WO2022251898A1 - Dispositif d'assistance respiratoire - Google Patents

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WO2022251898A1
WO2022251898A1 PCT/AU2022/050481 AU2022050481W WO2022251898A1 WO 2022251898 A1 WO2022251898 A1 WO 2022251898A1 AU 2022050481 W AU2022050481 W AU 2022050481W WO 2022251898 A1 WO2022251898 A1 WO 2022251898A1
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  • the present invention relates to a device for respiratory support may include a humidifier and a mask assembly that may he implemented for a respiratory - support and oxygen concentrator for oxygen support.
  • the respiratory support normally requires a delivery of air or other breathable gas at pressures above atmospheric pressure to the user via a mask. Pressurised air flows to the mask and to the user via the nose and/or mouth. A washout vent in the mask may he implemented to discharge the exhaled gas from the mask to atmosphere.
  • Respiratory support may maintain a support pressure across the inspiratory and expiratory levels of the user's breathing cycle at an approximately constant level.
  • pressure levels may he adjusted to change synchronously with the user's breathing cycle. For example, pressure may be set at one level during inspiration and another lower level during expiration for patient comfort. Alternatively, the pressure levels may he continuously adjusted to smoothly replicate changes in the user's breathing cycle.
  • positive airway pressure treatments typically provide gas under pressures to the user m the range of 4 to 15 cmH 2 O from the device and may involve flow rates of at about 120 litres/minute. Some of the air may escape via an end restriction or vent and not be delivered to the user.
  • pressure settings may also be adjusted based on the detection of conditions of the user's airway or respiration. For example, treatment pressure may be increased in the detection of partial obstruction or snoring.
  • positive airway pressure may be adapted to provide ventilation support. For example, a user's ventilatory needs may he supported on a breath-by-breath basis by automatically calculating a target ventilation and adjusting the pressure support generated by an apparatus, such as a bilevel pressure treatment apparatus, so as to achieve the target ventilation.
  • Respiratory treatment apparatus is sometimes provided with accessory components for comfort conditioning of the flow or pressurized breathable gas supplied by the flow generator.
  • the supplied air may he applied to a humidifier to humidify and warm the treatment gas prior to its delivery to a user.
  • the relative humidity of the air that people breath affects how comfortable the user feels.
  • the common type of humidifier is designed so that the dry air is drawn into the humidifier passing through a water reservoir from where the water is vapourised. The air then trav els through the chamber picking up water vapour and travels out of the humidifier.
  • One of the problems of this type of humidifier is that large amount of the water in the reservoir is heated, which may result in excessive energy consumption and prolonged time for the device in response to humidification.
  • This invention provides a humidifier with a significantly reduced humidification response time and energy savings by producing instant water vapour through vaporising only small amount of water constantly when in use.
  • the present invention first provides a solution by preheating the breathing gas to an elevated temperature to enhance the water evaporation without the need of directly heating on the water.
  • Another solution is to utilise the hydrophilic material to make wicks to draw off the water and to arrange the wicks in a pattern, such as zig zag patern, to increase the gas travel distance and time to pick up the water vapour.
  • Respiratory support involves the use of a user interface, which is typically a nasal or oral mask having a frame supporting a mask on the face of a user to interface the ventilator or pressure support device with the airway of the user so that a flow of breathing gas can be delivered from the flow generating device to the user.
  • a user interface typically a nasal or oral mask having a frame supporting a mask on the face of a user to interface the ventilator or pressure support device with the airway of the user so that a flow of breathing gas can be delivered from the flow generating device to the user.
  • a headgear situated on top of the user's head.
  • the headgear maintains the mask seal against a user's face without discomfort.
  • the user may avoid wearing the masks.
  • the mask should be supported on the user in a stable fashion so that the mask does not shift on the user’s face as the user moves during sleep.
  • the user’s mouth may be open during treatment if a nasal/pillow mask is used.
  • Some users have thus to choose full face mask to cover both mouth and nose.
  • a full face mask may be bulky to use, may require higher flow pressure and the treatment may be compromised as the user’s jaw may be pushed backwards by the mask.
  • Another concern is that the user does not perceive the mask to be suffocating.
  • US Patent No. 8,857,435 describes an interface assembly including a chin support attached to a head strap and rests j ust below the chin of the user.
