiration ability.

It is also possible to generate data containing information such as the execution date and the number of times of execution by the person to be examined and the amount of measurement of the volume of water and to directly transmit the data to a remote terminal such as a smart device carried by a doctor, It is advantageous in that it enables efficient monitoring of the volume of the testee and various medical statistics data and research data by making the system integrator and systematic management of the testee be configured to be transmitted to the server and downloaded.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration according to an embodiment of a breathing volume measuring instrument of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a procedure according to an embodiment of a breathing volume measuring method using the breathing volume measuring apparatus of the present invention. FIG.
Fig. 3 to Fig. 4 are diagrams showing examples of usage states according to the embodiment of the breathing volume measuring instrument of the present invention. Fig.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the apparatus for measuring the volume of the present invention and the method for measuring the volume using the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a process according to an embodiment of a breathing volume measuring method using the breathing volume measuring apparatus of the present invention. 3 to 4 are used together as an example of the use state according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The breathing rate measuring instrument and the breathing rate measuring method using the same according to the present invention are connected to the mouthpiece 111 inserted into the oral cavity of the examinee so that the respiration flow path 110 and the flow path 110 are combined, The respiratory quantity measuring instrument 100 including the main body 120 for measuring the respiration rate can be configured to adjust the size of the flow path 110 through which respiration of the examinee flows, By adjusting the amount of respiration by applying the correction value according to the size, the examinee selectively adjusts the amount of respiratory input / output and applies the normal value range of the respiratory amount flexibly according to the amount of respiratory input / output, thereby ultimately improving the stepwise respiratory ability The present invention relates to a measuring apparatus and a measuring method using the same.

For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 1, the flow path 110 of the respiration amount measuring instrument 100 according to the present invention is provided on the inner diameter portion to adjust the flow rate of the air passing through the respiration, A flow rate adjustment module 113 that operates to vary the size of the flow path 110 according to an operation and a breathing sensor 114 that detects breathing through the flow path 110 and converts the respiration into an electrical signal.

The main body 120 is also provided with a power module 121 for supplying power to the respiration amount measurement mechanism 100 and a switch 112 signal operated by the examinee to control the operation of the flow rate adjustment module 113 A recording module 123 for storing the breathing volume measurement data generated by the control module 122 in a memory and a display provided outside the body 120. [ A display module 124 for displaying breathing volume measurement data, and a communication module 125 for transmitting respiration volume measurement data to the remote terminal 200 and monitoring breathing volume for each subject.

The flow path 110 is formed in a tube or tube shape and has a mouthpiece 111 on one side for breathing and a mouthpiece to be inspected on the other side and the other side is connected to the main body 120 for breathing .

The flow path size adjustment module 113 provided at the inner diameter portion of the flow path 110 is inserted into a predetermined position in the flow path 110 to adjust the flow rate of air flowing by opening and closing a cross section. That is, as the size of the flow path 110 gradually decreases, the amount of air that can pass through the flow path 110 must be reduced. Therefore, the size of the flow path 110 is gradually adjusted to be smaller To induce stronger breathing.

The flow rate adjustment module 113 may include a gate valve such as a conventional throttle valve so as to be installed in the flow path 110 and to allow the examinee to manipulate the switch 112 provided on the outside to select the degree of opening / .

The switch 112 is configured to be electromagnetically or mechanically configured to allow the examinee to select a degree of opening and closing step by step and to control the size of the flow path 110 in conjunction with the control module 122.

The respiration sensor 114 provided on the flow path 110 senses the flow of air generated when the examinee puts the breathing mouth or the breathing mouth on the mouthpiece 111 after adjusting the size of the flow path 110 And converts it into an electrical signal to transmit the signal to the control module 122 so as to quantify, for example, the amount of respiration and the intensity of the respiration. Since the respiration detection sensor 114 will be referred to the related art already described, a detailed description will be omitted.

The main body 120 to which the flow path 110 is coupled is provided with various modules for measuring the respiration amount of the examinee and controlling the overall functions. The main body 120 includes a power module 121, a control module 122, A recording module 123, a display module 124, and a communication module 125, as shown in FIG.

In particular, the control module 122 is a module for controlling the overall operation of the breathing rate measuring instrument 100 according to the present invention. The control module 122 interlocks with the channel size adjustment module 113, (110) size adjustment and breathing volume measurement data. The specific operating mechanism will be described in detail in the respiration measurement method to be described later.

Therefore, the control module 122 incorporates an IC chip and a memory to control the operation of the channel size adjustment module 113 in accordance with manipulation of the subject's switch 112 to adjust the size of the channel 110, A correction value corresponding to the size of the flow path 110 is set so as to embed a program implementing an algorithm for converting and recording the measured breath amount according to a predetermined correction value and generating data.

