Emergency Ventilator Blower Cooling via Conductive Housing Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Emergency ventilators face overheating issues due to friction and electrical resistance in their blower components, which can limit their portability and effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

The emergency ventilator incorporates a heat-conducting body made from light metal, non-ferrous metal, or plastic filled with thermally conductive materials to dissipate heat generated by the blower, ensuring efficient thermal conductivity and convection, thereby preventing overheating without increasing the device's weight.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If additional cooling structures are added to the blower, then heat dissipation is improved, but device weight increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveblower temperatureVSAvoidventilator weight
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the cooling function with the existing blower housing structure by integrating a heat-conducting body (aluminum or aluminum alloy) into the housing itself. This merging of structural and thermal management functions eliminates the need for separate cooling components, achieving effective heat dissipation while maintaining portability and avoiding additional weight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This solution effectively manages heat dissipation, ensuring the ventilator remains portable and operational without the need for additional cooling structures, while maintaining mechanical stability and thermal conductivity.

Implementation Method 1

the blower housing can transfer heat generated in the blower to the heat conductor, at least by conduction, but possibly also by additional physical principles of heat transfer, such as radiation and convection

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 2

The emergency ventilator can transfer the heat transferred from the blower housing to the heat conductor via its housing to the external environment of the emergency ventilator

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectConvection: Convection

Data Source

PatentEP4178650B1Emergency ventilator with a fan which is cooled in a conductive and convective manner
Publication Date: 2024.05.08 HAMILTON MEDICAL AG
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AI summary

The invention relates to an emergency ventilator (10) for artificially ventilating patients in the event of a medical emergency, comprising: - a housing (12) with an ambient air suction opening (40) and a ventilating gas outlet opening (76) and - a fan (42) which is designed and is arranged in the housing (12) so as to convey ambient air from the ambient air suction opening (40) to the ventilating gas outlet opening (76), wherein the fan (42) comprises a fan housing (42a) with an air conveyor (42b) which can be moved relative to the fan housing (42a), and the fan housing (42a) is arranged in the housing (12) in a fixed manner thereto. According to the invention, the fan housing (42a) is secured to the housing (12) with the interposition of a heat conducting body (94), said heat conducting body (94) comprising or being made of a material which is selected from light metal, nonferrous metal, and/or a plastic filled with a heat-conductive filler material.