  • the ‘435 patent addresses some of the above concerns, for example, by maintaining the mask in a stable fashion during sleep, it does not prevent air flow delivered through user’s mouth during the sleep.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 2,241,535 describes an apparatus for delivering breathing gas to a patient including a nose piece joined by a transverse tubular member directly resting on the anterior portion of the user's chin. The transverse tubular member rests on or above the anterior portion of the mandible.
  • the '535 patent addresses some of the above concerns, for example, by avoiding placing portions of the interface near the patient's eyes, but it does not provide a stable platform that supports the nose piece. Thus, there still a need for a mask that more completely addresses these concerns.
  • the present invention provides lip support that disposed under and supported against user’s lower lip, so that user’s mouth is restrained to be open. Thus, such lip support prevents mouth leaking of the user during treatment.
  • the indication mechanism may include springs or other elastic components where the elasticity remains constant over the time.
  • Some forms of patient interface systems may include a vent to allow the washout of exhaled carbon dioxide.
  • the advantage of the vented mask is to prevent re-breathing of carbon dioxide.
  • a ventilatory index which is calculated based on the minute volume and user’s carbon dioxides and/or oxygen level.
  • the device may be able to measure patient’s carbon dioxides and/or oxygen level directly, or it is able to connect to an external device to measure the carbon dioxides and/or oxygen level.
  • the device may display this index continuously, or in comparison, an expected ventilatory index may be displayed simultaneously to show whether the treatment is above or under the expectancy.
  • an algorithm may estimate user’s production of carbon dioxide, detect the dead space volume, dead space/alveolar ventilation, and even other lung characteristics such as functional residual volume. It would be advantage that the information and monitoring can be remotely displayed and controlled.
  • breathable gas such as oxygen is commonly- supplied from an oxygen cylinder.
  • the present invention provides a Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC) that is easy to be held by a hand, which also has a large port from which a user may inhale the oxygen through either mouth or nose. Condensation is one of the major issues with the POCs due to the water vapour condensation after air compression, so that the liquid water may thus get into the sieve beds. On the other side, the oxygen from POC does not have water and may cause discomfort to the user due to the dryness.
  • POC Portable Oxygen Concentrator
  • the present invention provides a mechanism that condenses the water vapour and collects condensed water from the compressed air prior to entering into the sieve bed and reintroduces the water vapour into dry oxygen.
  • a device such as a peristaltic pump, or a solenoid valve, wall be activated periodically to drive the condensed water into the oxygen tank, where the dry gas is being re-humidified by the condensed water. The humidified gas is then delivered to the user.
  • sieve bed deformation under high pressure is the main cause of zeolite fluidization m a POC.
  • a structural design integrating the oxygen tank and sieve bed wall increase the strength of the sieve bed and consequently reduce the deformation when undergoing high pressure.
  • the attached tube/hose gets tangled especially for CPAS 5 users during sleep.
  • Some users use a rack on which flexible tube/hose rests.
  • the problem with this arrangement is that the rack/hanger moves with the user when tossing and turning.
  • the device is designed to accept a detachable stiff tube which is extendable to a desired height so that a flexible tube/hose may connect to the stiff tube avoiding the flexible tube/hose to get tangled.
  • PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED It may be advantageous to provide a device with improved efficiency of heating and/or humidification and/or pressurised delivery of a breathable gas for respiratory supports.
  • lip holder and ‘lip support.’ have the same meaning in this specification.
  • the present invention seeks to ameliorate one or more of the abovementioned disadvantages and/or provide a new breathing apparatus.
  • a preferred device for respiratory support comprising: a flow generator supplying breathable gas from a breathable gas source to a breathing mask through an air path and wherein the air path includes a humidifier; and wherein the breathing mask is adapted to engage the face of a patient.
  • the humidifier comprising an inner container being fitted inside of an outer container, a chamber defined by the outer surface of the inner container and the inner surface of the outer container, an air inlet and an air outlet in gas communications with the chamber; wherein the air enter the chamber through the air inlet and exit through the air outlet; and a floating member inside of the chamber; wherein the floating member is configured to move to selectively block and open an aperture extending from the lower part of the inner container, so that fluid from the inner container flows to the outer container through the aperture when the aperture is in open configuration.
