Cpap device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017211438-A1
Application number	US-201515328217-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Aug 4, 2014
Publication date	Jul 27, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

There is provided a CPAP device in which an outflow sound of air is reduced while size reduction/weight reduction is maintained. The CPAP device includes a blower unit 10 which houses a turbofan 50 to draw in air and sends out the air and in which an air outflow opening to allow the air sent out from the turbofan 50 to flow out is formed, and a silencer 60 which is attached to one end of a hose 70 to feed the air flowing out from the air outflow opening to a mask 200 attached to a patient, is attachably and detachably attached to the air outflow opening of the blower unit 10 and reduces the outflow sound of the air flowing out from the air outflow opening, and the silencer 60 includes a regulating plate 69.

First claim

1 . A CPAP device comprising:
a fan that draws in air and sends out the air; and a silencer that reduces an outflow sound of the air sent out from the fan, and feeds the air whose outflow sound is reduced in a hose connected to a mask or a nasal cannula attached to a patient, wherein the silencer includes a regulating plate which allows the air to pass therethrough so as to make a flow of the air after the passing closer to a regulated flow than that before the passing.

2 . The CPAP device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pressure sensor that measures a pressure of the air after passing through the regulating plate; and
a control circuit that controls a rotation speed of the fan according to the pressure of the air measured by the pressure sensor.

3 . The CPAP device according to claim 2 , comprising:
a first air pressure measurement room that is to be a measurement target for the pressure of the air by the pressure sensor; and a first communication path that connects the air flow path after passing through the regulating plate with the first air pressure measurement room.

4 . The CPAP device according to claim 2 , comprising:
a flow sensor that measures a flow rate of the air flowing while passing through the regulating plate based on a differential pressure of the air before and after passing through the regulating plate, wherein the control circuit controls the rotation speed of the fan according to both the pressure of the air measured by the pressure sensor and the flow rate of the air measured by the flow sensor.

5 . The CPAP device according to claim 4 , comprising:
a second air pressure measurement room for measuring the differential pressure of the air by the flow sensor; and a second communicating path that connects the air flow path before passing through the regulating plate with the second air pressure measurement room, wherein the flow sensor measures the flow rate of the air flowing while passing through the regulating plate based on a differential pressure between the air inside the second air pressure measurement room and the air after passing through the regulating plate.

6 . The CPAP device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a housing which houses the fan and in which an air outflow opening to allow the air sent out from the fan to flow out is formed, wherein the silencer is a silencer which is provided separately from the housing, is attached to one end of the hose and is attachably and detachably attached to the air outflow opening.

7 . The CPAP device according to claim 2 , comprising:
a housing which houses the fan and the pressure sensor and in which an air outflow opening to allow the air sent out from the fan to flow out is formed, wherein the silencer is a silencer which is provided separately from the housing, is attached to one end of the hose and is attachably and detachably attached to the air outflow opening, and the silencer includes a first air pressure transmitting path which is coupled to extend between a side of the silencer and a side of the housing by the attachment of the silencer to the air outflow opening, and transmits the pressure of the air after passing through the regulating plate to the pressure sensor.

8 . The CPAP device according to claim 4 , comprising:
a housing which houses the fan, the pressure sensor and the flow sensor, and in which an air outflow opening to allow the air sent out from the fan to flow out is formed, wherein, the silencer is a silencer which is provided separately from the housing, is attached to one end of the hose and is attachably and detachably attached to the air outflow opening, and the silencer includes:
a first air pressure transmitting path which is coupled to extend between the silencer and the housing by the attachment of the silencer to the air outflow opening, and transmits the pressure of the air after passing through the regulating plate to the pressure sensor and the flow sensor; and
a second air pressure transmitting path which is coupled to extend between a side of the silencer and the housing by the attachment of the silencer to the air outflow opening, and transmits a pressure of the air before passing through the regulated plate to the flow sensor.

Assignees

• Nidec Copal Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Takashi
• Nakada Yuki
• Inoguchi Takatoshi
• Tobinai Yasuhiro
• Takaiwa Nobuo

Classifications

• A61M2016/003

  with a flowmeter · CPC title

• A61M2205/3365

  Rotational speed · CPC title

• A61M2205/42

  Reducing noise · CPC title

• A61M2016/0027

  pressure meter · CPC title

• F01N1/08 Primary

  by reducing exhaust energy by throttling or whirling · CPC title