Detailed Description
In order to more clearly understand the technical features, objects and effects of the present invention, a side-stream end-of-breath gas measurement system is taken as an example, and the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the side-flow end-of-breath gas measurement system comprises a measurement host 2, a gas circuit switching device 1 and a gas sampling accessory 7.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the measurement host 2 includes a signal processing circuit 21, a gas measurement sensor 22, and a gas pump 221. The gas measurement sensor 22 is mainly used for measuring gas parameters, and the signal processing circuit 21 is electrically connected to the gas pump 221 and the gas measurement sensor 22, respectively.
In a particular embodiment, the gas measurement sensor 22 includes a gas cell 222 and an optical measurement component 223, the optical measurement component 223 being used to measure the gas within the gas cell 222, such as to measure the concentration of the gas. The gas concentration is generally measured by a Non-Dispersive Infrared spectroscopy (NDIR) technique, which uses the absorption characteristic of the gas to be measured for Infrared light in a certain wavelength band, and selects the Infrared light in the certain wavelength band to irradiate the gas sample in the gas chamber 222, and the optical measurement unit 223 generally includes a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion, which are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the gas chamber 222. The light receiving section converts the received optical signal into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the signal processing circuit 21. Because the relation between the light intensity attenuation of the optical measurement component 223 and the concentration of the measured gas in the gas chamber 222 conforms to the Beer-Lambert law, the signal processing circuit 21 can calculate the concentration of the corresponding gas by testing the light attenuation.
The signal processing circuit 21 includes a processor 210, a memory 220, a signal amplification processing circuit 224 and an a/D conversion circuit 225, wherein an input terminal of the signal amplification processing circuit 224 is connected to an output of the optical measurement component 223, an output terminal of the signal amplification processing circuit 224 is connected to an input of the a/D conversion circuit 225, and an output of the a/D conversion circuit 225 is connected to the processor 210. The processor 210 is further connected to the memory 220 and the air pump 221 respectively, and is configured to load the corresponding measurement module from the memory 220, to control the side-stream breath end gas measurement system to operate in the corresponding measurement mode, and to send corresponding control information to the air pump 221, to control the air pumping rate of the air pump 221. In this embodiment, the measurement modules may include a high flow control module 211 and a low flow control module 212. The processor 210 is also used to calculate gas parameters from the electrical signals output by the optical measurement component 223.
The air pump 221 is disposed on the air path connecting the second end of the air path interface 12 with the air chamber 222, so as to control the sampling flow rate of the air. It should be noted that the configuration of the airway between the second end of airway interface 12 and gas chamber 222 is optimized so that the same measurement performance can be obtained when the side-stream end-of-breath gas concentration measurement system is used with different gas sampling attachments 7. In general, the optimized gas path structure reduces invalid dead space in the host as much as possible and ensures that the response speed is as fast as possible. It is understood that the choice of the air pump 221 has various features, and the air pump 221 in this embodiment preferably uses an air pump 221 with a small volume and a high air pumping rate, and it is understood that other commonly used air pumps 221 are also within the scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the air path switching device 1 includes an air path interface 12 and an identification module 11, wherein a first end of the air path interface 12 is used for connecting with the gas sampling accessory 7, and a second end thereof is connected to the air chamber 222 of the gas measurement sensor 22. The identification module 11 is used for identifying the type of the gas sampling accessory 7 connected with the gas path interface 12 and outputting identification information, and the identification module 11 is electrically connected with the signal processing circuit 21 so as to transmit the identification information to the processor 210 of the signal processing circuit 21.
Referring again to fig. 1-5, gas sampling attachment 7 may include a high flow attachment 3 and a low flow attachment 4. The high-flow accessory 3 comprises a first air pipe 33, a water collecting cup 32 and a first type marking module, wherein the first type marking module is matched with the identification mode of the identification module 11, the first air pipe 33 is communicated with the gas measuring sensor 22 through the air passage interface 12, and the water collecting cup 32 is arranged on the first air pipe 33 to collect moisture in gas passing through the first air pipe 33.
The low flow rate attachment 4 includes a second air tube 43, a moisture filter 44 and a second type marking module, the second type marking module is matched with the identification mode of the identification module 11, the second air tube 43 is communicated with the gas measuring sensor 22 through the air passage interface 12, and the moisture filter 44 is arranged on the second air tube 43 to collect moisture in the gas passing through the second air tube 43.
When the gas path switching device 1 is in butt joint with the gas sampling accessory 7, the identification module 11 is located on one side of the gas path switching device 1, which is in contact with the gas sampling accessory 7 when the gas sampling accessory 7 is connected, when the gas path switching device 1 is in butt joint with the gas sampling accessory 7, the type marking module 71 transmits the type information of the gas sampling accessory 7 to the identification module 11, and the type marking module 71 can comprise the first type marking module and the second type marking module.
Specifically, the identification module 11 may include a plurality of contact switches, which are triggered when the gas circuit switching device 1 is connected to the gas sampling accessory 7, and identify whether the gas sampling accessory 7 connected to the gas circuit interface 12 is the high-flow accessory 3 or the low-flow accessory 4 according to different trigger positions or signal combinations of the plurality of contact switches.