  • floating member is in hollow or bowl structure or a hollow sealed structure.
  • the floating member moves in vertical direction along one or more guide rails.
  • the preferred humidifier further comprising a heater in heat communication with the outer container.
  • humidifier may comprise a water container and a hydrophilic wick, wherein the hydrophilic wick configured to draw off liquid from the water container.
  • the device may further comprise a heater for heating air wherein the heater is positioned in the air path so that the temperature of the air increased as the air traveling through the heater before entering into the humidifier.
  • the hydrophilic wick having concertina arrangement.
  • the air path is coupled in gas communication with a pressure sensor and or a temperature sensor.
  • the water level within the humidifier is calculated and derived from the measurements outputted by at least one of the sensors and wherein at least one of the sensors is adapted to detect a fault state for humidifier.
  • the preferred device may further comprise a conduit positioned in the air path, wherein the conduit is m gas communication with supplied air and the conduit is in gas communication with the breathing mask for a breathable gas delivers respiratory support and further wherein the conduit having: a first channel and a second channel, wherein the first channel is configured to conduct an inspiratory breathable gas and the second channel is configured to conduct both inspiratory gas and expiratory gas; a venting portion extended from the second channel; a flexible membrane positioned in between the first channel and the second channel configured to move to selectively block and open an aperture of the venting portion of the conduit; and a flow guiding means located in the first and or the second channel configured to guiding gas flow to a direction that create pressure on the membrane so that cause the membrane to open and or block the aperture.
  • the flow guiding means is coupled in gas communication with a sensor, the sensor configured to sense a gas characteristic attributable to the conduit.
  • the preferred flow guiding means is selectively coupled to a further gas communication using an integrated port.
  • the preferred device may also further comprise a lip support assembly associated with the mask.
  • the preferred lip support comprises: a lip support arm operatively coupled to the mask; and a lip support bracket configured to extend around a lower lip of the user and engage the lower lip, mounted on the lip support arm.
  • the preferred device may further comprise lip contacting means operatively coupled to the lip support for contacting a surface of a user.
  • the preferred device may also further comprise an adjusting means for adjusting a relative position between the lip support and the user interface.
  • the preferred lip support comprise a flexible strap made of a flexible material adapted to conform to a shape of a user’s responsive to the user interface assembly being donned by the user.
  • the device further includes a computing module that calculates ventilation responses and respiratory characteristics based on minute ventilation and patient CO 2 level and patient O 2 level using: :
  • the preferred device may comprise a breathing mask/elbow/venting port assembly, wherein the mask is adapted to seal against the face of the patient, when in use, and comprising: an inlet first port connected to the flow generator; and a second output port, wherein the second port is adapted to receive one of the following assemblies engaged inside the second port: a) plug assembly; b) viral filter assembly wherein the viral filter assembly includes an inlet with at least one opening adapted to be connected to the second port, when in use, and a viral filter and an outlet wherein the outlet formed by a series of apertures m the body of the viral filter assembly and the body has a larger diameter than the diameter of the second port; or c) vent assembly wherein the vent assembly includes an inlet adapted to be inserted into the second port and wherein the vent assembly includes a series of apertures at one end.
  • a breathing mask/elbow/venting port assembly wherein the mask is adapted to seal against the face of the patient, when in use, and comprising: an inlet first port
  • the preferred device may comprise: a portable oxygen concentrator; and wherein the portable oxygen concentrator further comprising: a compressor; an oxygen tank; and a condensation module positioned between the compressor and the oxygen tank, the condensation module is configured to condense the water vapour and collect condensed water from the compressed air and redistribute the condensed water to the oxygen tank.
  • the preferred portable oxygen concentrator comprising a first sieve bed and a second sieve bed, each sieve bed has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first sieve bed is in communication with a first inlet valve, the first end of the second sieve bed is in communication with a second inlet valve; and the inlet valves are connected to a compressor; and wherein the second ends of each sieve beds are connected to a first and a second diametrically opposed one way purge valves; and bi-directional balancing valve.
  • the portable oxygen concentrator further comprising an insert positioned within at least one of the sieve beds which configured to increase the travel distance and the time of the gas flow therethrough.
