WO2016121134A1 - Respiration device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a respiratory apparatus.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a respiratory apparatus that includes a filter that filters outside air, a respiratory monitor device, and a control device that controls the operation of an electric fan in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiratory monitor device.
- the breathing apparatus of Patent Document 1 maintains the intracorporeal pressure (relative to the external pressure of the face) at a predetermined positive pressure by controlling the operation of the electric fan in conjunction with breathing based on the detection signal of the breath monitoring apparatus. It is.
- the respiratory monitoring device includes a diaphragm for receiving intra-body pressure (relative pressure), a magnet attached to the diaphragm, and a hall element facing the magnet, and a diaphragm that follows fluctuations in intra-body pressure (relative pressure) due to respiration.
- the Hall element detects the displacement of the body, the pressure in the face (relative pressure) is detected and respiration is monitored.
- the pressure in the in-plane (relative to the tolerance of the material and the shape of the diaphragm, the tolerance of the shape and dimension of the diaphragm mounting portion, the tolerance of the mounting accuracy of the diaphragm attached manually, etc.
- the response of the diaphragm to pressure fluctuation varies from product to product, and the operation control of the electric fan linked to breathing varies from product to product.
- the predetermined positive pressure value of the in-plane pressure to be maintained varies from product to product. .
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a respiratory apparatus in which the operation of an electric fan is controlled in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of a respiratory monitor apparatus, and variation in electric fan control among products.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a respiratory apparatus in which the above is suppressed.
- a face body that covers a part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face body, and external air is supplied to the face body via the intake valve.
- a respiratory monitoring device comprising an electric fan, a filter for filtering outside air supplied to the face body, a respiratory monitoring device, and a control device that controls the operation of the electric fan in conjunction with breathing based on a detection signal of the respiratory monitoring device
- a breathing apparatus comprising a first absolute pressure sensor for detecting an external pressure in the face and a second absolute pressure sensor for detecting an in-plane pressure.
- the respiratory monitoring device of the respiratory apparatus includes the first absolute pressure sensor that detects the external pressure in the face and the second absolute pressure sensor that detects the pressure in the face. By subtracting the detection pressure of 1 absolute pressure sensor, the in-plane pressure (relative pressure) that is the differential pressure between them can be detected. Diaphragm response which has been a problem in the breathing apparatus of Patent Document 1 by using the high-precision and micro-size absolute pressure sensor that has begun to be offered to the market in recent years as the first absolute pressure sensor and the second absolute pressure sensor. The variation of each product of the electric fan control linked to the respiration caused by the variation of each product can be suppressed.
- control device controls the electric fan so that the differential pressure between the in-plane pressure detected by the second absolute pressure sensor and the external pressure detected by the first absolute pressure sensor becomes a predetermined positive pressure. Control the operation. By the above operation of the control device, the in-plane pressure (relative pressure) is maintained at a predetermined positive pressure.
- a face body that covers part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face body, an electric fan that supplies outside air to the face body via the intake valve, and a face body are supplied.
- a filter that filters outside air, a respiratory monitoring device, and a control device that controls the operation of the electric fan in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiratory monitoring device.
- the electric fan and the filter are connected via an air supply hose.
- the respiration monitor device connected to the face body includes a first absolute pressure sensor that detects an internal pressure at a first predetermined position in the air supply passage formed by the electric fan, the filter, and the air supply hose, and a second air pressure in the air supply passage.
- a respiration apparatus in which the operation of an electric fan is controlled in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of a respiration monitor apparatus, and the respiration apparatus in which an electric fan and a filter are connected to a face body via an air supply hose is conventionally known. As disclosed in EP Patent No.
- the internal pressure at the first predetermined position and the internal pressure at the second predetermined position in the air supply passage formed by the electric fan, the filter, and the air supply hose is detected using a relative pressure sensor having a diaphragm, or a differential pressure between an internal pressure at a third predetermined position in the supply passage and an external pressure in the supply passage is used using a relative pressure sensor having a diaphragm. Based on the detected differential pressure, the operation control of the electric fan linked to breathing is performed. Also in the above breathing apparatus, the differential pressure between the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position detected using the high-precision and small-size absolute pressure sensor is detected, or the high-precision and small-size absolute pressure is detected.
