Embedded hydrogel humidifying device, humidifying assembly and breathing machine

Abstract

The utility model provides an embeddable hydrogel humidifying device, humidifying assembly and breathing machine, the embeddable hydrogel humidifying device comprises a shell assembly and humidifying assembly, the shell assembly is provided with an air inlet interface, an air outlet interface and a containing cavity, the air inlet interface is used for being connected with an air outlet of a breathing host, the air outlet interface is used for being connected with an air outlet of the breathing host, and the containing cavity is used for containing the air outlet of the breathing host. The air outlet interface is connected with a breathing pipeline; the humidifying assembly is detachably arranged in the containing cavity and provided with a through airflow channel, the airflow channel communicates with the air inlet connector and the air outlet connector, and the humidifying assembly comprises a hydrogel humidifying core used for humidifying airflow flowing through the airflow channel. The hydrogel can swell and retain a large amount of moisture, a humidification output source is provided, the hydrogel is in a colloidal solid state, and the hydrogel is embedded into the shell assembly to form a part of a ventilation airway, so that the layout of a traditional humidification device capable of heating and humidifying actively is broken through, the size and the weight of the humidification device are reduced, and the humidification effect is improved. And the humidifying device is convenient to carry and use.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of humidification of respirators, and more specifically to an embeddable hydrogel humidification device, a humidification component and a respirator. Background Art

[0002] Portable home sleep apnea machines are usually used during travel, in personal homes and sleep centers, and are mainly used to treat obstructive sleep apnea.

[0003] At present, general portable home sleep ventilators do not have active heating and humidification humidification devices when in use. In order to ensure sufficient humidification output, active heating and humidification humidification devices have the problems of large size, heavy weight, and inconvenient to carry. In addition, the water in the active heating and humidification humidification device is in liquid state. When in use, water is easy to flow back into the ventilator and the breathing circuit, causing ventilator failure and use safety. Utility Model Content

[0004] The utility model provides an embeddable hydrogel humidification device, a humidification component and a ventilator, which break through the layout of the traditional active heating and humidification humidification device, make the design of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device more flexible, solve the problems of the traditional active heating and humidification device being large in size, heavy in weight and inconvenient to carry, and solve the problem of humidification without liquid water.

[0005] According to a first aspect, the utility model provides an embeddable hydrogel humidification device, comprising:

[0006] A housing component, wherein the housing component has an air inlet interface, an air outlet interface and a containing cavity, wherein the air inlet interface is used to be connected to the air outlet of the breathing host, and the air outlet interface is used to be connected to the breathing circuit;

[0007] And a humidification component, which is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the humidification component has a through air flow channel, the air flow channel is connected with the air inlet interface and the air outlet interface, and the humidification component includes a hydrogel humidification core, and the hydrogel humidification core is arranged in the air flow channel for humidifying the air flow passing through the air flow channel.

[0008] In one embodiment, the humidification component further includes a supporting frame, and the hydrogel humidification core is disposed on the supporting frame.

[0009] In one embodiment, the hydrogel humidification core has at least one through channel, and the support frame is provided with a plurality of through air flow holes, and the channel is connected to the air flow holes to form at least part of the air flow channel, so that the air flow passes through the air inlet interface, the hydrogel humidification core and the air outlet interface in sequence.

[0010] In one embodiment, the hydrogel moisturizing core is a block structure with through-holes; or, the hydrogel moisturizing core is a layered winding structure, and the holes are formed between two adjacent layers for the airflow to pass through.

[0011] In one embodiment, the surface of the layered winding structure is a smooth curved surface, or the layered winding structure includes a plurality of connecting portions with non-zero angles, and the plurality of connecting portions are continuously arranged.

[0012] In one embodiment, the supporting skeleton includes a first supporting skeleton, a second supporting skeleton and a connecting skeleton, the connecting skeleton is arranged between the first supporting skeleton and the second supporting skeleton, the first supporting skeleton and the second supporting skeleton are arranged in parallel in the accommodating cavity, and are detachably connected to the accommodating cavity; the air flow hole includes a first air flow hole and a second air flow hole, the first air flow hole is arranged through the first supporting skeleton, the second air flow hole is arranged through the second supporting skeleton, the first air flow hole, the duct, the air inlet interface, the air outlet interface and the second air flow hole are connected, so that the air flow passes through the air inlet interface, the first air flow hole, the duct, the second air flow hole and the air outlet interface in sequence.

[0013] In one embodiment, a heating component is further included. The heating component is arranged on one side of the shell component and is used to provide a heat source for the humidification component to improve the humidification effect.

