US 12,350,427 B2
Ventilator control method and ventilator
Hua Lu, Guangdong (CN); and Jiejing Lu, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to GUANGDONG JIUCCO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 18/719,843
Filed by GUANGDONG JIUCCO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2023, PCT No. PCT/CN2023/117285
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/131144, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 202211629345.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0108182 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 16/024 (2017.08) [A61B 5/0826 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61M 16/0066 (2013.01); A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/105 (2013.01); A61M 16/204 (2014.02); A61M 16/205 (2014.02); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0033 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/75 (2013.01); A61M 2230/005 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); A61M 2230/40 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ventilator, comprising an air supply apparatus, a first servo valve box, a respiratory mask, a signal sensing module, a main control module, and a calibration and learning module; wherein the air supply apparatus is connected to the first servo valve box via a first tubing, and the first servo valve box is connected to the respiratory mask via a second tubing; the air supply apparatus, the first servo valve box, the signal sensing module, and the calibration and learning module are all physically and electrically connected to the main control module; and the first servo valve box at least comprises a first-valve-box main air passage, a first-valve-box branch air passage, and a first servo valve, and the first servo valve is disposed at an exhalation port of the first-valve-box branch air passage; wherein
the air supply apparatus is configured to filter air to obtain purified air and convey the purified air along an air passage;
the first servo valve box is configured to receive a first signal sent by the main control module and control the first servo valve to open and close;
the respiratory mask is configured to cover nose or mouth and nose of a user and is provided with an exhaust hole for air exhaustion;
the signal sensing module is configured to acquire a physiological signal feature of the user and feed back the physiological signal feature to the main control module;
the main control module is configured to receive and send a second signal and identify and process the second signal; and
the calibration and learning module is configured to learn the physiological signal feature of the user, and the main control module controls an open-close cycle of the first servo valve and controls the air supply apparatus to operate at the preset power;
the signal sensing module comprises an air flow sensor, a pressure sensor, and a signal amplification module, wherein the air flow sensor and the pressure sensor are both electrically connected to the signal amplification module, and the signal amplification module is electrically connected to the main control module; wherein
the air flow sensor is close to an inhalation port of the respiratory mask and configured to acquire an air flow change as a respiration signal feature of the user, to obtain an inhalation signal feature, and send the respiration signal feature to the signal amplification module;
the signal amplification module is configured to amplify a third signal sent by the air flow sensor and send an amplified signal to the main control module; and
the pressure sensor is configured to acquire fluctuations of a chest and abdominal area of the user as the respiration signal feature of the user, to obtain a chest respiration signal feature and an abdomen respiration signal feature, and send the respiration signal feature to the signal amplification module,
wherein a control method of the ventilator is as below, the physiological signal feature of the user is detected and acquired in real time, a respiration type of the user is identified based on the physiological signal feature, when the respiration type is identified as a central sleep apnea type or a mixed sleep apnea type, the ventilator is controlled to provide a continuous-positive-airway-pressure ventilation-system operation mode for the user, and when the respiration type is identified as an obstructive sleep apnea type, a hypopnea type, or a spontaneous respiration type, the ventilator is controlled to provide a pulse operation mode for the user; wherein
the physiological signal feature comprises a sleep signal feature and the respiration signal feature, the respiration signal feature comprises the inhalation signal feature, the chest respiration signal feature and the abdomen respiration signal feature,
when the inhalation signal feature of the user weakens or disappears, and both the chest respiration signal feature and the abdomen respiration signal feature disappear, the respiration type of the user is determined as the central sleep apnea type;
when the inhalation signal feature of the user weakens or disappears, and the chest respiration signal feature and the abdomen respiration signal feature disappear and then restore but are weak, the respiration type of the user is determined as the mixed sleep apnea type;
when the inhalation signal feature of the user disappears, but the chest respiration signal feature or the abdomen respiration signal feature does not disappear, the respiration type of the user is determined as the obstructive sleep apnea type;
the pulse operation mode is to supply air when the user inhales and to control, when the user exhales, the ventilator to exhaust the supplied air, so as not to supply air to the user, thus supplying air in a pulse manner.