- a differential pressure between the third predetermined position detected by the sensor and the absolute pressure at the position outside the supply passage is detected, or a fourth predetermined value in the face detected by using an absolute pressure sensor with high accuracy and a minute dimension.
- the respiratory apparatus includes zero point correction means for simultaneously correcting the zero points of the first absolute pressure sensor and the second absolute pressure sensor.
- zero point correction means for simultaneously correcting the zero points of the first absolute pressure sensor and the second absolute pressure sensor.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a respiratory apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is an external view of the respiratory apparatus which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention.
- the respiratory apparatus A includes a half-faced bowl-shaped face 1 that covers the nose and mouth of the user's face, and a reed valve-type intake valve 2 that is attached to the face 1.
- An exhaust valve 3 an electric fan 4 that is disposed upstream of the intake valve 2 with respect to the intake air flow and supplies outside air into the face body 1 through the intake valve 2, and an upstream side of the electric fan 4 with respect to the intake air flow.
- a filter 5 for filtering outside air sucked into the electric fan 4.
- the breathing apparatus A includes a first absolute pressure sensor 6 attached to the outer surface of the face piece 1 and a second absolute pressure sensor 7 attached to the inner face of the face piece 1.
- the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 cooperate to form a respiratory monitoring device 8.
- the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 are evacuated as disclosed in, for example, JP-A-6-018345, JP-A-11-241966, JP-A-2000-019044, and the like.
- a held reference pressure chamber and a part of the boundary wall of the reference pressure chamber are formed, and a diaphragm exposed to the external environment and a suncer for measuring the displacement of the diaphragm are provided.
- an absolute pressure sensor having a high accuracy and a minute size has been developed and provided to the market.
- the breathing apparatus A includes a control device 9 that receives the detection signal of the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the detection signal of the second absolute pressure sensor 7 and controls the operation of the electric fan 4.
- the control device 9 is disposed in the vicinity of the electric fan 4.
- the breathing apparatus A further includes a detachable battery (not shown) that is attached to the face piece 1 and supplies power to the control device 9. Electric power is supplied to the electric fan 4, the first absolute pressure sensor 6, and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 via the control device 9.
- a user of the respiratory apparatus A first attaches a battery (not shown) to the respiratory apparatus A before attaching the face 1 to the face. Electric power is supplied from the battery to the control device 9. As soon as power supply is started, the control device 9 corrects the zero point of the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7. The first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 subjected to the zero point correction start measuring absolute pressure.
- a user wears the face 1 on the face. The user wears the face 1 on the head so as to cover a part including the nose and mouth of the user's face indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 1 or to cover the entire face of the user.
- the annular edge portion of the face piece 1 is brought into close contact with the face to prevent the outside air from entering the face piece 1 from the contact portion between the annular edge portion and the face.
- the respiratory apparatus A is attached to the user's head.
- clean air is supplied to the face piece 1 through the filter 5, the electric fan 4, and the intake valve 2, and becomes the user's intake air.
- the exhalation of the user passes through the exhaust valve 3 and is discharged out of the face piece 1.
- a detection signal from the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and a detection signal from the second absolute pressure sensor 7 are input to the control device 9.
- the control device 9 subtracts the detected pressure of the first absolute pressure sensor 6 from the detected pressure of the second absolute pressure sensor 7 to calculate the in-plane pressure (relative pressure) that is the differential pressure between the two.
- the control device 9 recognizes that the respiratory device A is attached to the user's head when the amount of change from zero in the intra-body pressure (relative pressure) exceeds a predetermined value, and starts the electric fan 4.
- the control device 9 repeatedly calculates the intracorporeal pressure (relative pressure) based on the detection signals of the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 at predetermined minute time intervals, and the calculated intracorporeal pressure is a predetermined positive pressure.
- the rotation speed control of the electric fan 4 is repeated so as to be maintained.
- the rotational speed of the electric fan 4 increases during inhalation, and the rotational speed of the electric fan 4 decreases during expiration, or the electric fan 4 stops.
- the in-plane pressure returns to zero.
- the controller 9 recognizes that the breathing apparatus A has been removed from the user's head when the in-plane pressure has returned to zero and continues for a predetermined time, and stops the electric fan 4.
- the respiratory monitoring device 8 includes the first absolute pressure sensor 6 that detects the external pressure of the face and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 that detects the pressure in the face, and therefore the detection pressure of the second absolute pressure sensor 7.