On the other hand, the respiration amount measurement data generated by the control module 122 is accumulated in a storage medium provided in the recording module 123 for each testee, So that the examinee can confirm the test results.

The inclusion of detailed information such as the date of execution and the number of executions in the breathing volume measurement data will help to further utilize the data in the future.

The communication module 125 may also be configured such that the volume measurement data generated by the control module 122 of the volume measurement instrument 100 of the present invention is simply stored in the instrument 100, It is configured to be able to transmit to the remote terminal 200 through the Internet using the wireless communication technology.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the troublesome work such as collecting data stored in the respiration amount measuring instrument 100 used by the examinee and transferring them to various medical care monitoring or monitoring PCs and confirming them, and the remote terminal 200, for example, The data can be directly transmitted to a smart device carried by a doctor or the like and can be easily confirmed through an app or transmitted to a database server separately provided as shown in Figure 4 to construct a systematic data management system, .

The breathing rate measuring method using the breathing rate measuring instrument according to the present invention having the above-described configuration can be roughly divided into a waiting step S10, a breathing / output adjusting step S20, a correction value setting step S30, (Step S40), a respiration amount calculation step (S50), a data recording step (S60), and a breathing amount measurement history display and transmission step (S70). Referring to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, Respectively.

In the waiting step S10, power is supplied to the respiration amount measuring instrument 100 through the power module 121 of the main body 120 to prepare the respiration amount measurement.

In the breathing input / output adjusting step S20, the examinee operates the switch 112 to select a breathing input / output amount suited to his / her breathing ability level, and the control module 122, which receives the switch 112 signal, And the module 113 is operated to adjust the size of the flow path 110.

As described above, the control module 122 is provided with an algorithm for generating a data by converting and recording the measured breath amount according to a predetermined correction value by setting a correction value corresponding to the size of the flow path 110 adjusted by the examinee In the breathing input / output adjusting step (S20), the size of the channel 110 is set to '1' when the passage is completely opened, 110) is gradually decreased to a size of '1 / a'.

The correction value setting step S30 is a step of setting, in the control module 122, a correction value corresponding to the size of the flow path 110 adjusted through the breathing / output adjusting step S20. That is, the 'a' value, which is inversely proportional to the size '1 / a' of the flow path 110 adjusted through the breathing / output adjusting step (S20), is set as a correction value so that it is applied at the time of the later breathing amount calculation.

For example, when the subject is judged to have a weak breathing ability and the size of the flow path 110 is reduced to 1/2 in the breathing input / output amount adjusting step S20, the value 'a', that is, the correction value may be set to two.

The respiration step S40 is a step in which the subject breathes through the dental mouthpiece 111 for a predetermined period of time and the respiration sensor 114 detects the respiration signal and converts it into an electrical signal and transmits it to the control module 122 .

The respiration amount calculation step S50 is a step in which the control module 122 receiving a signal from the breathing sensor 114 measures the respiration amount and applies the predetermined correction value in the correction value setting step S30, And generates respiration amount measurement data.

That is, the respiration amount 'x' value performed by the examinee in the respiration step S40 is converted into 'a × x' value multiplied by a predetermined correction value 'a' in the correction value setting step S30, The amount of breathing output can be selectively adjusted according to the breathing ability level of the examinee and the normal range of the breathing amount can be flexibly applied according to the amount of breathing input and output.

For example, when the size of the flow path 110 is not reduced in the breathing / output adjusting step S20, that is, when the size of the flow path 110 is 1, when the breathing amount performed by the examinee in the breathing step S40 is 100, , The respiratory volume recorded in the respiration rate step (S50) becomes 1 × 100, and it will be judged as normal level.

If the correction value is set to 2 by reducing the size of the channel 110 to 1/2 in consideration of the breathing ability of the examinee in the breathing / output adjusting step S20 as in the above example, If the respiration amount in step S40 is reduced to 50 due to the size of the flow path 110 reduced by half, the result of the respiration amount step S50 will be 2 x 50, which will be determined to be normal in the respiratory ability of the testee, If the subject's breathing amount in the breathing step (S40) is only 30, it is determined to be 2 × 30, and even if the breathing ability of the subject is taken into account, it is determined that the subject does not reach the normal value.

The data recording step S60 is a step of accumulating and storing the respiration amount measurement data generated by the control module 122 in the recording module 123 by history.

The respiration amount measurement history display and transmission step S70 is a step in which the examinee selects whether or not to terminate use of the respiration amount measurement instrument 100 and displays the respiration amount measurement data through the display of the display module 124 upon termination, As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 4, the data may be directly transmitted to the remote terminal 200, that is, a smart device carried by doctors or the like, or may be transmitted to a database server provided separately for downloading .

