WO1998041274A1 - Exhalation valve for a patient ventilator - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M16/00—Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
- A61M16/20—Valves specially adapted to medical respiratory devices
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M16/00—Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
- A61M16/20—Valves specially adapted to medical respiratory devices
- A61M16/201—Controlled valves
- A61M16/202—Controlled valves electrically actuated
- A61M16/203—Proportional
- A61M16/205—Proportional used for exhalation control
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S137/00—Fluid handling
- Y10S137/908—Respirator control
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- This invention relates generally to patient ventilators, and more particularly concerns a ventilator exhalation valve for regulating the release of breathing gas from an exhalation line of a patient ventilator.
- Medical ventilators are generally designed to ventilate a patient ' s lungs with breathing gas to assist a patient in breathing when the patient is somehow unable to adequately breath without assistance. Pressure assistance can be instituted, for example, when the patient has already begun an inspiratory effort. With such a system, it is desirable to immediately increase the pressure after a breath is initiated in order to reach a target pressure. This rise in pressure causes flow to be initiated in the patient airway which supplies breathing gas to the patient's lungs. Conventional ventilators typically provide an option to maintain a slight "positive end expiration pressure" (PEEP) to help prevent collapse of the lungs of the patient, and regulate the patient proximal pressure during the expiration phase of breaths .
- PEEP positive end expiration pressure
- One type of ventilator exhalation valve is the electromechanical or solenoid-operated valve, controlling the valve by regulating the motion of a poppet in sealing a valve seat, providing control of back-pressure in a patient airway that is ideally proportional to current supplied by a control mechanism to the exhalation valve.
- a proportional electropneumatic solenoid-controlled valve for example, an electromagnetic coil and a sleeve of magnetic steel contained within the coil provide a flux path for the magnetic field of the coil.
- a magnetic pole piece is contained within the bore of the solenoid, and a movable armature of magnetic material is supported within the bore by a pair of suspension springs.
- a valve portion connected to the solenoid includes a valve poppet attached to the armature assembly for controlling the opening and closing of the valve.
- the valve chamber receives fluid flow from inlet ports surrounding the outlet tube member, and a diaphragm is also provided as a flexible seal between the valve interior chamber and the moveable armature of the solenoid assembly to prevent foreign matter from the solenoid from entering the fluid in the valve .
- Another conventional proportional solenoid device includes a movable armature assembly of magnetic material, substantially linear springs supporting the armature assembly, an electromagnetic coil, and an annular permanent magnet for producing a magnetic field of predetermined flux density in an adjustable trunk-polepiece of magnetic material in the center of the solenoid. Adjustment of the polepiece affects the flux gap between the polepiece and the armature, affecting the force applied by the armature.
- a free-floating diaphragm is positioned in a valve housing adjacent to a valve seat, to allow flow in a forward direction from the patient through the valve, and to prevent reverse flow from the atmosphere to the patient.
- a valve poppet is positioned adjacent to the diaphragm for physically contacting the diaphragm to regulate the rate of flow through the valve, and a suspension assembly retains the valve poppet in position relative to the housing and diaphragm.
- a feedback assembly also provides a fixed velocity feedback signal via a flexible connector for the velocity of the .
- valve poppet for dampening actuation of the armature due to turbulence of flow, with little dampening at low velocities, and greater dampening at high velocities.
- a flexible connector subject the valve to minimal side forces, to reduce friction in the operation of the valve.
- Conventional valves typically provide a generally fast response at high patient airway pressures; however, it would be desirable that actuation of the electromagnetic armature be compensated by taking into account patient airway pressure, to improve responsiveness of an exhalation valve at low pressures. It would also be desirable that actuation of the electromagnetic armature be compensated by taking into account changes in the magnetic field strength due to changes in temperature of the magnets, for optimizing pressure accuracy of the exhalation valve .
- Improvements in reduction of friction in operation of the valve would desirable.
- the surfaces of an exhalation valve that come in contact with patient breathing gases can become fouled, so that it would also be desirable that the valve poppet and seal be easily removable to facilitate their removal and replacement in the field.
- the present invention meets these needs .
- the present invention provides for an exhalation valve for a patient ventilator in which patient airway back pressure is proportional to current supplied to the exhalation valve, providing improved performance at low pressures compared to previously available valves.
- the poppet and surfaces that contact patient breathing gases are readily removable and replaceable, and a high degree of perpendicularity in the construction of the valve is obtained by a suspended soft valve seal requiring a low sealing force, for improved accuracy of the valve.
- Reduction of friction in operation of the valve is achieved by use of a flexible circuit connector to the electromagnetic coils, that imposes minimal side forces to the coil.
- the invention provides for an exhalation valve for a patient ventilator having a patient airway for breathing gas, comprising a valve housing adapted to be connected to the patient ventilator, the valve housing having an exhalation line inlet port for receiving breathing gas from the patient airway, a valve seat on the inlet port, and an exhalation outlet port.
