Cpap device and blower unit for cpap device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016184539-A1
Application number	US-201414910274-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 29, 2014
Priority date	Aug 9, 2013
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a CPAP device and a blower unit, and achieves the compatibility between reductions in size and in weight and noise reduction in a high order. A blower unit 10 includes a casing 11 including an air suction port 111 , a fan 50 which has an air receiving port 531 and an air sending port 542 , is provided with a fluid dynamic bearing, causes air to be suctioned from the air suction port 111 to receive the air from the air receiving port 531 and sends out the air from the air sending port 542 , and an emission silencer 17 which is coupled to the air sending port 542 and reduces sounds as the air flows which air is sent out from the air sending port 542 by the fan 50.

First claim

1 . A CPAP device comprising:
a blower unit that includes: a casing which has an air suction port; a fan which has an air receiving port and an air sending port, is provided with a fluid dynamic bearing, causes air to be suctioned from the air suction port to receive the air from the air receiving port and sends out the air from the air sending port; and an emission silencer which is coupled to the air sending port and reduces sounds as the air flows which air is sent out from the air sending port by the fan, wherein an air intake port of a nasal cannula or a mask which has the air intake port, is attached to the head of a patient to cover an external naris or a nose of the patient and supplies air taken in from the air intake port to a respiratory tract of the patient and the blower unit are coupled with a hose, and the air sent out from the blower unit is sent to the nasal cannula or the mask.

2 . The CPAP device according to claim 1 , wherein the emission silencer is a silencer which includes a sound absorbing material made of foaming material.

3 . The CPAP device according to claim 1 , further comprising a suction silencer that includes a sound absorbing material in which a suction flow path to guide the air suctioned from the air suction port to the air receiving port is formed, and that supports the fan such that the suction silencer enfolds the fan with the sound absorbing material.

4 . The CPAP device according to claim 1 , wherein the air sending port and the emission silencer are connected with a joint formed with an elastic body.

5 . A blower unit comprising:
a casing which has an air suction port; a fan which has an air receiving port and an air sending port, is provided with a fluid dynamic bearing, causes air to be suctioned from the air suction port to receive the air from the air receiving port and sends out the air from the air sending port; and an emission silencer which is coupled to the air sending port and reduces sounds as the air flows which air is sent out from the air sending port by the fan, wherein the blower unit sends air into a hose which is coupled to an air intake port of a nasal cannula or a mask which has the air intake port, is attached to the head of a patient to cover an external naris or a nose of the patient and supplies the air taken in from the air intake port to a respiratory tract of the patient.

Assignees

• Nidec Copal Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Takashi
• Tobinai Yasuhiro
• Inoguchi Takatoshi
• Endo Takayuki
• Obayashi Masatoshi
• Eguchi Naoya

Classifications

• A61M16/06

  Respiratory or anaesthetic masks · CPC title

• A61M16/0066 Primary

  Blowers or centrifugal pumps · CPC title

• A61M2205/42

  Reducing noise · CPC title

• A61M2205/8206

  battery-operated · CPC title

• A61M2205/3365

  Rotational speed · CPC title