High-pressure oxygen therapy device including oxygen generator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a high-pressure oxygen therapy device including an oxygen generator, wherein high-pressure oxygen generated by the oxygen generator and supplied through a sealing mask to a person receiving high-pressure oxygen therapy in a chamber is only supplied when the person inhales while breathing, thus making the device convenient and economical.

Description

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy machine with oxygen generator

[0001] The present invention relates to a hyperbaric oxygen therapy device, which was mainly used in the past for the purpose of treating coal gas poisoning and recently for anti-aging therapy, and more specifically, to a hyperbaric oxygen therapy device including an oxygen generating device that captures oxygen by absorbing it from the air, by fractional distillation, or by electrolyzing water.

[0002] Typically, hyperbaric oxygen therapy devices are manufactured externally and connected to a compressed hyperbaric oxygen tank. In some cases, even when an oxygen generator is connected to the device, the oxygen produced by the generator fills the chamber of the hyperbaric oxygen therapy device, requiring a large amount of oxygen.

[0003] Whether extracting oxygen from the air or electrolyzing water, obtaining nearly 100 percent oxygen requires a complex process and significant energy consumption. For this reason, most hyperbaric oxygen therapy devices use an externally produced oxygen tank filled with high pressure, connected to the device. However, when the oxygen runs out, the oxygen tank must be replaced. This process of replacing the oxygen tank is an energy-intensive and cumbersome task. Furthermore, even when the hyperbaric oxygen therapy device and oxygen generator are connected in close proximity, filling the entire chamber of the hyperbaric oxygen therapy device with oxygen requires a large amount of oxygen, which is inconvenient.

[0004] To solve this problem, the present invention has a system in which an oxygen generator is placed adjacent to a hyperbaric oxygen therapy device, oxygen from the oxygen generator is connected to a sealed mask inside a chamber, and oxygen is consumed only when a person inside the chamber wears the sealed mask and breathes.

[0005] These hyperbaric oxygen therapy devices save energy and space and increase convenience.

[0006] Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the entire system of a hyperbaric oxygen therapy device including an oxygen generating device proposed by the present invention.

[0007] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1. This embodiment exemplifies a case where an oxygen generator (5) absorbs oxygen from the surrounding air, extracts oxygen with a purity of nearly 100%, and supplies the oxygen to a hyperbaric oxygen therapy device. However, this is merely an example, and oxygen may be generated using other mechanisms. In other words, the same applies to cases where a device is connected that generates pure oxygen through electrolysis of water, or to cases where oxygen is generated through fractional distillation of air.

[0008] Air is generally composed of about 20% oxygen and about 79% nitrogen. The oxygen generator (5) obtains oxygen from this air. The oxygen generated in the oxygen generator is supplied to the oxygen compressor (4). The oxygen compressor (4) compresses the oxygen from the oxygen generator (5) and sends it to the oxygen pressure tank (3). The oxygen pressure tank (3) stores the high-pressure oxygen supplied from the oxygen compressor (4), and at this time, the oxygen pressure inside the oxygen pressure tank (3) is stored at a higher pressure than the pressure inside the chamber (1). The oxygen stored in this way is supplied to the sealing mask (7) through the intake pipe (72) by opening the pressure tank outlet (31) as needed.

[0009] The sealed mask (7) includes an intake pipe (72) in a pipe structure extending from a pressure tank outlet (31) to a mask funnel (71), a mask funnel (71) in a funnel shape with a peripheral portion that is in close contact with the face (61) and a central portion that has a certain amount of space from the face, and has holes on the left and right sides so that the left and right holes are connected to the intake pipe (72) and the exhaust pipe (73), and an exhaust pipe (73) in a pipe structure extending to an exhaust port (732) that is connected to the mask funnel and discharges oxygen to the outside of the chamber (1). When this sealed mask is worn in close contact with the face (61), it is completely blocked from the outside air, so that a person only inhales oxygen generated from the oxygen generator (5) and passed through the intake pipe (72). The intake pipe (72) includes an intake pressure regulator (721), which functions to equalize the pressure inside the intake pipe (72) and inside the chamber (1). More precisely, when a person inside the chamber (1) inhales, the pressure in the space between the mask funnel (71) and the face (61) becomes negative compared to the pressure inside the chamber (1). At this time, the pressure tank outlet (31) is opened to supply oxygen, thereby increasing the oxygen pressure inside the intake pipe (72), and ultimately increasing the oxygen pressure in the space between the mask funnel (71) and the face, thereby enabling inhalation. The exhaust pipe (73) includes an exhaust pressure regulator (732), which serves to equalize the pressure inside the exhaust pipe (73) and the chamber (1). More precisely, when a person exhales, the expiratory pressure in the space between the mask funnel (71) and the face (61) becomes positive compared to the pressure inside the chamber (1), and at this time, the exhaust port (732) is opened to discharge oxygen. In this sealed mask (7), a number of one-way valves may be installed so that the flow of oxygen is limited to one direction, that is, from the intake pipe (72) to the exhaust pipe (73) through the mask funnel (71). In particular, it is preferable to install one at the part where the intake pipe (72) is connected to the mask funnel (71) so that it opens only when the person (6) inhales oxygen and closes when exhaling.These one-way valves can be of various shapes and are also easy to manufacture, so the method thereof is not specifically mentioned in the present invention.