- a valve poppet is disposed in the valve adjacent to the valve seat, the valve poppet having a face with a surface defining an annular groove, and the valve seat having an annular shoulder corresponding to and adapted to interfit with the valve poppet annular groove .
- a soft flexible diaphragm seal is stretched over the face and periphery of the valve poppet, to provide a suspended soft seal for the exhalation valve requiring a low sealing force, and ensuring a high degree of perpendicularity in the valve seal , for improved accuracy of the valve .
- the valve poppet has a generally cylindrical stem disposed in a generally cylindrical bore in a magnetic body disposed in the valve housing, and in a currently preferred embodiment, the valve poppet stem is suspended by a plurality of annular low friction bearings.
- An annular permanent magnet is disposed around the magnetic body for producing a magnetic field of predetermined flux density, and an annular magnetic ring adjacent to the annular permanent magnet is also disposed around the magnetic body for providing a flux path.
- the annular permanent magnet and the annular magnetic ring are spaced apart from the magnetic body so as to define an air gap.
- An armature is disposed adjacent to the magnetic body having a central plate portion extending into the air gap and providing a substrate for an electromagnetic coil in the air gap and disposed between the magnetic ring and the magnetic body.
- a generally cylindrical bore is provided in the valve poppet stem, and the armature includes a cylindrical shaft having an upper portion extending within the central bore of the valve poppet stem, and a lower portion.
- the central plate portion and electromagnetic coil is connected to a control mechanism by a flexible connector that is sufficiently slack that the flexible connector provides minimal force transverse to the longitudinal axis of the valve.
- the valve housing includes a lower cap covering the armature and flexible connector of the valve, and the lower portion of the shaft is biased toward the valve seat by a spring supported by a spring rest mounted to the cap .
- means are provided for adjusting the uniformity of the air gap and of concentricity of magnetic body.
- the magnetic body preferably includes an outwardly extending alignment ring portion defining a lower shoulder portion against which the valve housing abuts, and a lock nut preferably has a right angle inner collar that engages an opposing side of the alignment ring of the magnetic body, to position the magnetic body in the valve, and to position the poppet to be concentric in the valve and perpendicular to the valve seat .
- a variable velocity feedback assembly in a currently preferred embodiment, includes a permanent magnet disposed in the lower shaft portion of the armature, and a passive stationary velocity coil mounted to the cap and disposed around the permanent magnet in the lower shaft portion of the armature for providing an electrical signal indicative of velocity and direction of the valve poppet to the control mechanism.
- the control mechanism preferably also receives pressure signals indicative of the proximal pressure, and adjusts the current supplied to the electromagnetic coil, compensating for changes in the magnetic field strength of the valve due to changes in temperature, velocity of the valve poppet, and patient airway pressure.
- the exhalation valve includes a temperature sensor connected to provide temperature signals indicative of the temperature of the valve magnet to the control mechanism, and the control mechanism adjusts the current supplied to the main electromagnetic coil based upon the temperature signals and a predetermined thermal coefficient of magnetic strength of the valve .
- a flexible diaphragm is connected between the valve poppet and magnetic body to prevent cross-contamination between the exhalation valve and breathing gas .
- Fig. 1 is a sectional, schematic diagram of the exhalation valve of the invention
- Fig. 2 is a cutaway perspective view of the exhalation valve of Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the exhalation valve of Fig. 1 in a patient ventilator system.
- Performance of exhalation valves can be hindered, particularly at low patient proximal pressures, by problems of the sealing force of the valve, and friction in operation of the valve, such as can be caused by side forces on the valve, imprecise magnetic concentricity, and the degree of perpendicularity of the valve seal.
- the surfaces of an exhalation valve that come in contact with patient breathing gases can become fouled.
- the performance of an exhalation valve can also be affected by changes in the patient proximal pressure, and changes in the magnetic field strength due to changes in temperature of the magnets .
- an exhalation valve 10 for a patient ventilator for a patient 11 having a valve housing 12 that is currently preferably made from aluminum, although other similar materials, such as stainless steel or plastics, may be suitable.
- the valve housing includes an exhalation line inlet port 14 adapted to be connected to a patient airway exhalation line 15 of the patient ventilator 17, and an exhalation outlet port 16.
- the inlet port includes an interior flange 18 limiting the mating of the inlet port to an access port of the patient airway of the ventilator.
- the inlet port includes a valve seat 20 adjacent to the flange, and formed with an apical annular shoulder 22.
- a correspondingly shaped annular groove 24 adapted to receive and mate with the apical annular shoulder of the valve seat is formed in the face 25 of the valve poppet 26 disposed in the valve body adjacent to the valve seat.