Therefore, the breathing volume measuring instrument and the breathing volume measuring method using the technique of the present invention configured as described above are distinguished from the spirometer for numerically quantifying the respiration amount of the testee or various conventional respiration enhancing instruments, The subject can selectively adjust the respiratory flow rate according to the level of respiratory ability according to the state, physique, age, etc., and the range of the normal value of the respiration rate can be flexibly applied.

In particular, it has the effect of inducing respiratory movement simultaneously with measurement of respiratory volume, thereby promoting gradual respiratory ability and providing motivation for continuous breathing exercise.

In addition, the respiration amount measurement data including information such as the execution date and the execution number of each test subject and the breath amount measurement history is generated and accumulated and transmitted to the separately provided remote terminal 200 to perform integrated and systematic management of the test subject There are various advantages.

100: volume measuring instrument 110:
111: mouthpiece 112: switch
113: channel size adjustment module 114: breathing detection sensor
120: main body 121: power module
122: control module 123: recording module
124: Display module 125: Communication module
200: remote terminal
S10: waiting step S20: adjusting the amount of breathing output
S30: correction value setting step S40: breathing execution step
S50: volume measurement step S60: data recording step
S70: Displaying and transmitting the volume measurement history

Claims

A respiration measuring instrument (100) comprising: a flow path (110) connected to a mouthpiece (111) inserted into a mouth of a testee and through which a respiration flows; and a main body (120)
The flow path 110 is provided with a flow rate adjustment module 113 provided on the inner diameter portion for adjusting the flow rate of air passing through during breathing and operated to vary the size of the flow path according to the manipulation of the switch 112 of the examinee, A breathing sensor 114 for sensing breathing through the flow path 110 and converting the breathing signal into an electrical signal;
In the main body 120,
A power supply module 121 for supplying power to the respiratory volume measuring instrument 100 and a switch 112 signal operated by the examinee to control the operation of the flow volume adjustment module 113 and generate data for each breath volume measurement A display module 123 for displaying breathing volume measurement data through a display provided on the outside of the main body 120, a control module 122, a recording module 123 for storing the breathing volume measurement data generated by the control module 122 in a memory, And a communication module (125) for transmitting the measurement data to the remote terminal (200) and using the measurement data for monitoring the respiration amount.

A waiting step (S10) of supplying power to the respiration amount measuring instrument (100) through the power module (121) of the main body (120) and preparing the respiration amount measurement;
The controller 112 operates the switch 112 to select a respiratory input / output amount suitable for the respiration ability level of the examinee and the control module 122, which receives the switch 112 signal, (S20) for adjusting the size of the breathing input / output amount;
A correction value setting step (S30) of setting, by the control module (122), a correction value corresponding to the size of the flow path (110) adjusted through the breathing / output adjusting step (S20);
A respiration step (S40) in which the examinee breathes through the mouthpiece (111) for a predetermined period of time, the respiration sensor (114) senses it, converts it into an electrical signal and transmits it to the control module (122);
The control module 122, which receives the signal from the breathing sensor 114, measures the amount of respiration. In the correction value setting step S30, the respiration amount is converted to calculate a respiration amount measurement data by applying a predetermined correction value A volume measurement step (S50);
A data recording step (S60) of accumulating and storing the respiration amount measurement data generated by the control module (122) in the recording module (123) for each history;
The examinee selects whether or not to terminate the use of the respiration amount measuring instrument 100 and displays the respiration amount measurement data at the end thereof on the display of the display module 124 and displays the data on the remote terminal 100 for monitoring the respiration amount And a step (S70) of displaying and transmitting a measurement of a volume to be transmitted to the measurement device (200).

The method according to claim 1,
The control module 122 controls the operation of the flow rate adjustment module 113 to adjust the size of the flow path 110 according to the manipulation of the switch 112 of the examinee so as to adjust the size of the flow path 110, And a program in which an algorithm for generating data by converting and registering the measured breath volume in accordance with a preset correction value by setting a correction value is built in.

3. The method of claim 2,
In the breathing input / output adjusting step (S20), the size of the channel 110 is set to '1' by the program implemented in the control module 122, (110) is gradually reduced to a size of " 1 / a ";
In the correction value setting step S30, a value 'a' which is in inverse proportion to the size '1 / a' of the flow path 110 adjusted through the breath input / output amount adjusting step S20 is set as a correction value;
In the respiration amount calculation step S50, the respiration amount 'x' value performed by the examinee in the respiration step S40 is converted into an a × x value multiplied by a multiple of the correction value 'a' Wherein the respiration volume is selectively adjusted according to the respiration ability level and the normal value range of the respiration volume can be flexibly applied according to the respiration volume.