  • the preferred insert is positioned within at least one of the sieve beds and is helical in shape.
  • the sieve bed is integrated with the oxygen tank.
  • the preferred sieve bed having a U-shaped wall and a vertical partition dividing the sieve bed into a first part and a second part such that the breathing gas enter the sieve bed through the upper end of the first part and exit the sieve bed through the upper end of the second part.
  • the portable oxygen concentrator further comprising: a mouth port configured to be attachable to a tube connectable with a mouth piece or an apparatus for a user to inhale through user’s mouth; a nasal port positioned inside of the mouth port for connecting to a nasal cannula and delivering breathable gas to the user; and an air entraining port configured to increase flow and pressure of the gas therethrough.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view of the device showing heating element, humidifier, pressure sensors and temperature sensors are used in the device.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic view of a heater.
  • Figure 4 is a cross section view of a humidifier.
  • Figure 5(a) is a cross section view of a valve showing the gas flow' push the valve to its closed position during inhalation process.
  • Figure 5(b) is a cross section view of a valve showing the exhaled air flow' push the valve to its open position to atmosphere during exhalation process.
  • Figure 5(c) is a cross section view of a val ve with two stages configured to be open and close during expiration and inhalation.
  • Figure 6 is a cross section view of three types of valves showing different guiding features and membranes of the valves.
  • Figure 7 is an illustration of three types of the lip support.
  • Figure 8 is a collection of two types of indicators that showing the tension level of the headgear of a mask.
  • Figure 9 depicts a breathing mask with various features.
  • Figure 10 shows a cross section view of a mask frame that integrated with venting features receives a plug or a viral filter on the top of venting features
  • Figure 11 illustrates that a non-vented plug (a), venting features (b) and a viral filter (c) being received by an elbow of a mask.
  • Figure 12 is an imaginary ventilatory index that indicates how the user responds to the respiratory support.
  • Figure 14 is a diagram showing the working process of a Portable Oxygen Concentrator.
  • Figure 15 is a perspective view of a sieve bed insertion and a cross section view' of sieve beds with an insertion.
  • Figure 16 (a) and (b) are perspective views of two sieve beds integrated with an oxygen tank;
  • Figure 16(e) and (d) are illustrations of the direction of gas flow in a folded sieve bed design.
  • One of the embodiments shown in Figure 1 has a heater 101 for preheating the breathing gas before entering to humidifier 102.
  • Temperature sensors 103, 104 and 105 provide temperature measurement at the points before the heating element, after the heating element and after the humidifier. The temperature difference measured by sensor 103 and 104 may be used to calculate flow rate as the temperature drop over the heating element vanes with the flow rates when the supplied heat power keeps constant.
  • the humidifier is a hydrophilic wick humidifier as shown in Figure 2, the wick humidifier has a water container 203 and hydrophilic wicks 202 that are used to pull the water up.
  • the wick 202 may be corrugated to increase the surface area for evaporation.
  • the wick 202 may be made from paper or any other material such as cloth. In this embodiment, a total of 7 wicks 202 are used. However, the number of the wicks 202 required may be less or more.
  • the wicks 202 may be arranged in a pattern that makes the air inside travel in a zig-zag fashion or concertina shape direction.
  • the advantages of this arrangement may include increasing the distance the air travels, allowing more time to pick up moisture: acting as a turbulator to increase the mixture of the air during its travel: and exposing both sides of the wick 202 to the air, having twice the surface area.
  • the wicks may be mounted onto the top lid 201 or at the bottom of the water container 203 or other mounting means.
  • a water delivery device such as a pump, can be included to deliver the controlled amount of water to the wick so that the moisture added to the air and consequently the air humidity can be accurately controlled.
  • the scale deposits onto the wicks 202 of the humidifier 200.
  • the scales will increase the flow resistance and therefore result in larger pressure drop, the scale will also reduce the hydrophilic capacity of the wick 202 and consequently, the efficiency of the water evaporation.
  • the level of gas temperature drop is reduced.
  • the temperature sensors 104 and 105, and/or pressure sensors 107 and 108 are used to measure the temperature and/or pressure difference over the humidifier for indicating the level of scale deposition on the wicks 202.