- a soft flexible seal 28 is preferably placed between the apical annular shoulder of the valve seat and the annular groove of the poppet , and preferably includes an outer flange 29 that snaps over the periphery 30 of the poppet to stretch the soft flexible seal over the face of the poppet, to require a low force to seal the valve.
- the soft flexible seal is currently preferably formed of silicone rubber, although other similar rubbers and elastomeric materials may also be suitable.
- the poppet includes a valve poppet shaft 32 extending perpendicular to the face of the poppet along the longitudinal axis 33 of the valve, and is disposed in a generally cylindrical bore 34 of a magnetic body 36.
- the magnetic body is currently preferably formed of magnetic stainless steel, although other magnetic materials not retaining a permanent magnetic field, such as magnetic iron, for example, may also be suitable.
- the valve poppet shaft is currently preferably mounted and suspended within the bore of the magnetic body by an annular bearing 38 disposed in one end of the bore of the magnetic body, and another annular bearing
- annular bearings are preferably formed of a low friction material, and are currently typically made of 35% carbon fiber filled polyetherether ketone (PEEK) .
- a notch 42 is provided in the valve poppet shaft near the poppet in which an annular isolation diaphragm 44 is centrally secured, covering the magnetic body and secured thereto at an upper shoulder 45 of the magnetic body, for isolating the interior of the valve from the patient airway, to prevent cross- contamination between the valve and the breathing gas in the airway.
- Means for adjusting the positioning of the magnetic body and shaft of the poppet in the valve include an outwardly extending alignment ring 46 of the magnetic body defining a lower shoulder 48 against which the valve housing abuts, and a lock nut 50 having internal threads 52 that engage external threads 54 on the valve housing.
- the lock nut preferably has a right angle inner collar 56 that engages the lower shoulder of the alignment ring of the magnetic body. Tightening of the lock nut on the alignment ring thus provides perpendicularity of the alignment of the shaft of poppet valve, the bearings, the magnetic body, and the poppet with respect to the valve seat .
- An annular permanent magnet 60 which is currently preferably a rare earth permanent magnet, and a magnetic ring 62 made of magnetic material, and typically formed of iron or magnetic steel, are disposed in the valve around and spaced apart from the magnetic body, so as to define an air gap 64 therebetween.
- An electromagnetic coil 66 is uniformly disposed around the magnetic body in the air gap, mounted on a support surface of an armature 68 that extends uniformly into the air gap.
- the armature has an upper cylindrical shaft 70 extending longitudinally into a longitudinal cylindrical bore
- control mechanism 74 is secured to the armature and is electrically connected between the electromagnetic coil and a control mechanism 74 providing controlled supply of current to the electromagnetic coil, and exerting minimal side forces on the armature of the valve as the armature and valve poppet move within the valve .
- the radial magnetic field strength of the exhalation valve is averaged by the structure of the magnet, magnetic body and magnetic ring. By ensuring uniformity of the air gap, and precise magnetic concentricity, hysteresis of the exhalation valve is minimized.
- the low sealing force required to close the valve is generally proportional to the current supplied to the electromagnetic coil, and is generally unaffected by the displacement of the valve poppet.
- the control mechanism preferably includes a microprocessor based computer control unit 77 that receives input signals from a pressure sensor 79 monitoring proximal pressure in the patient airway, and from a temperature sensor such as thermistor 75 disposed in the exhalation valve adjacent to the magnet and magnetic ring. Since the magnetic subassembly of the exhalation valve has a thermal coefficient of magnetic strength, typically on the order of 0.1%/°C, so that the magnetic strength of the valve decreases as temperature increases, the control mechanism adjusts the amount of current supplied to the electromagnetic coil based upon the temperature signal from the temperature sensor. In addition, the control mechanism adjusts the current according to the monitored pressure in the patient airway as is described in U.S. Patent No.
- the armature also includes a lower armature shaft 76 supported by a spring 78 mounted on the spring rest 80 adjacent to the variable velocity feedback assembly 82.
- the variable velocity feedback assembly includes a velocity magnet
- a cap door 92 is also typically provided in the cap for access to the flexible circuit connector and thermistor of the valve.
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DE69819310T DE69819310T2 (en) | 1997-03-14 | 1998-02-24 | EXHALATION VALVE FOR VENTILATOR |
AU64404/98A AU6440498A (en) | 1997-03-14 | 1998-02-24 | Exhalation valve for a patient ventilator |
EP98910069A EP0968024B1 (en) | 1997-03-14 | 1998-02-24 | Exhalation valve for a patient ventilator |
CA002284082A CA2284082C (en) | 1997-03-14 | 1998-02-24 | Exhalation valve for a patient ventilator |
JP54052298A JP4336823B2 (en) | 1997-03-14 | 1998-02-24 | Expiratory valve for patient ventilator |
AT98910069T ATE252930T1 (en) | 1997-03-14 | 1998-02-24 | EXHAUSTING VALVE FOR VENTILATOR |
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