KR20190052748A - Respiration Rehabilitation Device based on IoT Technology - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a respiratory rehabilitation device which provides health care service for a user in real time based on internet of things technology. According to the present invention, the respiratory rehabilitation device providing health care service for a user in real time based on internet of things technology: improves portability; is able to release phlegm by the vibration of a shield unit during expiration; is able to control respiration intensity by a device control unit; enables breathing bidirectionally through an inhalation hole during inhalation; and is able to be washed by convenient assembling and disassembling. The present invention comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a flow regulator, a sensor unit, a control unit, and a communication unit.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a respiration rehabilitation device based on IoT technology,

The present invention relates to a respiratory rehabilitation device that provides a user's health care service in real time based on object Internet technology.

With the development of the industry, many pollutants are emitted from factories and automobiles, and the number of people suffering from respiratory diseases such as lung diseases and bronchial diseases due to yellow dust or fine dust containing heavy metals is rapidly increasing every year.

This respiratory disease is not only a medication but also a comprehensive treatment such as thoracic physical therapy and psychotherapy. Respiratory rehabilitation treatment is also provided.

Respiratory rehabilitation includes postural drainage, respiratory and relaxation exercises.

Respiratory rehabilitation therapy is very helpful in eliminating secretions in the bronchi, alleviating bronchial stiffness, expanding lung tissue, or increasing lung capacity, improving breathing patterns and breathing control techniques to increase exercise capacity, Lt; / RTI >

  In particular, respiration is one of the indispensable treatments to increase coughing ability to increase the alveolar ventilation and the discharge of secretions in the airways by strengthening the breathing pattern and breathing pattern.

For inspiratory breathing exercises, a variety of inspiratory resistive breathing instruments can be used to facilitate training by individuals.

However, for the breathing training, there are many non-medical devices such as candle blowing and bottle blowing, so it is not possible to accurately check the efficacy and effect of breath breathing training.

On the other hand, in order to perform a variety of breathing exercises using medical equipment, there is an economical burden of the user and inconvenience of use because the user must purchase and carry the separate medical equipment, which is inconvenient to carry, at a high price.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0231328

An object of the present invention is to provide a respiratory rehabilitation device that provides a user's health care service in real time based on object Internet technology.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a respiratory rehabilitation device that provides a user's healthcare service in real time based on object Internet technology.

A respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a housing forming an external appearance of the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus and having a channel formed therein; A mouthpiece coupled to the housing to guide air flow by breathing; A flow regulator installed inside the housing for varying the opening degree of the flow path to change a pressure load applied during breathing; A sensor unit for detecting information on a health state of the user by using the user's breath; A controller for collecting data sensed by the sensor unit; And a communication unit for transmitting the data collected by the control unit to a peripheral device through the object Internet function.

The housing forms an entire body of the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus, and further includes a suction hole for inserting air into the housing at the time of intake and blocking air at the time of exhalation.

And the mouthpiece has a structure capable of being assembled and disassembled with the housing.

Wherein the flow regulating unit comprises: a sheet portion provided on the flow path to form a hole for flowing air by breathing; And a shielding portion for varying the opening degree of the flow path in a manner that is adjusted to the seat portion in proximity to or spaced from the seat portion. The shielding portion may be in the form of a ball or a hemisphere that can be seated on the seat portion.

The flow control unit may further include an elastic member that contacts one side of the shield to apply an elastic force in a direction in which the shield is seated on the seat.

The respiratory rehabilitation apparatus may further include a device control unit installed in the housing so that the shielding unit is spaced apart and the minimum pressure load for opening the hole can be adjusted.

The apparatus control unit includes an origin adjusting unit for holding an attitude such that one end of the elastic member is fixed so that the elastic member can be deformed in one direction and the elastic force of the elastic member can be adjusted.

The respiratory rehabilitation device that provides the user's health care service in real time based on the object Internet technology according to the present invention is easy to carry and is capable of discharging sputum by the vibration of the shielding part at the time of a call flag, It is possible to adjust the respiratory intensity by the inhalation hole, and it is possible to breathe in both directions through the inhalation hole at the time of intake, and it is possible to clean by easy assembly and disassembly.