- the in-plane pressure relative pressure
- the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 there has been a problem in the breathing apparatus of Patent Document 1. It is possible to suppress the variation of each product of the electric fan control linked to the respiration, which is caused by the variation of the diaphragm responsiveness from product to product.
- the in-plane pressure is controlled. (Relative pressure) is maintained at a predetermined positive pressure.
- the controller 9 simultaneously detects the zero point correction of the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7, thereby making it possible to detect the subsequent in-plane pressure (relative pressure). The zero point correction needs to be performed before mounting the face piece in which the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 are under the same pressure condition.
- a zero point correction switch and a zero point correction button may be attached to the face body 1, and the zero point correction of the first absolute pressure sensor 6 and the second absolute pressure sensor 7 may be performed simultaneously by manually operating the zero point correction switch and the zero point correction button.
- the face piece 1 may be a full face face covering the entire face of the user.
- a respiration apparatus in which the operation of the electric fan is controlled in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiration monitor apparatus, and the electric fan 4 and the filter 5 are connected to the face piece 1 via the air supply hose 10 as shown in FIG.
- the breathing apparatus B connected to the air supply passage 11, the air supply passage 11 formed by the electric fan 4, the filter 5, and the air supply hose 10 is conventionally disclosed in EP Patent No. 0130707 and EP Patent No. 05293838.
- a differential pressure between an internal pressure at an intermediate position between the first predetermined position, for example, the electric fan 4 and the filter 5, and an internal pressure at a second predetermined position, for example, a position immediately downstream of the electric fan 4, is detected using a relative pressure sensor having a diaphragm.
- a differential pressure between an internal pressure at a third predetermined position in the air supply passage 11, for example, an intermediate position between the electric fan 4 and the filter 5, and an external pressure in the air supply passage 11 can be obtained. It detected using the relative pressure sensor having, based on the detected differential pressure, and controls the operation of the electric fan 4 interlocked with respiration. Also in the respiratory apparatus, the absolute pressure at the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position, or the absolute value outside the third predetermined position and the air supply passage, which is detected using an absolute pressure sensor with a high accuracy and a minute dimension.
- the present invention is supplied to a face piece that covers part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face piece, an electric fan that supplies outside air to the face piece through the intake valve, and a face piece.
- the present invention can be widely used in a respiration apparatus including a filter that filters outside air, a respiration monitor apparatus, and a control apparatus that controls the operation of an electric fan in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiration monitor apparatus.
- A, B Respirator 1 Face body 2 Intake valve 3 Exhaust valve 4 Electric fan 5 Filter 6 First absolute pressure sensor 7 Second absolute pressure sensor 8 Respiration monitor device 9 Control device 10 Air supply hose 11 Air supply passage
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本発明は、呼吸装置に関するものである。 The present invention relates to a respiratory apparatus.
本願出願人は、顔面の一部又は全部を覆う面体と、面体に取り付けられた、吸気弁と排気弁と、吸気弁を介して前記面体内に外気を供給する電動ファンと、面体に供給される外気を濾過するフィルターと、呼吸モニター装置と、呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動を制御する制御装置とを備える呼吸装置を特許文献1で開示した。
特許文献1の呼吸装置は、呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動を制御することにより、面体内圧(面体外圧との相対圧)を所定の正圧に維持するものである。呼吸モニター装置は、面体内圧(相対圧)を受圧するダイヤフラムとダイヤフラムに取り付けられた磁石と、磁石に対峙するホール素子とを備えており、呼吸に伴う面体内圧(相対圧)変動に追随するダイヤフラムの変位をホール素子が検知することにより面体内圧(相対圧)を検知し、呼吸をモニターする。
The applicant of the present application is supplied to a face piece covering a part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face piece, an electric fan for supplying outside air to the face piece via the intake valve, and the face piece.
The breathing apparatus of
特許文献1の呼吸装置には、ダイヤフラムの素材と形状寸法の公差、ダイヤフラム取付部の形状寸法の公差、手作業により取り付けられたダイヤフラムの取付精度の公差、等に起因して、面体内圧(相対圧)変動に対するダイヤフラムの応答が製品毎にばらつき、呼吸に連動する電動ファンの作動制御が製品毎にばらつき、その結果、維持すべき面体内圧の所定正圧値が製品毎にばらつくという問題がある。
本発明は、上記問題に鑑みてなされたものであり、呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動が制御される呼吸装置であって、電動ファン制御の製品毎のばらつきが抑制された呼吸装置を提供することを目的とする。
In the breathing apparatus of
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a respiratory apparatus in which the operation of an electric fan is controlled in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of a respiratory monitor apparatus, and variation in electric fan control among products. An object of the present invention is to provide a respiratory apparatus in which the above is suppressed.