[0014] According to the second aspect, the utility model provides a humidification component, which is arranged in the accommodating cavity of the shell component of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device, including a hydrogel humidification core and a supporting frame, wherein the hydrogel humidification core is used to humidify the airflow flowing through, and the hydrogel humidification core is detachably arranged on the supporting frame.

[0015] In one embodiment, the hydrogel moisturizing core is a block structure with through-holes;

[0016] Alternatively, the hydrogel moisturizing core is a layered winding structure, and the channel is formed between two adjacent layers for the airflow to pass through; the surface of the layered winding structure is a smooth curved surface, or the layered winding structure includes a plurality of connecting portions at non-zero angles, and the plurality of connecting portions are continuously arranged.

[0017] According to a third aspect, the utility model provides a ventilator, comprising:

[0018] An embeddable hydrogel humidification device as described above;

[0019] A breathing host, wherein the breathing host has an air outlet, and the air outlet is connected to an air inlet interface of a housing component of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device;

[0020] And a breathing tube, the breathing tube is connected to the human respiratory system, and the air inlet of the breathing tube is connected to the air outlet interface of the shell component of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device.

[0021] According to the embeddable hydrogel humidification device in the above embodiment, it includes a shell component and a humidification component, the shell component has an air inlet interface, an air outlet interface and a accommodating cavity, the air inlet interface is used to connect with the air outlet of the ventilator, and the air outlet interface is used to connect with the breathing circuit; the humidification component is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the humidification component has a through air flow channel, the air flow channel is connected with the air inlet interface and the air outlet interface, and the humidification component includes a hydrogel humidification core, which is used to humidify the air flow flowing through the air flow channel. Since hydrogel is a type of gel with a three-dimensional network structure formed by chemical or physical crosslinking of hydrophilic polymers, it can swell and retain a large amount of water. By utilizing the excellent water absorption of hydrogel, a humidification output source is provided. Since hydrogel is in a colloidal solid state, the hydrogel is embedded in the shell component to form a part of the ventilation airway, breaking through the layout of the traditional active heating and humidification humidification device, making the appearance design of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device more flexible, reducing the volume and weight of the humidification device, facilitating the carrying and use of the humidification device, and solving the problem of humidification without liquid water, avoiding the risk of water backflow into the ventilator and the breathing tube of the traditional active heating and humidification humidification device, causing ventilator failure and use safety. Since the humidification component is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity, it is convenient to replace the humidification component.

[0022] According to the ventilator in the above embodiment, including the above-mentioned embeddable hydrogel humidification device, the humidification of the airflow is conveniently achieved, the user experience is improved, and at the same time the weight and volume of the entire ventilator are reduced, thereby facilitating the use of the ventilator. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the structure of an embeddable hydrogel humidification device in an embodiment;

[0024] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of a five-pointed star-shaped hydrogel humidification core;

[0025] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of a hexagonal star-shaped hydrogel humidification core;

[0026] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the winding type hydrogel humidification core;

[0027] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the vortex-type hydrogel humidification core;

[0028] Figure 6It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the honeycomb hydrogel humidification core;

[0029] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the humidification component corresponding to the five-pointed star-shaped hydrogel humidification core;

[0030] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the humidification component corresponding to the hexagonal star-shaped hydrogel humidification core;

[0031] Fig. 9 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the humidification component corresponding to the wound hydrogel humidification core;

[0032] Fig.10 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the humidification component corresponding to the vortex-type hydrogel humidification core;

[0033] Fig.11 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the humidification component corresponding to the honeycomb hydrogel humidification core;

[0034] Among them: 100, shell component; 110, air inlet interface; 120, accommodating cavity; 130, air outlet interface; 200, humidification component; 210, hydrogel humidification core; 211, channel; 220, supporting skeleton; 221, first supporting skeleton; 222, second supporting skeleton; 223, connecting skeleton; 224, air flow hole; 2241, first air flow hole; 2242, second air flow hole; 300, heating component. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The present invention is further described in detail below by specific embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Similar elements in different embodiments use associated similar element numbers. In the following embodiments, many detailed descriptions are intended to enable the present invention to be better understood. However, those skilled in the art can easily recognize that some of the features can be omitted in different situations, or can be replaced by other elements, materials, and methods. In some cases, some operations related to the present invention are not shown or described in the specification, in order to avoid the core part of the present invention being overwhelmed by too much description, and for those skilled in the art, it is not necessary to describe these related operations in detail, and they can fully understand the related operations based on the description in the specification and the general technical knowledge in the art.

