Breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11730392-B2
Application number	US-201916538826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2019
Priority date	Aug 30, 2018
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

A breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor includes: a test cavity and a digital electrometer, wherein an upper internal wall of the test cavity is provided with an upper detecting component, and a lower internal wall of the test cavity is provided with a lower detecting component; the upper detecting component and the lower detecting component is arranged in a longitudinal symmetry form; wherein the upper detecting component comprises a substrate, an electrode and a gas sensitive film bonded in sequence from top to bottom, and the substrate is bonded to the upper internal wall of the test cavity; wherein a rubber airbag is disposed in the test cavity, and a friction film is bonded to the rubber airbag; an air inlet cylinder is connected to a left end of the rubber airbag, and an air outlet cylinder is connected to a right end of the rubber airbag.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, comprising: a test cavity and a digital electrometer, wherein an upper internal wall of the test cavity is provided with an upper detecting component, and a lower internal wall of the test cavity is provided with a lower detecting component; the upper detecting component and the lower detecting component is arranged in a longitudinal symmetry form;
wherein the upper detecting component comprises a substrate, an electrode and a gas sensitive film bonded in sequence from top to bottom, and the substrate is bonded to the upper internal wall of the test cavity;
wherein a rubber airbag is disposed between the upper detecting component and the lower detecting component, and a friction film is bonded to the rubber airbag; an air inlet cylinder is connected to a left end of the rubber airbag, and an air outlet cylinder is connected to a right end of the rubber airbag; the air inlet cylinder extends out of the test cavity, and the air outlet cylinder is disposed in the test cavity;
wherein the rubber airbag is disposed in a longitudinal symmetry form, and a symmetric axis thereof coincides with a symmetric axis of the upper detecting component and the lower detecting component; the upper detecting component and the lower detecting component are both electrically connected to the digital electrometer, and the digital electrometer is grounded;
wherein the upper detecting component has an air inlet extending through the upper detecting component, and the air inlet is connected to an air inlet pipe, wherein the air inlet pipe extends through the test cavity and protrudes;
the lower detecting component has an air outlet extending through the lower detecting component, and the air outlet is connected with an air outlet pipe, wherein the air outlet pipe extends through the test cavity and protrudes;
during testing, the rubber airbag is expanded or contracted, so that gas in the test cavity forms a cycle, the rubber airbag to which a friction material is attached undergoes expansion-contraction, causing contact-separation with the gas sensitive film, wherein induced charges on the electrode form a loop with the ground, thereby generating an alternating output, air mixed with a target gas enters the test cavity from the air inlet pipe, and the gas is discharged through the air outlet pipe.

2. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the rubber airbag is a nitrile rubber airbag.

3. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the electrode is made by depositing a layer of metal on a surface of an organic film.

4. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 2 , wherein the electrode is made by depositing a layer of metal on a surface of an organic film.

5. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 3 , wherein the metal is one of aluminum, nickel, copper, silver, and gold; the organic film is made of polyethylene terephthalate or polyimide.

6. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 4 , wherein the metal is one of aluminum, nickel, copper, silver, and gold; the organic film is made of polyethylene terephthalate or polyimide.

7. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the electrode is 100-200 nm.

8. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the gas sensitive film is made of a material selected from a group consisting of polyaniline, polyethylene oxide, polyethyleneimine, sodium polystyrene sulfonate, polyaniline, polyimide, and graphene oxide.

9. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the friction film is made of nylon, polytetrafluoroethylene, polydimethylsiloxane, polyvinyl chloride, or polyimide.

10. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 1 , wherein triboelectric properties of the gas sensitive film and the friction film are opposite.

11. The breathing-driven flexible respiratory sensor, as recited in claim 9 , wherein the friction film is made of the polytetrafluoroethylene.

Assignees

• Univ Electronic Sci & Tech China

Inventors

• Jiang Yadong
• Tai Huiling
• Liu Bohao
• Wang Si
• Yuan Zhen
• Huang Qi
• Xie Guangzhong

Classifications

• A61B5/083 Primary

  Measuring rate of metabolism by using breath test, e.g. measuring rate of oxygen consumption · CPC title

• A61B5/087

  Measuring breath flow · CPC title

• A61B5/0816 Primary

  Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency (measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00) · CPC title

• A61B5/093

  the gases being exhaled into, or inhaled from, an expansible chamber, e.g. bellows or expansible bag · CPC title

• A61B5/113

  occurring during breathing · CPC title