上記課題を解決するために、本発明においては、顔面の一部又は全部を覆う面体と、面体に取り付けられた、吸気弁と排気弁と、吸気弁を介して前記面体内に外気を供給する電動ファンと、面体に供給される外気を濾過するフィルターと、呼吸モニター装置と、呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動を制御する制御装置とを備え、呼吸モニター装置は、面体外圧を検知する第1絶対圧力センサーと面体内圧を検知する第2絶対圧力センサーとを備えることを特徴とする呼吸装置を提供する。
本発明に係る呼吸装置の呼吸モニター装置は、面体外圧を検知する第1絶対圧力センサーと面体内圧を検知する第2絶対圧力センサーとを備えているので、第2絶対圧力センサーの検知圧から第1絶対圧力センサーの検知圧を差し引くことにより、両者の差圧である面体内圧(相対圧)を検知することができる。近年市場に提供され始めた、高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを、第1絶対圧力センサー、第2絶対圧力センサーとして使用することにより、特許文献1の呼吸装置で問題となった、ダイヤフラム応答性の製品毎のばらつきに起因する、呼吸に連動した電動ファン制御の製品毎のばらつきを抑制することができる。
In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a face body that covers a part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face body, and external air is supplied to the face body via the intake valve. A respiratory monitoring device comprising an electric fan, a filter for filtering outside air supplied to the face body, a respiratory monitoring device, and a control device that controls the operation of the electric fan in conjunction with breathing based on a detection signal of the respiratory monitoring device Provides a breathing apparatus comprising a first absolute pressure sensor for detecting an external pressure in the face and a second absolute pressure sensor for detecting an in-plane pressure.
The respiratory monitoring device of the respiratory apparatus according to the present invention includes the first absolute pressure sensor that detects the external pressure in the face and the second absolute pressure sensor that detects the pressure in the face. By subtracting the detection pressure of 1 absolute pressure sensor, the in-plane pressure (relative pressure) that is the differential pressure between them can be detected. Diaphragm response which has been a problem in the breathing apparatus of
本発明の好ましい態様においては、制御装置は、第2絶対圧力センサーが検知した面体内圧と第1絶対圧力センサーが検知した面体外圧との差圧が所定の正圧になるように、電動ファンの作動を制御する。
制御装置の上記作動により、面体内圧(相対圧)が所定の正圧に維持される。
In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the control device controls the electric fan so that the differential pressure between the in-plane pressure detected by the second absolute pressure sensor and the external pressure detected by the first absolute pressure sensor becomes a predetermined positive pressure. Control the operation.
By the above operation of the control device, the in-plane pressure (relative pressure) is maintained at a predetermined positive pressure.
