Medical gas-liquid supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10364503-B2
Application number	US-201715609770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2017
Priority date	Jun 17, 2016
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

A medical gas-liquid supply system including an electrolytic gas generator, a pure water supply device, a control unit, a first gas storing unit, a second gas storing unit and a gas output unit is provided. The control unit is electrically connected to the electrolytic gas generator for controlling the voltage value of the electrolytic gas generator and the type of gases generated by the electrolytic gas generator. The first and second gas storing units are communicated to the electrolytic gas generator for storing the first and second gases generated by the electrolytic gas generator respectively. The gas output unit is communicated to the first and second gas storing units and has first, second and third output ends for outputting the first gas, a mixed gas and the second gas respectively, in which the mixed gas includes the first and second gases.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical gas-liquid supply system, comprising:
an electrolytic gas generator;
a pure water supply system connected to the electrolytic gas generator for supplying water to the electrolytic gas generator;
a control unit electrically connected to the electrolytic gas generator, wherein the control unit controls the voltage value of the electrolytic gas generator for controlling the type of gases generated by the electrolytic gas generator;
a first gas storing unit communicated to the electrolytic gas generator for storing a first gas output by the electrolytic gas generator;
a second gas storing unit communicated to the electrolytic gas generator for storing a second gas output by the electrolytic gas generator; and
a gas output unit communicated to the first gas storing unit and the second storing unit, wherein the gas output unit has a first output end for outputting the first gas, a second output end for outputting a mixed gas and a third output end for outputting the second gas, wherein the mixed gas comprises the first gas and the second gas.

2. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the gas output unit further comprises a first flow splitting control valve, and the first flow splitting control valve is connected between the first gas storing unit, the first output end and the second output end for controlling the amount of the first gas flowing toward the first output end and the second output end.

3. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the gas output unit further comprises a second flow splitting control valve, and the second flow splitting control valve is connected between the second gas storing unit, the second output end and the third output end for controlling the amount of the second gas flowing toward the second output end and the third output end.

4. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein when the voltage value is smaller than 2.0 V, the first gas is oxygen gas and the second gas is hydrogen gas, and when the voltage value is larger than 2.0 V, the first gas comprises oxygen gas and ozone, and the second gas is hydrogen gas.

5. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 4 , further comprises a liquid output unit, wherein the liquid output unit is connected to the first gas storing unit and the second gas storing unit, wherein the liquid output unit comprises a first supplying end, a second supplying end and a third supplying end, the first supplying end is configured to output an oxygen-rich water or an ozone-rich water, the second supplying end is configured to output a hydrogen-rich water, and the third supplying end is configured to output a mixed solution.

6. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 5 , wherein the liquid output unit further comprises:
a first water-gas mixing device communicated between the first supplying end and the first gas storing unit, wherein the first water-gas mixing device receives the first gas and generates the oxygen-rich water or the ozone-rich water;
a second water-gas mixing device communicated between the second supplying end and the second gas storing unit, wherein the second water-gas mixing device receives the second gas and generates the hydrogen-rich water; and
a mixing tank communicated to the third supplying end, the first gas storing unit and the second gas storing unit for receiving the first gas and the second gas to form the mixed solution.

7. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 6 , wherein the liquid output unit comprises a fourth flow splitting control valve, and the fourth flow splitting control valve is connected between the first gas storing unit, the mixing tank and the first water-gas mixing device for controlling the amount of the first gas flowing into the first water-gas mixing device and the mixing tank respectively.

8. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 6 , wherein the liquid output unit comprises a fifth flow splitting control valve, and the fifth flow splitting control valve is connected between the second gas storing unit, the mixing tank and the second water-gas mixing device for controlling the amount of the second gas flowing into the second water-gas mixing device and the mixing tank respectively.

9. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic gas generator comprises:
an electrolyzing tank communicated to the pure water supply device;
a membrane electrode assembly disposed in the electrolyzing tank, wherein the membrane electrode comprises an anode, a cathode and a proton exchange membrane, wherein the proton exchange membrane is disposed between the anode and the cathode; and
an adjustable power supply electrically connected to the anode and the cathode for forming an electric circuit, wherein the control unit is electrically connected to the adjustable power supply for controlling the voltage value provided by the adjustable power supply.

10. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 9 , wherein the anode comprises an additive and a composition, wherein when the first gas is oxygen gas, the additive is iridium, iridium black, iridium oxide, ruthenium, ruthenium oxide, platinum, platinum-iridium, palladium, iridium-ruthenium oxide, iridium-ruthenium-tantalum oxide or the combination thereof, and the composition comprises perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin, polytetrafluoroethylene, sulfuric acid and carbon nanotubes, and the voltage value is less than 2.0 V.

11. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 9 , wherein the anode comprises an additive and a composition, wherein when the first gas is ozone and oxygen, the additive is tin-antimony-nickel alloy, lead dioxide, glassy carbon, boron doped diamond, platinum-tantalum oxide or the combination thereof, and the composition comprises perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin, polytetrafluoroethylene, sulfuric acid and carbon nanotubes, and the voltage value is larger than 2.0 V.

12. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the first gas storing unit further comprises a first gas sensor electrically connected to the control unit for detecting the concentration of the first gas and providing feedback to the control unit.

13. The medical gas-liquid supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the second gas storing unit further comprises a second gas sensor electrically connected to the control unit for detecting the concentration of the second gas and providing feedback to the control unit.

Assignees

• Univ Yuan Ze

Inventors

• Jung Guo-Bin
• Yeh Chia-Chen
• Yu Jyun-Wei
• Ma Chia-Ching
• Hsieh Chung-Wei

Classifications

• C25B1/13

  Ozone · CPC title

• A61H2205/12

  Feet · CPC title

• A61H2033/148

  with hydrogen · CPC title

• A61H33/02 Primary

  Bathing devices for use with gas-containing liquid, or liquid in which gas is led or generated, e.g. carbon dioxide baths {(A61H33/6026 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A61H2033/141

  with ionised gas, e.g. ozone · CPC title