  • the small change of temperature and/or the big change in pressure may be a fault indication that the wicks 202 of the humidifier 200 may require maintenance and/or replacement.
  • the temperature difference may also be used to detect the no water or low water level in the humidifier tank and issue a warning.
  • the humidifier as shown in Figure 4 consists of an inner container 401 for storing water, an outer container 402, a lid 404 and a float 403.
  • An aperture 405 is located in the bottom of the inner container 401 from where the water in the inner container flows through into the outer container 402 to top up the water level in the outer container 402.
  • the outer container 402 consists of heating elements or heat conductive plate 406 located at the bottom of the outer container 402. The water in the outer container is vaporised while it is heated up by the heating elements or heating plate 406.
  • the guiding feature which may have varied design, confines the movement of the float 403 to upright and downright movement so that the float acts as a switch of allowing or stopping water flow through the aperture 405 when the water level in the outer container changes.
  • the water in the inner container 401 flow through the aperture 405 and top up the water in the outer container 402.
  • the purpose of this design is to keep the water level in the outer container the same at all time when in use, so that smaller amount of water is to he heated up compared with the traditional humidifier with one water container.
  • the space between the inner side of the outer container and the outer side of the inner container defines a chamber 410.
  • the air in the chamber then takes the water vapor in the chamber and exit the chamber through an air outlet 409 that on the top of the outer container 402.
  • the air inlet 408 and air outlet 409 are on the opposite side of the top of the outer container 402.
  • a partition may be used m between the air inlet 408 and air outlet 409 for directing air flow to go around the chamber 410.
  • a second aperture 411 may be included on the top of inner chamber communicating with the chamber 410 for equalising the pressure between the inner container 401 and the chamber 410.
  • the membrane 503 in between the first channel 501 and the second channel 502, and a plurality of apertures 504.
  • the membrane 503 may be made of soft elastic material and may have a flexible structure.
  • the membrane 503 may have a fixed end 506 and a lip end 507, which may be configured to move to selectively block and open the apertures 504.
  • the valve 504 may be in any shape including trapezoid shape, cylindrical shape or square shape.
  • the size of the openings of the apertures 504 on the atmosphere side may be larger than those on the side of second flow channel to facilitate the release of gas flow to the atmosphere.
  • the valve also comprises a flow guiding feature 508 located in the first flow channel 501 and/or in the second flow channel 502, directing the gas flow in the respiratory' channel. During inhalation, the supplied air flow from the first flow channel 501 to the second flow channel 502 will change direction by the flow' guiding features 508 to create dynamic pressure that push up the lip end 507 of the membrane 503 so that the membrane 503 block the apertures 504 and stop the supplied air flow through the apertures 504 to the atmosphere.
  • FIG. 5(c) illustrate an embodiment having two stages of valves, consisting of a first valve connected to a second valve 509. In this example, the valve having same features with those of the valve 509.
  • the flow guiding feature may locate in only one channel, and it may have a shape, such as a spindle, to guide both the inspiratory and expiratory flow, as shown in Figure 6(a).
  • a port 601 may attach to the flow guiding features for the tube connection as shown in Figure 6(a), so that a tube may be connected to this port 601 for measuring the proximal pressure or delivering gas, such as oxygen, to the user.
  • a sensor such as pressure/temperature/humidity sensor 602 may be placed inside a flow guiding feature, where the sensor 602 may be connected to a device via wires or wireless such as BluetoothTM, as shown in Figure 6(b).
  • the flow guiding feature may also act as a base for the flap 603. As shown in Figure 6(b), the flap 603 sits on the flow guiding feature during exhalation under the pressure by the exhaled gas.
  • a valve membrane may have one way valve, such as a duck bill valve 604, integrated in its centre, as shown m Figure 6(c).
  • a lip support according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 7(a) and (b) and includes a breathing nasal mask 701 coupled to a lip holding portion 702.
  • the breathing mask 701 communicates a flow of breathing gas between a user’s airway and a pressure/flow generating system.
  • the breathing mask 701 is held in place on the user’s head by an adjustable head strap as exemplary shown on Figure 8.
  • Other head straps or connection pieces may be provided in addition to or in place of those shown to secure the breathing mask to the user.
  • the lip support may be made from any flexible material, any semi-rigid or rigid material.