1 is a front view of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an enlarged view of a flow control unit and a device control unit of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a fastening state of a movement guide unit and a gauge case of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a detailed configuration and a combined state of the movement guide unit, the origin adjustment unit, and the adjustment rod unit of the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an enlarged view of the Internet of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a front view of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in order to avoid unnecessary obscuration of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus for providing a user's health care service in real time based on object Internet technology according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus 1 of the present invention includes a housing 10 forming an external appearance of the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus 1 and having a flow path formed therein, and a housing 10 coupled to the housing 10, And a mouthpiece 20 for guiding air flow.

The housing 10 includes a suction hole 11 which is located on one side of the housing 10 and allows air to flow in the suction hole 11. The suction hole 11 is capable of two-way breathing, The effect of enabling the spirometric exercise to be more effective is exhibited. In addition, the housing 10 may be formed so that air flowing into the dental mouthpiece can be smoothly flowed toward a discharge port, which will be described later.

The backflow prevention film 11a is provided in the suction hole 11 to prevent air from escaping during the exhalation and the backflow prevention film 11a opens the suction hole 11 to open the suction hole 11 The backflow prevention membrane 11a shields the suction hole 11 so that the air that the user exhales through the interior of the housing can be discharged through the interior of the housing, So that it can flow toward the portion (31) and the shielding portion (32). That is, the backflow prevention film 11a can repeatedly perform the breathing motion by repeating the intake and exhalation while the user is holding the mouthpiece 20 thereon.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are sectional views of a ball-shaped respiratory rehabilitation device for providing a user's healthcare service in real time based on the object Internet technology according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively, showing states of intake and expiration. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a flow regulating unit and a device regulating unit of a ball-shaped respiratory rehabilitation apparatus, which provides a user's healthcare service in real time based on the object Internet technology according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a view showing a fastening state of a movement guide unit and a gauge case of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a movement guiding unit and an origin adjustment unit of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. And the adjusting rod portion.

2 to 6, a respiratory rehabilitation device 1 according to the present invention includes a housing 10 having an outer channel formed therein and a flow path formed therein, And a flow control unit 30 installed inside the housing for varying the opening degree of the flow path to change the pressure load applied during breathing. A filter (not shown) is further provided at a connection portion of the dental mouthpiece 20 coupled to the housing 10 so that contaminants such as needles, which may flow along with breathing, are prevented from entering the interior of the housing 10. [ Can be.

Since the housing 10 and the mouthpiece 20 of the present invention are structured so as to be able to be assembled and disassembled, the assembly process can be simplified, errors in the process occurring during assembly can be reduced, It is advantageous to be hygienic to the user.

In addition, the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a device control unit 50.

The flow control unit 30 includes a seat portion 31 provided on the induction floor to form a hole through which breathing air flows, and the seat portion 31 is disposed adjacent to or spaced apart from the seat portion 31 And a shielding part 32 for varying the opening degree of the flow path in such a manner that an interval is adjusted.

The shielding portion 32 may have various shapes such as a ball shape or a hemisphere shape that can be seated on the seat portion 31. In an embodiment of the present invention, Describe rehabilitation equipment.

The seat portion 31 is formed as an inclined surface and normally supports the shield portion 32 on the lower side and the shield portion 32 is moved up and down during respiration so that the seat portion 31 and the shield portion 32 That is, the cross-section of the flow path through which the air can flow, thereby controlling the movement of the air.

The flow regulating portion 30 is provided with an elastic member 33 which is in contact with one side surface of the shield portion 32 and exerts an elastic force in a direction in which the shield portion 32 is seated on the seat portion 31 As shown in FIG. By the elastic member 33, the shielding portion 32 is seated on the upper surface of the seat portion 31 so as to be kept in a state shielding the hole during normal operation or intake, The shielding portion 32 is pushed and separated from the seat portion 31 to open the hole.