[0036] In addition, the features, operations or characteristics described in the specification can be combined in any appropriate manner to form various implementations, and the operation steps involved in each embodiment can also be replaced or adjusted in a sequence in a manner that is obvious to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the specification and drawings are only for the purpose of clearly describing a certain embodiment and do not mean that the composition and / or sequence are necessary.

[0037] The serial numbers of the components in this document, such as "first", "second", etc., are only used to distinguish the objects described and do not have any order or technical meaning. The "connection" and "coupling" mentioned in this utility model include direct and indirect connections (couplings) unless otherwise specified.

[0038] refer to Figure 1-11 The utility model provides an embeddable hydrogel humidification device, including a shell component 100 and a humidification component 200, wherein the shell component 100 has an air inlet interface 110, an air outlet interface 130 and a accommodating cavity 120, wherein the air inlet interface 110 is used to be connected to the air outlet of a respiratory host, and the air outlet interface 130 is used to be connected to a respiratory circuit; the humidification component 200 is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity 120, and the humidification component 200 has a through air flow channel, which is connected to the air inlet interface 110 and the air outlet interface 130, and the humidification component 200 includes a hydrogel humidification core 210, which is arranged in the air flow channel for humidifying the air flow passing through the air flow channel.

[0039] Hydrogel is a type of gel with a three-dimensional network structure formed by chemical or physical crosslinking of hydrophilic polymers, which can swell and retain a large amount of water. By utilizing the excellent water absorption of hydrogel, a humidification output source is provided for the humidification device of the present application. Since the hydrogel is in a colloidal solid state, the humidification device embeds the hydrogel into the humidifier device to form a part of the ventilation airway, breaking through the layout of the traditional active heating and humidification humidification device, making the appearance design of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device more flexible, reducing the volume and weight of the humidification device, facilitating the carrying and use of the humidification device, and solving the problem of humidification without liquid water, avoiding the risk of water backflowing into the ventilator and breathing tube in the traditional active heating and humidification humidification device, causing ventilator failure and use safety.

[0040] In one embodiment, the humidification component 200 further includes a support frame 220 , and the hydrogel humidification core 210 is disposed on the support frame 220 , and the hydrogel humidification core 210 is fixed by the support frame 220 .

[0041] In one embodiment, the hydrogel moistening core 210 is detachably connected to the supporting frame 220, so as to facilitate replacement or maintenance of the hydrogel moistening core 210 with poor use effect after multiple uses.

[0042] In one embodiment, the hydrogel moistening core 210 has at least one through channel 211, and the support frame 220 is provided with a plurality of through air flow holes 224, and the channel 211 is connected to the air flow holes 224 to form at least part of the air flow channel, so that the air flow passes through the air inlet interface 110, the hydrogel moistening core 210 and the air outlet interface 130 in sequence.

[0043] It should be noted that the above-mentioned at least part means that the air flow hole 224 and the hole 211 constitute a part of the air flow channel, or constitute a complete air flow channel.

[0044] In one embodiment, reference Figure 2 , 3 and 6, the hydrogel humidification core 210 is a block structure with through-holes; the cross-section of the hydrogel humidification core 210 is a pentagonal star, a hexagonal star, a honeycomb or other special-shaped patterns with through-holes 211, which can make the airflow fully contact with the hydrogel humidification core 210 to enhance the humidification effect.

[0045] In another embodiment, reference Figure 4 and 5 The hydrogel moistening core 210 is a layered winding structure, and the channels 211 are formed between two adjacent layers for the airflow to pass through. The cross section of the hydrogel moistening core 210 is a winding type or a spiral shape or other special-shaped pattern with a through channel 211.

[0046] In one embodiment, reference Figure 5 , the surface of the layered winding structure is a smooth curved surface. Figure 4 The layered winding structure includes a plurality of connection portions with non-zero angles, and the plurality of connection portions are continuously arranged.

[0047] In one embodiment, the support skeleton 220 includes a first support skeleton 221, a second support skeleton 222 and a connecting skeleton 223, wherein the connecting skeleton 223 is arranged between the first support skeleton 221 and the second support skeleton 222, and the first support skeleton 221 and the second support skeleton 222 are arranged in parallel in the accommodating cavity 120 and are detachably connected to the accommodating cavity 120.