[0010] The chamber (1) has a cylindrical structure and has an entrance (11) through which a person (6) can enter and exit, and a door (not shown) that can seal the entrance and exit. Fig. 1 shows the inside of the chamber (1) with the door removed so that the inside can be seen. During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, after a person enters the chamber (1), the door is closed and sealed. There are various methods for sealing the door to the chamber (1), but since this is not the subject of the present invention, a description thereof is omitted. In addition to the entrance and exit (11), the chamber (1) has six passages for passing an intake pipe (72), an intake pressure regulator (721), an exhaust pipe (73), an exhaust pressure regulator (731), an air supply pipe (21), and an air exhaust pipe (12).

[0011] The air compressor (2) sucks in external air and injects it into the chamber (1) through the air supply pipe (21). As a result, when the door is closed, the pressure in the chamber (1) can be maintained at a higher pressure than the external pressure. To relieve the pressure in the chamber (1), the air discharge pipe (12) is opened to discharge the air.

[0012] This hyperbaric oxygen therapy device is convenient because the oxygen generator (5) is located adjacent to and connected to the chamber (1), eliminating the need to separately order and connect a hyperbaric oxygen tank from outside. Furthermore, since oxygen is supplied only when a person (6) inhales, it is very economical compared to filling the entire chamber (1) with oxygen.

[0013] [Explanation of symbols]

[0014] 1: Chamber

[0015] 11: Entrance door

[0016] 12: Air exhaust port

[0017] 2: Air compressor

[0018] 21: Air supply pipe

[0019] 3: Oxygen pressure tank

[0020] 31: Pressure tank outlet

[0021] 4: Oxygen compressor

[0022] 5: Oxygen generator

[0023] 6: People

[0024] 61: Face

[0025] 7: Sealed mask

[0026] 71: Mask funnel

[0027] 72: Intake pipe

[0028] 721: Intake pressure regulator

[0029] 73: Exhaust pipe

[0030] 731: Exhaust pressure regulator

[0031] 732: exhaust port

Claims

1. In a hyperbaric oxygen therapy device having a chamber that can be sealed as needed; Contains an oxygen generator that generates oxygen; An oxygen compressor connected to the oxygen generator and configured to compress oxygen generated from the oxygen generator; An oxygen pressure tank connected to the oxygen compressor and storing oxygen compressed by the oxygen compressor; A sealed mask comprising an intake tube connected to the pressure tank and supplied with high-pressure oxygen from inside the pressure tank to deliver oxygen to the mask funnel, a mask funnel having a structure that fits closely to the face of a person inside the chamber, connected to the intake tube on one side to receive high-pressure oxygen from the intake tube, and connected to an exhaust tube on the other side to discharge exhaled air from the person inside the chamber, and the exhaust tube is connected to the other side of the mask funnel and includes an exhaust tube that discharges exhaled air in the space between the mask funnel and the face to the outside of the chamber; A hyperbaric oxygen therapy device equipped with an oxygen generator, characterized by including an air compressor that sucks in air from the outside, compresses it, and injects high-pressure air into the chamber.

2. In claim 1, the intake pipe compares the internal pressure of the intake pipe with the internal pressure of the chamber, and opens the pressure tank outlet only when the internal pressure of the intake pipe is lower than the internal pressure of the chamber, thereby supplying the high-pressure oxygen in the pressure tank to the sealed mask, and the exhaust pipe compares the internal pressure of the exhaust pipe with the internal pressure of the chamber, and opens the outlet only when the internal pressure of the exhaust pipe is higher than the internal pressure of the chamber, thereby discharging the oxygen and exhaled air between the sealed mask and the face to the outside.

3. A hyperbaric oxygen therapy device with an oxygen generator, characterized in that, in claim 1, a one-way valve is included between the suction tube and the mask funnel, which allows only one-way fluid flow, that is, from the suction tube to the mask funnel.

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