本発明においては、顔面の一部又は全部を覆う面体と、面体に取り付けられた吸気弁と排気弁と、吸気弁を介して前記面体内に外気を供給する電動ファンと、面体に供給される外気を濾過するフィルターと、呼吸モニター装置と、呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動を制御する制御装置とを備え、電動ファンとフィルターとが給気ホースを介して面体に接続され、呼吸モニター装置は、電動ファンとフィルターと給気ホースとが形成する給気通路内の第1所定位置の内圧を検知する第1絶対圧力センサーと前記給気通路内の第2所定位置の内圧を検知する第2絶対圧力センサーとを備え、又は前記給気通路内の第3所定位置の内圧を検知する第1絶対圧力センサーと記給気通路の外圧を検知する第2絶対圧力センサーとを備え、又は面体内の第4所定位置の内圧を検知する第1絶対圧力センサーと面体外圧を検知する第2絶対圧力センサーとを備えることを特徴とする呼吸装置を提供する。
呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動が制御される呼吸装置であって、電動ファンとフィルターとが給気ホースを介して面体に接続された呼吸装置においては、従来、EP特許第0130707号やEP特許第0352938号に開示されているように、電動ファンとフィルターと給気ホースとが形成する給気通路内の第1所定位置の内圧と第2所定位置の内圧との差圧をダイアフラムを有する相対圧力センサを用いて検知し、或いは前記給気通路内の第3所定位置の内圧と前記給気通路の外圧との差圧をダイアフラムを有する相対圧力センサを用いて検知し、検知した差圧に基づいて、呼吸に連動する電動ファンの作動制御を行っている。上記呼吸装置においても、高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを用いて検知した第1所定位置と第2所定位置の絶対圧力から両者の差圧を検知し、或いは高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを用いて検知した第3所定位置と給気通路外位置の絶対圧力から両者の差圧を検知して、又は高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを用いて検知した面体内の第4所定位置と面体外位置の絶対圧力から両者の差圧を検知して、前記差圧に基づく電動ファンの作動制御を行うことにより、ダイヤフラム応答性の製品毎のばらつきに起因する、呼吸に連動した電動ファン制御の製品毎のばらつきを抑制することができる。
In the present invention, a face body that covers part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face body, an electric fan that supplies outside air to the face body via the intake valve, and a face body are supplied. A filter that filters outside air, a respiratory monitoring device, and a control device that controls the operation of the electric fan in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiratory monitoring device. The electric fan and the filter are connected via an air supply hose. The respiration monitor device connected to the face body includes a first absolute pressure sensor that detects an internal pressure at a first predetermined position in the air supply passage formed by the electric fan, the filter, and the air supply hose, and a second air pressure in the air supply passage. A second absolute pressure sensor for detecting an internal pressure at a predetermined position, or a first absolute pressure sensor for detecting an internal pressure at a third predetermined position in the air supply passage and a second absolute pressure for detecting an external pressure of the air supply passage. Pressure And a sensor, or to provide a breathing apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a second absolute pressure sensor for detecting a first absolute pressure sensor and facepiece external pressure for detecting the internal pressure of the fourth predetermined position within the face piece.
A respiration apparatus in which the operation of an electric fan is controlled in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of a respiration monitor apparatus, and the respiration apparatus in which an electric fan and a filter are connected to a face body via an air supply hose is conventionally known. As disclosed in EP Patent No. 0130707 and EP Patent No. 05292938, the internal pressure at the first predetermined position and the internal pressure at the second predetermined position in the air supply passage formed by the electric fan, the filter, and the air supply hose. Is detected using a relative pressure sensor having a diaphragm, or a differential pressure between an internal pressure at a third predetermined position in the supply passage and an external pressure in the supply passage is used using a relative pressure sensor having a diaphragm. Based on the detected differential pressure, the operation control of the electric fan linked to breathing is performed. Also in the above breathing apparatus, the differential pressure between the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position detected using the high-precision and small-size absolute pressure sensor is detected, or the high-precision and small-size absolute pressure is detected. A differential pressure between the third predetermined position detected by the sensor and the absolute pressure at the position outside the supply passage is detected, or a fourth predetermined value in the face detected by using an absolute pressure sensor with high accuracy and a minute dimension. By detecting the differential pressure between the absolute pressure at the position and the position outside the body and controlling the operation of the electric fan based on the differential pressure, the electric motor linked to breathing is caused by the variation in diaphragm responsiveness for each product. It is possible to suppress the variation of each fan control product.
本発明の好ましい態様においては、呼吸装置は、第1絶対圧力センサーと第2絶対圧力センサーの零点補正を同時に行う零点補正手段を備える。
零点補正手段を用いて第1絶対圧力センサーと第2絶対圧力センサーの零点補正を同時に行うことにより、その後の、第1絶対圧力センサーの設置位置と第2絶対圧力センサーの設置位置との間の差圧検知が可能となる。零点補正は、面体装着前に行う必要がある。
In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the respiratory apparatus includes zero point correction means for simultaneously correcting the zero points of the first absolute pressure sensor and the second absolute pressure sensor.
By performing zero point correction of the first absolute pressure sensor and the second absolute pressure sensor at the same time using the zero point correction means, the subsequent position between the first absolute pressure sensor and the second absolute pressure sensor is determined. Differential pressure detection is possible. The zero point correction needs to be performed before mounting the face piece.