  • the lip holding portion 702 is adjustably connected to the breathing mask 701 by a connecting portion 703.
  • connecting portion 703 is a hard plastic part, which also provides rigidity.
  • each end of lip holding portion 702 coupled to breathing mask 701 is also adjustable relative to the breathing mask 701.
  • the connecting portion 703 is rotatable and allow the lip holding portion 702 to be adjustable in a number of positions/angles relative to the breathing mask 701.
  • the lip holding portion 702 is configured such that the lip holding portion 702 is disposed on/under or supported against user’s lower lip. This configuration stops mouth opening by preventing the relaxed lower lip from dropping down, and consequently provides a relatively secure prevention of gas leaking from user’s mouth during treatment.
  • the lip holding portion 702 may include a relatively rigid shell 704 and a cushion 705.
  • the shell 704 is preferably formed from rigid plastic.
  • the cushion 705 may be attached to the shell 704 by a locking tab or any other techniques or overmolded to the shell 704.
  • the cushion 705 is configured to contact with user’s lower lip.
  • the cushion 705 may be formed from foam, fabric or any other conventional cushion material, which is relatively soft to provide a comfortable contact to the user and to contour to the lip profile of the user.
  • the lip holder may be integrated with the mask 701.
  • the lip holder may be part of the cushion and on both ends there are features which can be used to attach the lip holder to the headgear with straps, as shown in Figure 7(b).
  • the lip holder connected to the existing the head gear for engaging the mask on the face of the patient (not shown).
  • the lip holder 706 may be formed by a strap/part of a strap attached to the chin strap 707. On both ends of the hp holder 706 there are features which can be used to attach the lip holder to the chin strap 707. The tension and position/angle of the hp holder
  • the lip support may be integrated with or attached to a chin/strap support, as shown in Figure 7(c).
  • the tension and position of the lip support may be adjusted independently of the chin/strap support.
  • the lip support may be an independent part, which is separated from the mask and headgear, and has its own mechanism to be held in place on user’s head.
  • the lip support may be used together or integrated with a full-face mask to encourage or tram the nose breathing.
  • the headgear (not shown in figure 7) or chin strap 707 may include a tension adjustment means winch may be VelcroTM or hook and loop style fasteners 708.
  • a tension indicator for the strap may be an advantage to guide the user to have the right headgear tension.
  • indicative features such as marks, numbers, letters, colour scheme, bump bars, dots, holes or any other features may be added into headgear and chin/lip strap to help the user to understand the headgear tension or buckling position, examples, such as the numbers 801 and/or the bars 802, are illustrated m Figure 8(a) and Figure 8(b).
  • the indication mechanism may include springs or other elastic components, that have constant elasticity over the time, in mask, head gear, or other locations, such as the spring 803 as shown in Figure 8(c).
  • the spring 803 is mounted within a spring housing in a lateral direction to apply a constant pulling force on the headgear straps, when in use.
  • the spring housing comprises an upper string housing 805 and a lower spring housing 806 wherein the upper and lower housing portions are slidably connected to each with the spring 803 mounted laterally within the gap between the interior walls of the upper and lower housing portions 805 and 806.
  • a headgear strap is adapted to be receive and secured through the slot 804 in the tail end of upper housing portion 805.
  • This configuration is adapted to allow the headgear strap received by slot 804 to be tightened by the user in use and wherein the spring 803 is adapted be compressed within the spring housing and equalise the load of tightened strap.
  • the advantage mounting the spring 803 in this manner is that, when in use, the headgear straps are constantly tensioning to a preset tension level as determined by the strength of the spring 803.
  • the elastic properties of the spring 803 may not deteriorate with age as the headgear straps may overtime.
  • headgear straps are constructed on fabric material or neoprene which generally losses elasticity over extended or repeated use by a user.
  • Figure 8(d) depicts an alternate embodiment of the headgear assembly 809, wherein the headgear assembly 809 includes multiple straps adapted to engage the aforementioned face mask using a fastener 808. At least one of the straps includes a concertina or zigzag section 807 wherein this concertina section 807 is adapted to extend laterally or in a lateral direction along the length of the strap and apply a pulling force onto to face mask against the user’s face.
  • the concertina section includes an elastic property allowing it to stretch but to return to it original position when resting.