Accordingly, when the user exhales the mouthpiece 20 of the housing 10 in a state of being in the mouth, the seat portion 31 formed by pushing up the shielding portion 32 by the pressure of the air spitting out And the air can be discharged to the outside through the discharge hole after the air flows through the passage.

At this time, when the shielding part 32 is pushed up by the pressure of the user's breath, as the shielding part 32 rises, the elastic member 33 is further compressed so that the elastic force, that is, And when the resultant force of the elastic force and the self weight of the shield is larger than the pressure of the exhalation unit, the shield 32 is lowered again. Then, as the shielding portion 32 descends, the passageway between the seat portion 31 and the seat portion 31 becomes narrower, so that the pressure due to the breathing unit becomes stronger. At the same time, the elastic member is pulled and the elastic force is reduced again. When the pressure of the shielding part is larger than the sum of the elastic force and the self weight of the shielding part.

With this principle, while the user is breathing, the shield 32 vibrates while continuously moving in the up-and-down direction, so that, for the user, the passage is variable between the shield 32 and the seat 31 The flow resistance to spit is periodically variable. Accordingly, the load pressure applied to the respiratory organs by the user periodically vibrates, so that not only the respiration rehabilitation can be effectively performed, but also the discharging action such as sputum can be performed smoothly.

On the other hand, when the user breathes while holding the dental mouthpiece 20, the shielding portion 32 is lowered to be seated on the seat portion 31 to shield the seat portion 31 and the passageway, The reverse flow prevention membrane 11a of the suction hole is opened and the outside air can be introduced into the housing 10 through the suction hole and then sucked into the user's mouth. That is, the user can repeatedly breathe smoothly while the mouthpiece 20 is continuously held.

In addition, the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus 1 according to the present invention may include a device control unit (not shown) installed in the housing 10 to allow the minimum pressure load for opening the hole to be adjusted by separating the shielding unit 32 50).

The apparatus adjusting unit 50 includes a movement guide unit 50 which extends in a hollow cylindrical shape upward from the rim of the seat unit 31 and guides the moving direction when the origin adjusting unit 53 moves in a vertical direction, A gauge case 54 which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the movement guide portion 55 so as to extend upwardly and upwardly and which is rotated relative to the upper end of the gauge case 54; An adjusting end portion 51 coupled to the adjusting end portion 51 so as to be able to move integrally with the adjusting end portion so as to be integrally rotatable together with the adjusting end portion, And an upper end of the elastic member is fixed to an inner bottom face of the adjustment rod portion 52 so as to serve as an origin of elasticity of the elastic member, Is coupled to the thread surface to the outer surface of the deubu 52 comprises a zero point adjustment section 53 with the position can be varied by moving in the vertical direction as the adjustment rod 52 is rotated.

At this time, the origin adjusting unit 53 may be configured such that the one end of the elastic member 33 is fixed to the inner bottom surface to maintain the posture so that the elastic member 33 can be deformed in one direction, So that the elastic force of the elastic member 33 can be adjusted. That is, the origin adjusting unit 53 fixes the position of one end of the elastic member 33 and guides the deformation direction of the elastic member 33 so that the elastic member 33 can exert an elastic force in one direction . The outer surface of the lower end of the origin adjusting unit 53 and the inner surface of the upper end of the movement guide unit 55 may be long in the vertical direction. The guide rail includes a guide groove 532 formed on the outer surface of the origin adjusting unit 53 in the vertical direction and a guide groove 532 formed on the inner surface of the movement guide unit 55 at a position corresponding to the guide groove in a vertical direction And a guide protrusion 553 formed to be long. That is, the guide protrusion 553 is inserted into the guide groove 553 in a state where the origin adjusting unit 53 is installed inside the movement guide unit 55 so that the guide protrusion 553 is inserted into the guide groove 532, 532, the origin adjusting unit 53 can be guided to move up and down. That is, due to the guide rail, the origin adjustment unit 53 can be guided so as not to rotate in the horizontal direction and to move only in the vertical direction.