本発明の実施例に係る呼吸装置を説明する。
図1に示すように、呼吸装置Aは、使用者の顔面の鼻部と口部とを覆う半面形の椀状の面体1と、面体1に取り付けられた、リード弁形式の吸気弁2と排気弁3と、吸気流に関して吸気弁2の上流側に配設され吸気弁2を介して面体1内に外気を供給する電動ファン4と、吸気流に関して電動ファン4の上流側に配設され電動ファン4に吸引される外気を濾過するフィルター5とを備えている。
呼吸装置Aは、面体1の外面に取り付けられた第1絶対圧力センサー6と面体1の内面に取り付けられた第2絶対圧力センサー7とを備えている。第1絶対圧力センサー6と第2絶対圧力センサー7とは協働して呼吸モニター装置8を形成している。
第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7は、例えば特開平6-018345号公報、特開平11-241966号公報、特開2000-019044号公報等に開示されているように、真空に保持された基準圧室と基準圧室の境界壁の一部を形成すると共に外部環境に暴露されたダイヤフラムとダイヤフラムの変位を計測するサンサーとを備えている。近年では、特開2011-185903号公報に開示されているように、高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーが開発され、市場に提供されている。従って、第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7として、市場に提供された高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを使用するのが望ましい。
呼吸装置Aは、第1絶対圧力センサー6の検知信号と第2絶対圧力センサー7の検知信号とを受けて電動ファン4の作動を制御する制御装置9を備えている。制御装置9は、電動ファン4の近傍に配設されている。呼吸装置Aは更に、面体1に取り付けられて、制御装置9に電力を供給する図示しない着脱可能なバッテリーを備えている。電動ファン4、第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7には、制御装置9を介して電力が供給される。
A respiratory apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the respiratory apparatus A includes a half-faced bowl-
The breathing apparatus A includes a first
The first
The breathing apparatus A includes a
呼吸装置Aの作動を説明する。
呼吸装置Aの使用者は、面体1を顔面に装着する前に、先ず図示しないバッテリーを呼吸装置Aに装着する。バッテリーから制御装置9に電力が供給される。制御装置9は、電力供給が開始されると直ちに、第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7の零点補正を行う。零点補正がされた第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7は、絶対圧力の計測を開始する。
使用者が面体1を顔面に装着する。使用者は、図1に一点鎖線で示す使用者の顔面の鼻と口とを含む一部を覆うように、或いは使用者の顔面の全部を覆うように、面体1を頭部に装着する。面体1の環状縁部が顔面に密着して、前記環状縁部と顔面との当接部からの面体1内への外気の侵入を阻止する。面体1が使用者の顔面に装着されることにより、呼吸装置Aが使用者の頭部に装着される。
使用者の吸気動作に伴って、フィルター5と電動ファン4と吸気弁2とを通って面体1に清浄空気が供給され、使用者の吸気となる。使用者の呼気動作に伴って、使用者の呼気が排気弁3を通って面体1外へ排出される。
第1絶対圧力センサー6の検知信号と第2絶対圧力センサー7の検知信号とが制御装置9に入力される。制御装置9は、第2絶対圧力センサー7の検知圧力から第1絶対圧力センサー6の検知圧力を差し引いて、両者の差圧である面体内圧(相対圧力)を算出する。制御装置9は、面体内圧(相対圧力)の零値からの変化量が所定値を超えると呼吸装置Aが使用者の頭部に装着されたと認識し、電動ファン4を始動させる。制御装置9は、所定の微小時間間隔で第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7の検知信号に基づいて面体内圧(相対圧力)の算出を繰り返し、算出した面体内圧が所定の正圧に維持されるように、電動ファン4の回転数制御を繰り返す。この結果、吸気時には電動ファン4の回転数が増加し、呼気時には電動ファン4の回転数が減少し、或いは電動ファン4が停止する。
呼吸装置Aが使用者の頭部から取り外されると、面体内圧(相対圧力)が零値に復帰する。制御装置9は、面体内圧が零値に復帰した状態が所定時間継続すると、呼吸装置Aが使用者の頭部から取り外されたと認識し、電動ファン4を停止させる。
The operation of the breathing apparatus A will be described.