  • the breathing mask may include a venting port, which may be located on the mask frame, elbow, tube or an independent jig.
  • the port 903 may receive a non-venting plug 902 so that the mask will become a non-vented mask.
  • the port 903 may also receive venting plugs 901 so that the mask will become a vented mask.
  • a venting plug 901 may have the first end and the second end, the first end has venting hole/holes 905 which constructed and arranged to allow for the washout of exhaled gas; there may be a set of venting plugs with different aperture shapes, dimensions, or numbers to get different mask flow-pressure characteristics; the second end 906 may be configured to receive a commercial filter to filter the exhaled gas.
  • the port 903 may receive a viral filter 904 integrated with venting hole/holes 905.
  • the vent may be integrated or integrally formed in one piece with an assembly 903.
  • the venting feature 905 may be integrated with the port 903 in mask frame as shown in Figure 10 (a).
  • Figure 10 (b) shows a plug 1002 fit into the port 1001 to convert the mask into a non-vented mask
  • Figure 10 (c) shows a filter 1003 fitted into the port 1001 to filter the exhaled gas.
  • the vent port may be located on an elbow 1104: a non-venting plug 1102 in an elbow 1104, a venting plug 1101 in an elbow 1104; and a viral filter 1103 in an elbow 1104.
  • the venting feature may be integrated with the elbow 1104, and the port may receive a non-vented plug 1102 to make a non-vented mask, or receive a viral filter 1103 to filter the air going atmosphere.
  • FIG 12 is an imaginary diagram of the estimated and actual ventilatory index for comparison.
  • a ventilatory index, winch is calculated from the minute volume and patient CO2 level and tells how the patient responds to the treatment, may be presented in mechanical ventilation.
  • the device may facilitate measuring patient’s carbon dioxides and/or oxygen level directly, or the device may have connectivity with the external device, such as SentecTM, to measure patient’s carbon dioxides and oxygen level externally.
  • the V entilatory Index (VI) can be simply calculated as the product of minute ventilation and CO2 partial pressure, that is: where Y is the ventilatory index, V is the minute ventilation, and is the partial pressure of CO 2 . This index may be scaled or adjusted to get a different number, for example, dividing by 100 to get a smaller number.
  • the minute ventilation is the sum of the alveolar ventilation and the dead space ventilation: where is the minute alveolar ventilation and is the minute dead space ventilation.
  • the index Y can be expressed as:
  • the alveolar ventilation equation can be written as either or where k is the conversion constant, is the carbon dioxides removed by the lung and it equals to the carbon dioxides production from metabolism in the steady state condition. Substituting Eq. 4 and Eq. 5 into Eq. 3, and rearranging the equation to get:
  • a variant of the index which may also be called state ventilation, is obtained by dividing it by patient’s oxygen level;
  • Oxygen level may be either the oxygen partial pressure PO 2 if available, or oxygen saturation SpO2 measured by a pulse oximetry.
  • Oxygen adjusted index provides a better indication of the effectiveness of ventilatory support, as a patient with a good response will normally have a higher O 2 level, thus resulting m a smaller index.
  • dead space and alveolar ventilation and C02 production can be computed at any point, and the dead space volume can be obtained once is known: where/is the respiratory rate.
  • a Portable Oxygen Concentrator is used in the respiratory treatment for supplying oxygen to the user.
  • a POC includes a combined outlet comprising a nasal cannula port 1302 located inside of a mouth port 1301.
  • a large hose may connect the mouth port 1301 to a user interface such as a vented mask or a mouthpiece. If a vented mask is used, a one-way valve may be placed between the mask and the hose to avoid rebreathing in carbon dioxides.
  • a user may hold a POC and breath in oxygen through mouth directly from the outer mouth port 1301 ; a user may inhale oxygen through nose from the nasal cannula connected to nasal port 1302;
  • the oxygen may be delivered to a user through a large hose that attached to a breathing mask and connected to a mouth port 1301;
  • a detached mouth piece 1304, like a jet in a venturi mask, may be used via a tube connecting to the nasal port for a user to inhale oxygen through the mouth.