[0048] In one embodiment, if the cross-section of the hydrogel moistening core 210 is a pentagonal star or a hexagonal star, in order to facilitate the fixation of the hydrogel moistening core 210, the connecting skeleton 223 includes a plurality of connecting members (rods or bars), and the plurality of connecting members are arranged in parallel between the first supporting skeleton 221 and the second supporting skeleton 222, and one of the connecting members is arranged through the center of the pentagonal star or hexagonal star-shaped hydrogel moistening core 210 to achieve the fixation of the hydrogel moistening core 210.

[0049] In another embodiment, if the cross section of the hydrogel moisturizing core 210 is a winding type, a spiral type or a honeycomb type, and the outer side thereof is close to a cylindrical shape or is a cylindrical shape, the connecting skeleton 223 includes at least one connecting member (rod or stick), and the connecting member is arranged between the first supporting skeleton 221 and the second supporting skeleton 222. Preferably, one connecting member can be provided, and the connection between the first supporting skeleton 221 and the second supporting skeleton 222 is achieved through the connecting member.

[0050] Further, according to the different structures of the hydrogel moistening core 210, the support frame 220 can also be adaptively adjusted, such as the air flow holes 224 on the support frame 220 are designed with different positions, shapes and quantities according to the holes 211 on the hydrogel moistening core 210, as shown in FIG. Figure 7-11 .

[0051] Furthermore, the first supporting frame 221, the second supporting frame 222 and the connecting frame 223 can all be detachably connected.

[0052] Furthermore, the detachable connection methods mentioned in this article include threaded connection or snap connection, etc.

[0053] Furthermore, in order to facilitate the replacement of the hydrogel humidifying core 210 , the air inlet interface 110 and / or the air outlet interface 130 are detachably connected to the accommodating cavity 120 .

[0054] In one embodiment, the air flow hole 224 includes a first air flow hole 2241 and a second air flow hole 2242, the first air flow hole 2241 is set to pass through the first supporting skeleton 221, and the second air flow hole 2242 is set to pass through the second supporting skeleton 222, and the first air flow hole 2241, the channel 211, the air inlet interface 110, the air outlet interface 130 and the second air flow hole 2242 are connected, so that the air flow passes through the air inlet interface 110, the first air flow hole 2241, the channel 211, the second air flow hole 2242 and the air outlet interface 130 in sequence, and finally flows to the breathing circuit for use by the user.

[0055] In one embodiment, a heating component 300 is further included. The heating component 300 is disposed on one side of the shell component 100 and is used to provide a heat source (heat) to the humidification component 200, thereby heating the airflow and improving the humidification effect.

[0056] In one embodiment, the heating component 300 includes a heating tube body, which is sleeved on the outer wall of the shell component 100 , and the humidification component 200 is at least partially disposed in the accommodating cavity 120 formed by the heating tube body sleeved on the shell component 100 .

[0057] In another embodiment, the heating component 300 includes a heating wire, and the heating wire is wound on the outer wall of the housing component 100. Alternatively, the heating component 300 is a heating cotton, which is wound on the outer wall of the housing component 100.

[0058] The present application also provides a ventilator, comprising the above-mentioned embeddable hydrogel humidification device, a breathing host and a breathing circuit, wherein the breathing host has an air outlet, the air outlet of the breathing host is connected to the air inlet interface 110 of the shell component 100 of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device, and the breathing circuit is connected to the human respiratory system. Preferably, the breathing circuit is connected to the human respiratory system through a breathing mask; the air inlet of the breathing circuit is connected to the air outlet interface 130 of the shell component 100 of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device.

[0059] The working process of the present application is: the respiratory airflow flows from the air outlet of the respiratory host into the air inlet interface 110 of the shell component 100, then flows into the humidification component 200 in the accommodating cavity 120, and then flows into the various shapes of the channel 211 formed by the hydrogel humidification core 210 of the humidification component 200 (such as the five-pointed star shape, six-pointed star shape, winding shape, vortex shape and honeycomb shape listed above), the hydrogel humidification core 210 humidifies the airflow, and at the same time, the heating component 300 can provide heat for the hydrogel humidification core 210, which has the effect of heating and accelerating humidification. The heated and humidified airflow flows into the air outlet interface 130, and then flows into the breathing circuit from the air outlet interface 130 for use by the user. The breathing circuit can be connected to a breathing mask, and the breathing mask is arranged at the breathing part of the user. The airflow flowing into the breathing circuit after humidification flows into the user's respiratory system through the breathing mask.

