33 results about "Expiratory Airflow" patented technology

The invention provides an improved ventilation method and method for controlling a ventilator apparatus in accordance with same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of controlling a ventilator apparatus comprising the steps of placing a ventilator in a mode capable of adjusting airway pressure (P) and time (T), monitoring expiratory gas flow, analyzing the expiratory gas flow over time (T) to establish an expiratory gas flow pattern, and setting and / or adjusting a low time (T2) based on the expiratory gas flow pattern. Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method of controlling a ventilator apparatus comprising the steps of placing a ventilator in a mode capable of adjusting airway pressure (P) and time (T), and setting a low airway pressure (P2) of substantially zero cmH2O.

A respiratory therapy device including a housing and an interrupter valve assembly. The housing is sized for handling by a patient and defines a patient breathing passage extending from a patient end and through which a patient inhales and exhales air. The interrupter valve assembly is carried by the housing and includes a control port, a valve body, and a drive mechanism. Expiratory airflow is released from the patient breathing passage through the control port. The valve body is sized to at least partially obstruct fluid flow through the control port. The drive mechanism moves the valve body relative to the control port in response to the expiratory airflow such that the valve body repeatedly transitions between a position of maximum obstruction and a position of minimum obstruction relative to the control port to create an oscillatory positive expiratory pressure effect.

This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating data associated with ventilatory parameters to detect expiratory airflow limitation in a ventilated patient. For example, a ventilator may monitor flow and / or pressure during ventilation of the patient. Based on the flow and / or pressure measurements, or ventilatory data derived therefrom, the ventilator may calculate expiratory resistance. Moreover, the ventilator may trend expiratory resistance over time to produce an expiratory resistance waveform. In embodiments, the ventilator may calculate the slope of the expiratory resistance waveform during an initial part of exhalation. If the slope of the expiratory resistance waveform during the initial part of exhalation breaches a defined slope threshold, the ventilator may determine that the patient exhibits expiratory airflow limitation.

A method and apparatus for of assessing the blood concentration level in a human or animal subject, of a volatile blood constituent (preferably alcohol) is disclosed. The method comprises steps of positioning a sensor (21, 22) within the expiratory gas flow of the subject, wherein the sensor (21, 22) is configured to detect the presence of the constituent and provide a first output signal representative of the concentration of said constituent in air, and also to detect a presence of carbon dioxide and to provide a second output signal representative of the concentration of carbon dioxide in air. The flow of expiratory gases from the subject is sampled to provide a first signal and second signal in respect of the expiratory gases substantially simultaneously. The method also comprises the step of inputting said first and second signals obtained by the sampling step into an algorithm configured to compare the variation of the first signal over time with the variation of the second signal over time and, depending on the result of the comparison, to make said second signal representative of the degree of dilution of said expiratory airflow. The invention further includes an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Airflow restriction systems are described herein which may be used to treat various disorders by creating expiratory positive airway pressure while providing for patient comfort regardless of the patient's anatomical variances. Such a device may be removably secured externally over the patient's nose rather than within the nasal passages to increase patient comfort. The restriction device may be secured, e.g., via an adhesive, to the patient and actuated via any number of mechanical or electromechanical mechanisms. Moreover, the restriction device may include one or more sensors to detect the patient's respiration activity Such that the device may be actuated to correspond to the patient's exhalation and squeeze or otherwise constrict the nasal passages at least partially by pressing against the exterior surface of the nose to restrict the expiratory airflow.

An acoustic means for rendering key respiratory measurements accessible to hand-held mobile digital devices with audio input capabilities (such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, mobile gaming platforms, and tablets). One or more embodiments comprise: a compact and portable whistle (101) that encodes a user's expiratory airflow rate as audio frequency, and a software process with local or remote access to mobile-device audio that decodes said audio frequency to regain expiratory airflow rate and derive key respiratory measurements, so that these measurements and related information may conveniently be made available to the user (100) and the user's health network of family members (103) and physicians (104). Embodiments enable leveraging the ubiquity and extensive capabilities of hand-held mobile digital devices, while simultaneously simplifying requirements for a dedicated spirometry device.