  • the pressure difference may be detected by a sensor in the gas pathway, in response to the pressure change, the POC may release oxygen from the nasal port 1302 where high velocity oxygen may then entrain air from the large air entraining port 1303. Air entrainment will increase the ventilation flow, which will also result in a positive mouth pressure, reducing work of breathing and increasing alveolar recruitment.
  • Figure 14 shows the working principle of the POC schematically.
  • An active purging valve or an orifice is normally used in most of the POCs to purge one sieve bed with oxygen from the other sieve bed and vice versa.
  • the active purging valve or orifice is replaced with two passive one-way purge valves 1405 and 1406. which may be duck bill valve or umbrella valve.
  • the one- way valve 1405 will open to purge sieve bed 1404 when the pressure in sieve bed 1403 is higher than the pressure in sieve bed 1404 by a predetermined value
  • the one way valve 1406 will open to purge sieve bed 1403 when the pressure in sieve bed 1404 is higher than the pressure in sieve bed 1403 by a predetermined value.
  • the predetermined pressure difference may be the valve’s cracking pressure in the system.
  • the purging may not occur if the POC is running at low setting due to the pressure difference cannot reach the valve’s cracking pressure.
  • Condensation is one of the major issues with the POCs. Water vapour inside the compressed air may be condensed, so that the liquid water may get into the sieve bed. On the other side, the oxygen from POC does not have water and may cause discomfort to the user due to the dryness.
  • the present invention provides a mechanism that condenses the water vapour and collects condensed water from the compressed air prior to entering the sieve bed and reintroduce the water vapour into dry oxygen as shown in Figure 14.
  • the condensation unit 1408 comprises a volume connected to air path after the compressor with stagnant air, which helps to extract water from the compressed gas so that the dry compressed gas entered the sieve beds through the valves.
  • the condensation module also comprises one or more pumps or valves 1409, such as a peristaltic pump, or solenoid valve, which wall be activated periodically to pump the condensed water into the oxygen tank 1410 to provide water vapor to the dry oxygen.
  • the humidified oxygen then delivers to the user from the oxygen tank.
  • FIG 15(a) shows an insert 1501 for a sieve bed.
  • Fig 15(b) is a cross section view of an insert 1501 inside a sieve bed.
  • the insert 1501 may have a design, such as a spiral or helical design, so that the time and distance for gas to travel inside of the sieve bed may be increased, which may help producing better effect of absorption.
  • the sieve bed insert is constructed to reduce dead space/corners in the sieve bed to maximize the zeolite usage.
  • the zeolite inside of the sieve bed may be divided into two separated halves by the insert as constructed in Figure 15, all zeolite may be kept together and may move as whole under periodic pressurization and depressurization. Therefore, it may reduce zeolite fluidisation.
  • the inserts 1501 may be integrated with other components, for example, diffuser or buffer
  • a sieve bed 1601 is integrated with an oxygen tank 1602.
  • the pressure in the oxygen tank may assist to reduce the deformation of the wall of the sieve bed due to reduced pressure difference across the wall.
  • the oxygen tank has two volumes on opposite sides of the sieve bed so that it may provide flexibility to the layout of the oxygen tank. For example, one is used as a dead-head volume and the other used as a go-through volume, as shown in Figure 14.
  • Other embodiments may include a design in which the sieve bed(s) may be completely surrounded by the oxygen tank, or the sieve beds may not be joined together.
  • Figure 16(c) and (d) shows a design of a folded sieve bed, in winch the inlet and outlet ports of the sieve bed will be located on the same side.
  • This design of folded sieve bed will be generally less slender and have a mid wall or partition. Hence, the sieve bed will be structurally stronger and have less deformation when undergoing high pressure.
  • the zeolite in a folded sieve bed may be separated into two halves, as shown Figure 16(c), while in some other embodiments, the zeolite may not be separated as shown in Figure 16(d).
  • the folded sieve bed may also be varied in term of other parts such as lid, diffuser, buffer, and spring. Two folded sieve beds may also integrate together.

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Dispositif d'assistance respiratoire, le dispositif comprenant : un générateur de flux alimentant un gaz respirable à partir d'une source de gaz respirable à un masque respiratoire par l'intermédiaire d'un trajet d'air et le trajet d'air comprenant un humidificateur ; et le masque respiratoire étant conçu pour venir en contact avec le visage d'un patient.
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