[0060] The embeddable hydrogel humidification device of the present application is connected between the respiratory host and the respiratory circuit, and plays the role of heating and humidifying the humidified airflow, so as to increase the temperature and humidity of the inhaled gas and increase the comfort of the patient. Since the hydrogel is in a colloidal solid state, the hydrogel humidification core 210 itself can form a hole 211 of various shapes, which improves the space utilization rate of the humidification device, greatly reduces the volume of the humidification device, reduces the weight of the humidification device, and enables the humidification device to achieve a miniaturized and portable design.

[0061] By embedding the hydrogel humidification core 210 into the shell component 100, the humidification core can be easily replaced, and the hydrogel humidification core 210 can be quickly replaced and maintained after a period of use. At the same time, the hydrogel humidification core 210 can be regularly filled with water and reused multiple times, which can ensure that the embeddable hydrogel humidification device can maintain the best humidification function and improve the utilization rate of the hydrogel humidification core 210.

[0062] The hydrogel is in a colloidal solid state, so that the heat conduction efficiency of the heating component 300 during the heating process is higher than that of liquid water, thereby reducing the heating energy consumption and power of the heating component 300 .

[0063] The above specific examples are used to illustrate the present invention, which are only used to help understand the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art of the present invention, some simple deductions, deformations or substitutions can be made based on the idea of ​​the present invention.

Claims

1. An embeddable hydrogel humidification device, characterized in that: include: A housing component, wherein the housing component has an air inlet interface, an air outlet interface and a containing cavity, wherein the air inlet interface is used to be connected to the air outlet of the breathing host, and the air outlet interface is used to be connected to the breathing circuit; And a humidification component, which is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the humidification component has a through air flow channel, the air flow channel is connected with the air inlet interface and the air outlet interface, and the humidification component includes a hydrogel humidification core, and the hydrogel humidification core is arranged in the air flow channel for humidifying the air flow passing through the air flow channel.

2. The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The humidification component further comprises a supporting frame, and the hydrogel humidification core is detachably arranged on the supporting frame.

3. The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The hydrogel humidification core has at least one through hole, and the support frame is provided with a plurality of through air flow holes, and the hole is connected with the air flow holes to form at least part of the air flow channel, so that the air flow passes through the air inlet interface, the hydrogel humidification core and the air outlet interface in sequence.

4. The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The hydrogel moistening core is a block structure with through-holes; or, the hydrogel moistening core is a layered winding structure, and the holes are formed between two adjacent layers for the airflow to pass through.

5. The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The surface of the layered winding structure is a smooth curved surface, or the layered winding structure includes a plurality of connecting portions with non-zero angles, and the plurality of connecting portions are continuously arranged.

6. The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that: The supporting skeleton includes a first supporting skeleton, a second supporting skeleton and a connecting skeleton, the connecting skeleton is arranged between the first supporting skeleton and the second supporting skeleton, the first supporting skeleton and the second supporting skeleton are arranged in parallel in the accommodating cavity, and are detachably connected to the accommodating cavity; the air flow hole includes a first air flow hole and a second air flow hole, the first air flow hole is arranged through the first supporting skeleton, the second air flow hole is arranged through the second supporting skeleton, the first air flow hole, the duct, the air inlet interface, the air outlet interface and the second air flow hole are connected, so that the air flow passes through the air inlet interface, the first air flow hole, the duct, the second air flow hole and the air outlet interface in sequence.

7. The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a heating component, which is arranged on one side of the shell component and is used to provide a heat source for the humidifying component to improve the humidification effect.

8. A humidification component, disposed in the receiving cavity of the housing component of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device, characterized in that: It comprises a hydrogel humidification core and a support frame. The hydrogel humidification core is used to humidify the airflow flowing through the core. The hydrogel humidification core is detachably arranged on the support frame.

9. The humidification component according to claim 8, characterized in that: The hydrogel moisturizing core is a block structure with through-holes; Alternatively, the hydrogel moisturizing core is a layered winding structure, and the channel is formed between two adjacent layers for the airflow to pass through; the surface of the layered winding structure is a smooth curved surface, or the layered winding structure includes a plurality of connecting portions at non-zero angles, and the plurality of connecting portions are continuously arranged.

10. A ventilator, characterized in that include: The embeddable hydrogel humidification device according to any one of claims 1 to 7; A breathing host, wherein the breathing host has an air outlet, and the air outlet is connected to an air inlet interface of a housing component of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device; And a breathing tube, the breathing tube is connected to the human respiratory system, and the air inlet of the breathing tube is connected to the air outlet interface of the shell component of the embeddable hydrogel humidification device.

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