A user of the respiratory apparatus A first attaches a battery (not shown) to the respiratory apparatus A before attaching the
A user wears the
With the user's intake operation, clean air is supplied to the
A detection signal from the first
When the breathing apparatus A is removed from the user's head, the in-plane pressure (relative pressure) returns to zero. The
呼吸装置Aにおいては呼吸モニター装置8は、面体外圧を検知する第1絶対圧力センサー6と面体内圧を検知する第2絶対圧力センサー7とを備えているので、第2絶対圧力センサー7の検知圧から第1絶対圧力センサー6の検知圧を差し引くことにより、両者の差圧である面体内圧(相対圧)を検知することができる。近年市場に提供され始めた、高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを、第1絶対圧力センサー6、第2絶対圧力センサー7として使用することにより、特許文献1の呼吸装置で問題となった、ダイヤフラム応答性の製品毎のばらつきに起因する、呼吸に連動した電動ファン制御の製品毎のばらつきを抑制することができる。
第2絶対圧力センサー7が検知した面体内圧と第1絶対圧力センサー6が検知した面体外圧との差圧が所定の正圧になるように、電動ファン4の作動を制御することにより、面体内圧(相対圧)が所定の正圧に維持される。
制御装置9が、第1絶対圧力センサー6と第2絶対圧力センサー7の零点補正を同時に行うことにより、その後の面体内圧(相対圧)を検知することが可能となる。零点補正は、第1絶対圧力センサー6と第2絶対圧力センサー7が同一圧力条件下に在る、面体装着前に行う必要がある。
零点補正スイッチや零点補正釦を面体1に取り付け、零点補正スイッチや零点補正釦を手動で操作して、第1絶対圧力センサー6と第2絶対圧力センサー7の零点補正を同時に行っても良い。
面体1は、使用者の顔面全体を覆う全面形の面体でも良い。
In the respiratory device A, the
By controlling the operation of the
The
A zero point correction switch and a zero point correction button may be attached to the
The
呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動が制御される呼吸装置であって、図2に示すように電動ファン4とフィルター5とが給気ホース10を介して面体1に接続された呼吸装置Bにおいては、従来、EP特許第0130707号やEP特許第0352938号に開示されているように、電動ファン4とフィルター5と給気ホース10とが形成する給気通路11内の第1所定位置例えば電動ファン4とフィルター5との中間位置の内圧と、第2所定位置例えば電動ファン4の直近下流位置の内圧との差圧をダイアフラムを有する相対圧力センサを用いて検知し、或いは前記給気通路11内の第3所定位置例えば電動ファン4とフィルター5との中間位置の内圧と前記記給気通路11の外圧との差圧をダイアフラムを有する相対圧力センサを用いて検知し、検知した差圧に基づいて、呼吸に連動する電動ファン4の作動制御を行っている。上記呼吸装置においても、高精度且つ微小寸法の絶対圧力センサーを用いて検知した、前記第1所定位置と前記第2所定位置の絶対圧力、或いは前記第3所定位置と前記給気通路外の絶対圧力、又は面体内の第4所定位置と面体外の絶対圧力から、2点間の差圧を検知し、当該差圧に基づいて、呼吸に連動する電動ファン4の作動制御をすることにより、ダイヤフラム応答性の製品毎のばらつきに起因する、呼吸に連動した電動ファン制御の製品毎のばらつきを抑制することができる。
A respiration apparatus in which the operation of the electric fan is controlled in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiration monitor apparatus, and the
本発明は、顔面の一部又は全部を覆う面体と、面体に取り付けられた、吸気弁と排気弁と、吸気弁を介して前記面体内に外気を供給する電動ファンと、面体に供給される外気を濾過するフィルターと、呼吸モニター装置と、呼吸モニター装置の検知信号に基づき呼吸に連動して電動ファンの作動を制御する制御装置とを備える呼吸装置に広く利用可能である。 The present invention is supplied to a face piece that covers part or all of the face, an intake valve and an exhaust valve attached to the face piece, an electric fan that supplies outside air to the face piece through the intake valve, and a face piece. The present invention can be widely used in a respiration apparatus including a filter that filters outside air, a respiration monitor apparatus, and a control apparatus that controls the operation of an electric fan in conjunction with respiration based on a detection signal of the respiration monitor apparatus.
A、B 呼吸装置
1 面体
2 吸気弁
3 排気弁
4 電動ファン
5 フィルター
6 第1絶対圧力センサー
7 第2絶対圧力センサー
8 呼吸モニター装置
9 制御装置
10 給気ホース
11 給気通路
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