A pressure reducing valve for use in a system adapted to deliver a breathing gas to a patient. The pressure reducing valve is structured to communicate a flow of breathing gas to such a patient's airway during an inspiratory phase. The pressure reducing valve is structured to discharge the flow of breathing gas and a flow of exhaled gas to atmosphere during the expiratory phase. The flow of breathing gas and flow of exhaled gas are discharged to atmosphere through a number of exhaust ports. Because the flow of breathing gas and flow of exhalation gas are discharged through the exhaust ports, less effort is required by a patient during the expiratory phase.

Devices and methods for monitoring physiologic parameters are described herein which may utilize a non-invasive respiratory monitor to detect minor variations in expiratory airflow pressure known as cardiogenic oscillations which are generated by changes in the pulmonary blood volume that correspond with the cardiac cycle. These cardiogenic oscillations are a direct indicator of cardiac function and may be used to correlate various physiologic parameters such as stroke volume, pulmonary artery pressure, etc.

This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating data associated with ventilatory parameters to detect expiratory airflow limitation in a ventilated patient. For example, a ventilator may monitor flow and / or pressure during ventilation of the patient. Based on the flow and / or pressure measurements, or ventilatory data derived therefrom, the ventilator may calculate expiratory resistance. Moreover, the ventilator may trend expiratory resistance over time to produce an expiratory resistance waveform. In embodiments, the ventilator may calculate the slope of the expiratory resistance waveform during an initial part of exhalation. If the slope of the expiratory resistance waveform during the initial part of exhalation breaches a defined slope threshold, the ventilator may determine that the patient exhibits expiratory airflow limitation.

Embodiments of the invention relate to the technical field of virtual reality, in particular to a method for interacting with a virtual scene through a VR device, and a display system. The method comprises the steps of obtaining an airflow intensity value, wherein the airflow intensity value is detected by an airflow detection sensor in the VR device; and according to the airflow intensity value, obtaining corresponding image information and displaying the image information. According to the method and the display system, after the airflow intensity value is obtained, the corresponding image information can be obtained according to the airflow intensity value, and the image information is displayed, so that compared with a mode of performing interaction with the virtual scene through gesture identification or a gamepad, the method can be applied to the virtual scene related to expiratory airflow, so that immersive experience of a user can be fully developed and the application range of the VR device can be expanded.

This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating data associated with ventilatory parameters to detect expiratory airflow limitation in a ventilated patient. For example, a ventilator may monitor flow and / or pressure during ventilation of the patient. Based on the flow and / or pressure measurements, or ventilatory data derived therefrom, the ventilator may calculate expiratory resistance. Moreover, the ventilator may trend expiratory resistance over time to produce an expiratory resistance waveform. In embodiments, the ventilator may calculate the slope of the expiratory resistance waveform during an initial part of exhalation. If the slope of the expiratory resistance waveform during the initial part of exhalation breaches a defined slope threshold, the ventilator may determine that the patient exhibits expiratory airflow limitation.

A system for controlling machine-induced expiratory airflow of a subject, the subject having an airway, the system comprising: a pressure generator (140) configured to generate a pressurized flow of breathable gas for delivery to the airway of the subject; and one or more processors (110) configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a control module (170) configured to control the pressure generator a metric determination module (154) configured to determine a value of a flow metric during expiration by the subject, a flow analysis module (156) configured to compare the determined value of the flow metric with a target level of the flow metric; and an adjustment module (160) configured to adjust one or more of exsufflation pressure.

The invention discloses a lung function detection and data statistics method and system. The method comprises the steps of acquiring user basic information; receiving expiratory airflow of a user andtesting the influence of the expiratory airflow on ultrasonic wave; calculating and displaying the real-time vital capacity according to the influence of the expiratory airflow on the ultrasonic wave;calculating and displaying a function image of the real-time vital capacity about time; calculating and displaying user lung function indexes, wherein the user lung function indexes include the vitalcapacity of a user, forced expiratory volume of one second, expiratory peak flow rate and a vital capacity volume curve; visiting a hospital database and conducting big data analysis on the user lungfunction indexes through the hospital database to obtain and display a user lung function report; saving the user lung function indexes and the user lung function report to a cloud user database; saving user basic information, the user lung function indexes and the user lung function report to the hospital database. The method is accurate in detection, and a result can be obtained by self-analysis.