More specifically, the user adjusts the elastic force applied to the shielding portion 32 by the elastic member 33 in such a manner as to hold the adjustment end portion 51, Shielding pressure and vibration tendency can be adjusted. When the adjusting end portion 51 is rotated, the adjusting rod portion 52 rotates together, and the origin adjusting portion 53 screwed to the adjusting rod portion 52 relatively moves in the vertical direction Can be moved. As the origin adjustment unit 52 moves in the vertical direction, the compression strength can be adjusted so that the elastic member 33 is further compressed or less compressed.

In other words, the elasticity of the elastic member 33 can be adjusted through the left / right rotation of the device adjusting unit 50, and the adjustment of elasticity using the device adjusting unit 50 can be performed by adjusting the size, Regardless of the state of the user, the respiratory muscles associated with the user's diaphragm, external intercostal muscles, small intestine muscles, obturator muscles, and sternocleidomastoid muscles are exercised to enable smooth respiratory rehabilitation.

A fastening protrusion 541 is provided on the inner surface of the lower end of the gauge case 54. A fastening protrusion 541 is inserted into the outer side surface of the movement guide 55, The engaging protrusion 552 and the engaging protrusion 551 may be formed. That is, the gauge case 54 rotates the gauge case 54 in the horizontal direction while being assembled so as to be positioned on the outer side surface of the movement guide portion 55, so that the fastening protrusion 541 rotates in the fastening groove 552 and at the same time, it can be caught and fixed to the clamping jaw 551.

In the gauge case 54, a check window (not shown) is formed on one side of the gauge case 54 so that the inside of the gauge case 54 can be seen through and is marked with a scale. The user can confirm the origin display through the confirmation window by exposing the origin display indicated on the outer periphery of the origin adjustment unit 53 located in the inside of the origin 54. That is, It is possible to clearly recognize the elastic strength by the elastic member 33.

The adjustment rod portion 52 includes a body portion 522 having a cylindrical shape and having threads formed along an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a projection 523 extending in a four-sided shape in the upper portion of the body portion, And a fixing portion 521 for engaging and fixing the lower end portion of the inner side surface of the adjusting end portion 51. The reference point adjusting unit 53 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape having an upper surface and a coupling hole 530 for coupling to the adjustment rod unit 52 is formed at the center of the upper surface, A plurality of flow holes 531 for air flow are formed. A plurality of flow holes 531 are formed in the inner circumferential surface of the coupling hole 530 for air flow on the side surface of the origin adjustment unit 53, . The adjusting end 51 is formed in a hollow shape, and a grill-shaped outlet 512 is formed on the upper surface.

Therefore, the air flowing through the passage between the shielding portion 32 and the seat portion 31 flows through the flow hole 531 of the origin adjustment portion 53, the '+' shape of the adjustment rod portion 52 A space between the protrusions 523 of the adjusting end 51 and an outlet 512 of the adjusting end 51 may be sequentially discharged to the outside.

On the inner side of the upper end of the gauge case 54, a locking protrusion 542 is formed to protrude inward, and an outer side surface of the lower end of the regulating end portion 51 is protruded outward so as to be caught by the locking protrusion 542 The hook portion 511 is formed. Therefore, when the adjusting end portion 51 is assembled to the gauge case 54, the hook portion 511 is engaged and fixed to the engaging step 542 in an interference fit manner, The gauge case 54 is rotatable in the horizontal direction, but can be fixed so as not to be separated upward.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the object Internet module 40 of the respiratory rehabilitation device 1 that provides a user's health care service in real time based on the object Internet technology according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, an object Internet module 40 for providing a user's healthcare service in real time is further included.