An apparatus for quantifying a user's expiratory and inspiratory airflow includes an air tube adapted to be sealed over at least one of the nose or mouth of a user, a pressure sensor configured to be selectively fluidly connected with one of the air tube or an ambient environment external to the air tube, a valve assembly arranged between the air tube and the pressure sensor to switch between a measuring configuration in which the pressure sensor is fluidly connected with the air tube while fluid connection with the ambient environment is excluded, and a reference configuration in which the pressure sensor is fluidly connected with the ambient environment while fluid connection with the air-tube is excluded, and a data processing unit arranged to communicate with the pressure sensor and the valve assembly. The data processing unit is configured to provide instructions to the valve assembly to switch between the measuring and the reference configurations. The data processing unit is further configured to determine an absolute zero of expiratory and inspiratory airflow based on signals from the pressure sensor obtained while the valve assembly is in the reference configuration and to measure at least one of expiratory and inspiratory airflow while the valve assembly is in the measuring configuration. The processing unit is further configured to determine at least one of expiratory airflow limitation or inspiratory airflow limitation relative to the absolute zero airflow.

A system for detecting EFL of a patient is provided. The system comprises an inhalation passage; an exhalation passage; a sensor for measuring flow-volume information of the exhaled air through an exhalation passage; a flow resistor positioned in the exhalation passage and being adjustable to provide an exhalation resistance in the exhalation passage; and a computer system. In one embodiment, oneor more physical processors of the computer system are programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to: determine a reference expiratory flow-volume curve using flow-volume information of the exhaled air through the exhalation passage when a reference exhalation resistance is provided by the flow resistor in the exhalation passage; and determine a perturbed expiratory flow- volume curve using flow-volume information of the exhaled air through the exhalation passage when a lowered exhalation resistance is provided by the flow resistor in the exhalation passage.

A breath test system is provided comprising a sensor unit configured to sense the presence or concentration of a volatile substance present in air flowing through a predefined inlet area, and generate a signal corresponding to the concentration of said substance. Also provided is an apparatus configured to detect the presence of a person in the vicinity of said input area, and registering said presence, and configured to respond by delivering an output. This apparatus includes a unit configured to call for immediate attention of said person, and upon registration of the presence of said person, provide instructions to said person to direct an expiratory air flow towards said inlet area. An analyzer to determine breath substance concentration of said person is also provided, the determination based on said signal corresponding to the substance concentration.

The invention discloses a decontamination device for decontaminating inhaled and / or exhaled gases in a ventilator. The decontamination device comprises a gas inlet and outlet for inspiratory and expiratory gas flow, and a chamber for gas flow. The chamber is configured to connect the gas inlet and outlet. The chamber comprises at least one ultraviolet (UV) light source integrate inside the chamber that preferably emits in the UVC range, wherein the UV light source is preferably a UVC light-emitting diode. The UV light source is configured to produce UV light to decontaminate contaminants in the inhaled and / or exhaled gases by minimizing the distance between the contaminants in the gas flow and the light source, maintaining the gas flow in a gas flow path long enough to deactivate the contaminants, increasing the intensity of the light source to optimize decontamination, and increasing turbulence to redirect the gas flow and prevent boundary layers and shadowing.