The respiratory rehabilitation device 1 includes a sensor unit 41 for sensing information on the health state of the user by using the user's breath, a controller 42 for collecting data sensed by the sensor unit 41, And a communication unit 43 for transmitting the data collected by the control unit 42 to the peripheral device through the object Internet function. The object Internet module 40 is located inside or outside the dental mouthpiece 20 and the sensor unit 41, the control unit 42 and the communication unit 43 communicate with the object Internet module 40 And can be installed inside. In particular, the object Internet module 40 is connected to the inside of the dental mouthpiece 20 by a flow pipe in a state in which the dental mouthpiece module 20 is positioned outside the dental mouthpiece 20, It is desirable to install it in such a way.

The sensor unit 41 according to the present invention includes a breathing sensor unit 41a located on one side of the object Internet module 40 and sensing carbon dioxide, air flow rate and oxygen through respiration of the user, And a saliva measurement sensor unit 41b for detecting saliva. Although the sensor unit 41 includes the respiration sensor unit 41a and the saliva measurement sensor unit 41b in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto and various characteristics such as flow rate, pressure, and vibration may be detected A sensor unit may be additionally provided to check the user's breathing and exercise ability.

The controller 42 according to the present invention is located on the inner surface of the dental mouthpiece 20 and is located on one side of the object Internet module 40.

The control unit 42 collects data on the health state of the user detected by the sensor unit 41 and transmits the collected data to the communication unit 43.

The communication unit 43 according to the present invention is located inside the object Internet module 40 and transmits data collected by the control unit 42 to a peripheral device through the object Internet function.

The communication unit 43 may be a respiration analysis module 43a for examining carbon dioxide, air flow rate, and oxygen content and calculating a result, or a saliva measurement module 43b for measuring and calculating the pH concentration of user saliva.

Hereinafter, a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present embodiment differs from the above-described embodiment in that the angle of the bent portion of the housing is different. In the present embodiment, the description of the above embodiment will be referred to for the configuration overlapping with the above-described one embodiment.

8 is a front view of a respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in the respiratory rehabilitation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, the housing 20 may be formed to be bent at right angles. That is, the direction in which the air is introduced into the mouthpiece 20 and the direction in which the air is discharged through the discharge port 212 are perpendicular to each other.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, such modifications or variations are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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Claims (6)

A housing having an outer surface and a channel formed therein;
A mouthpiece coupled to the housing for guiding air flow through the breath;
A flow regulator installed inside the housing for varying the opening degree of the flow path to change a pressure load applied during breathing;
A sensor unit for detecting information on a user's health state using a user's breath;
A controller for collecting data sensed by the sensor unit; And
And a communication unit for transmitting the data collected by the control unit to the peripheral device through the object Internet function. The method according to claim 1,
The flow regulating unit includes:
A seat portion provided on the flow path and having a hole through which the air due to breathing flows; And
A shielding portion for varying the opening degree of the flow path in a manner that the space between the seat portion and the seat portion is adjusted to be close to or spaced from the seat portion;
Wherein the respiration rehabilitation device is based on the Internet. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the shielding portion has a ball shape or a hemispherical shape that can be seated on the seat portion. 3. The method of claim 2,
The flow regulating unit includes:
And an elastic member which is in contact with one side of the shielding portion and exerts an elastic force in a direction in which the shielding portion is seated on the seat portion,
Wherein the shielding portion is normally seated on the seat portion to keep the hole in a shielded state, and when the air is exhaled, the hole is spaced apart by the air flow to open the hole. 5. The method of claim 4,
And a device control unit installed in the housing to allow the shielding unit to be spaced apart and adjust the minimum pressure load for opening the hole,
The apparatus control unit includes:
And an origin adjusting unit which fixes one end of the elastic member to maintain the posture so that the elastic member can be deformed in one direction and adjust the elastic force of the elastic member, Respiratory rehabilitation device. The method according to claim 1,
The housing includes:
A suction hole positioned on one side of the housing to allow air to flow in during intake; And
And a backflow preventing film installed in the suction hole to prevent air from being discharged through the suction hole during a breathing,
Wherein the mouthpiece includes a filter that can be filtered so that contaminants contained in the breathing air can not be introduced into the interior of the housing.

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