The invention discloses a noninvasive ventilator control system, and particularly relates to the technical field of ventilators. An airflow generator is located in the ventilator and can provide sufficient flow and pressure ranges, an expiration control valve can control gas conveying and conveying paths in the ventilator, a microprocessor receives data of the two actuators and controls the two actuators through an algorithm, and the airflow generator is connected with the expiration control valve. The airflow generator further directly controls the flow of gas conveyed to a patient and the pressure of gas passing through a main flow path, the expiration control valve is an electric proportional valve, and the output end of the expiration control valve is connected with a breathing flow control valve. When the ventilator provides expiration airflow for a patient, the airflow flow is appropriate, the pressure is moderate, the use experience of a user is improved, the problems that the airflow pressure and flow are too large and too small are solved, and stable supply of the airflow can be guaranteed.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical equipment, and discloses a respirator and a using method thereof. The respirator comprises an expiration flow sensor, an air supply flow sensorand a plurality of pressure sensors, a central processing unit, pressure adjusting equipment, an air supply gun and an exhalation valve, wherein the pressure sensors are used for measuring the air supply flow pressure and the expiration flow pressure and arranged on an air supply pipe and an expiration pipe; the central processing unit is used for receiving the data of the air supply flow sensor and the expiration flow sensor, comparing, integrating and calculating the data of the air supply flow and the expiration flow, and controlling the pressure adjusting equipment according to the integrated and calculated data and the data of the plurality of pressure sensors; the pressure adjusting equipment is used for adjusting the pressure of the air supply flow according to an instruction of thecentral processing unit and adjusting the pressure of the air supply flow; the air supply gun is used for conveying airflow with corresponding pressure according to data of the pressure adjusting equipment; and the exhalation valve is used for controlling and exhausting exhalation air flow. According to the respirator and the using method, the treatment success rate of the ARDS patient can be increased.

The invention relates to the technical field of epidemic prevention and control, and discloses a high-protection mask with a replacement reminding function. The high-protection mask comprises a mask body, a fixing piece is fixed to the wall of the mask body, the fixing piece is fixedly connected with a reminding device, the reminding device is provided with a control chip and an airflow electronicswitch, and the output end of the airflow electronic switch is connected with the input end of the control chip through a wire. According to the high-protection mask, the airflow electronic switch isarranged, when the mask is worn, a user exhales, the airflow electronic switch is automatically turned on after receiving exhaled airflow, and then timing is started; and according to the control chip, the user can record the use time of one single mask, the rejection time is set on the control chip during factory production, and when the service life of the used mask is over, an alarm gives outa prompt to remind the user to replace the mask, so that the service life of the mask is utilized to the maximum extent, the personal protection of the user is improved, and prevention and control ofepidemic situations are facilitated.

The invention provides a breathing training device for rehabilitation, which belongs to the technical field of breathing training devices, and includes a training device body, a breathing mouth and a ventilation tube. The other end of the ventilation tube is sealed and connected to a reaction device. The counterweight, the reaction track, and the airflow port are plugged into the guide sphere, the counterweight is set on the outside of the guide sphere at a position corresponding to the airflow port, the reaction track is set in the guide sphere and fixedly connected with the airflow port, and the reaction device rotates halfway. Embedded in the body of the trainer. The breathing trainer for rehabilitation uses a reaction device half-embedded on the body of the trainer, and under the action of the counterweight, the outlet of the exhalation airflow is always facing away from the direction of gravity. When the patient uses the breathing trainer, it can In the maximum position, it is more convenient to place the breathing trainer at random, and the trainer has a simple structure, which is convenient for cleaning and disinfecting it after use.

Devices and methods for monitoring physiologic parameters are described herein which may utilize a non-invasive respiratory monitor to detect minor variations in expiratory airflow pressure known as cardiogenic oscillations which are generated by changes in the pulmonary blood volume that correspond with the cardiac cycle. These cardiogenic oscillations are a direct indicator of cardiac function and may be used to correlate various physiologic parameters such as stroke volume, pulmonary artery pressure, etc.

A CPAP system for providing air at positive pressure for respiratory therapy to a patient includes an RPT device configured to supply a flow of air at a therapeutic pressure, a patient interface forming a plenum chamber pressurizable to the therapeutic pressure, an air delivery tube configured to pass the flow of air at the therapeutic pressure from the RPT device to the patient interface, a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) constructed and arranged to retain moisture from a flow of expiratory air from the patient, wherein retained moisture from the HME is returned to the flow of air for humidification, a controllable heater configured and arranged to heat the HME and / or heat incoming air to the HME, and a controller configured to adjust heating of the controllable heater to adjust the moisture returned from the HME to the flow of air for humidification.

The invention discloses an expiration pressure automatic titration method and system based on an expiration flow limited index; the method comprises the steps: in a maintenance stage, when a preset maintenance time is reached, calculating a current expiration flow limited index according to a negative expiration flow, an expiration peak flow and expiration time which are monitored in real time, and entering a regulation stage; determining whether the current expiratory flow limited index is smaller than the expiratory flow limited index at the end moment of the previous adjustment stage or not, and if yes, increasing the positive end expiratory pressure; if not, carrying out the operation of lowering the positive end expiratory pressure; and when the positive end expiratory pressure increasing operation or the positive end expiratory pressure decreasing operation is ended, recording the expiratory flow limitation index when the adjusting stage is ended. The exhaled air flow limitation index provided by the invention has vivid description significance and can be used as an indication of the actual exhaled air flow limitation degree; the method is relatively simple in calculation, does not need hardware support with high complexity requirements, and reduces the product cost.

The invention provides an adjustable lung separating ventilation component. The effects that the air flow of an inspiratory phase is adjustable and the air flow of an expiratory phase is not limited are achieved. The component can be connected to the tail end of the affected side of a double-lumen tube; in the inspiratory phase, the ventilation volume of oxygen inlet through an air inlet passage can be controlled through an adjusting knob; in the expiratory phase, the expiratory air flow is not blocked in an air outlet passage, which is beneficial to CO2 exhaust. Therefore, while appropriate ventilation is conducted on the affected side lung, surgical operation is not influenced, and it is avoided that air stays in the affected side lung; by means of the adjustable lung separating ventilation component, the ventilation way is simplified, single lung ventilation is improved, and negative effects brought by high concentration oxygen uptake are avoided.

The invention discloses a self-powered sensor for alcohol detection and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of self-powered active gas sensors. The self-powered sensor provided by the invention includes a glass substrate, interdigital electrodes, a gas-sensitive thin film layer, an insulating polymer thin film layer, a conductive electrode and an insulating support structure. The self-powered sensor can collect the mechanical energy of the exhaled airflow of the human body to provide energy for itself, and realize the determination of the alcohol concentration in the breathed gas through the current or voltage output by the detection circuit; compared with the traditional alcohol sensor, the present invention has simple preparation process, The cost is low, the practicability is high, and no additional power supply system is required. Moreover, the self-powered sensor proposed by the invention has a novel structure and fully utilizes the energy of nature, and can be widely used in the detection of drunk driving.

A method and apparatus for of assessing the blood concentration level in a human or animal subject, of a volatile blood constituent (preferably alcohol) is disclosed. The method comprises steps of positioning a sensor (21, 22) within the expiratory gas flow of the subject, wherein the sensor (21, 22) is configured to detect the presence of the constituent and provide a first output signal representative of the concentration of said constituent in air, and also to detect a presence of carbon dioxide and to provide a second output signal representative of the concentration of carbon dioxide in air. The flow of expiratory gases from the subject is sampled to provide a first signal and second signal in respect of the expiratory gases substantially simultaneously. The method also comprises the step of inputting said first and second signals obtained by the sampling step into an algorithm configured to compare the variation of the first signal over time with the variation of the second signal over time and, depending on the result of the comparison, to make said second signal representative of the degree of dilution of said expiratory airflow. The invention further includes an apparatus for carrying out the method.

A method controls an expiratory gas flow at a user interface (16) of a ventilator (1) wherein the user interface (16) has an exhalation valve (11), which provides a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). The method includes the following steps during a phase of exhalation: changing the positive end-expiratory pressure from a basic PEEP value (31) with the exhalation valve (11); returning the positive end-expiratory pressure to the basic PEEP value (31) with the exhalation valve (11); and determining an exhalation parameter. The method permits an adaptive change in the expiratory flow during the exhalation. Air trapping can be avoided, and it is possible to respond to changed exhalation parameters within one and the same phase of exhalation.

A sleep mask valve structure for treating a patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea is provided. The valve structure includes a rigid valve housing comprising an inspiratory valve and an adjustable expiratory valve. The housing defines an outside mask side and an intra-mask side, and further defines an expiratory airflow conduit accommodating airflow from the intra- mask side to the outsidemask side and an inspiratory airflow conduit accommodating airflow from the outside mask side to the intra-mask side. The expiratory airflow conduit includes at least two changes of direction, with each direction change greater than or equal to 75 degrees and the inspiratory airflow conduit includes comprising at least one change of direction greater than or equal to 75 degrees. The two paths share at least one change of direction.