Generally, the air path switching device 1 is disposed on the housing of the measuring mainframe 2, and the air path switching device 1 may be mounted on the front panel of the measuring mainframe 2, and it is understood that other mounting positions of the air path switching device 1 on the measuring mainframe 2 are also within the scope of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the housing may be provided with three recesses 111 arranged in an inverted triangle. It is understood that the number and arrangement of the concave holes 111 are various and are within the protection scope of the present invention. A contact switch is correspondingly disposed inside each recess 111. The first type marking module comprises two first bumps 31 arranged on one side of the high-flow accessory 3, which is in contact with the air path switching device 1, and each first bump 31 is correspondingly inserted into one concave hole 111 as shown in the left drawing in fig. 5. The second type marking module comprises two second bumps 41 arranged on one side of the low-flow accessory 4 contacting with the air path switching device 1, and as shown in the right drawing in fig. 5, each second bump 41 is correspondingly inserted into one concave hole 111. The first salient point 31 and the second salient point 41 can transmit different information through corresponding different concave holes 111, for example, contact switches at different positions are triggered by the first salient point 31 and the second salient point 41 respectively, or contact switches in different combinations are triggered by the first salient point 31 and the second salient point 41 respectively to form different signal combinations, for example, when the first contact switch and the second contact switch are triggered, the air path switching device 1 is considered to be connected with the high-flow accessory 3, and when the first contact switch and the third contact switch are triggered, the air path switching device 1 is considered to be connected with the low-flow accessory 4.
Identification module 11 transmits the type information of gas sampling accessory 7 to processor 210, and processor 210 reads the corresponding measurement module from memory 220 based on the type information. When the gas path switching device 1 is connected with the high-flow accessory 3, the identification module 11 transmits the type information of the high-flow accessory 3 to the processor 210, the processor 210 reads the high-flow control module 211 from the memory 220, and at the moment, the processor 210 controls the air pump 221 to work at a high air suction rate, so that the measuring system is controlled to work in a high-flow measurement mode; when the air path switching device 1 is connected with the low-flow accessory 4, the identification module 11 transmits the type information of the low-flow accessory 4 to the processor 210, the processor 210 reads the low-flow control module 212 from the memory 220, and the processor 210 controls the air pump 221 to operate at a low air suction rate at the time, so that the measuring system is controlled to operate in the low-flow measurement mode. Compared with the prior art, the embodiment can automatically identify whether the user accesses the high-flow accessory or the low-flow accessory, can adapt to different application scenes, and does not need the user to perform complex operation.
In addition, the first bump 31 and the second bump 41 can play a role of facilitating the installation of the high flow accessory 3 and the low flow accessory 4 besides transmitting the type information of the gas sampling accessory by being inserted into the corresponding concave holes 111.
In other embodiments, the identification module 11 may be a connector in addition to the contact switch of the identification module 11. The connector is positioned on one side of the gas path switching device 1, which is contacted with the gas sampling accessory 7 when the gas sampling accessory 7 is connected, and correspondingly, the type marking module is a connector plug; the connector is triggered when the gas circuit switching device 1 is connected with the gas sampling accessory 7, and the type of the gas sampling accessory 7 connected with the gas circuit interface 12 is identified through different trigger positions or signal combinations.
In some embodiments, the identification module 11 may also be at least one of an RFID identification module 11, a barcode scanner, a flow identification module, and an optical-electrical identification module 11, and correspondingly, the type marking module is an electronic tag, a barcode, a flow sensor, or an optical transmission module. The flow sensor can automatically record the flow velocity of the gas in the gas sampling accessory 7, and when the flow sensor is in butt joint with the flow identification module, the flow identification module can directly judge the type of the gas sampling accessory 7 and report the type to the processor 210. The light emitting module emits light with a specific spectrum, and when the light emitting module is in butt joint with the photoelectric identification module, the photoelectric identification module converts the received optical signal into an electric signal and reports the electric signal to the processor 210 so as to judge the type of the gas sampling accessory 7.
In some embodiments, the low flow attachment 4 may further include a mounting cup 42 conforming to the shape and size of the water collection cup 32, the mounting cup 42 being adapted to be connected to the end of the second air tube 43 connected to the air passage interface 12. The mounting cup 42 is used for reducing the mounting difference between the high-flow accessory 3 and the low-flow accessory 4, so that the gas path switching device 1 is better in adaptability, and when the gas path switching device 1 is compatible with the high-flow accessory 3 and the low-flow accessory 4, the structural design of the gas path switching device 1 for mounting the high-flow accessory 3 and the low-flow accessory 4 can be kept consistent.
Further, in order to expand the function of the mounting cup 42, a cavity 421 extending in the flowing direction of the gas and having openings at both ends is further provided in the mounting cup 42, so that the moisture filter 44 is detachably mounted in the cavity 421. Typically, moisture filter 44 may snap into cavity 421. The cavity 421 of the mounting cup 42 provides some support to allow for some weight gain of the moisture filter 44 after absorbing water, which provides greater stability of the low flow attachment 4 during use.
In some embodiments, the structure for installing the high flow rate accessory 3 and the low flow rate accessory 4 of the air path switching device 1 may include a pallet 13 for supporting the water collecting cup 32 and the installation cup 42, and a fixing member 14 for fixing the water collecting cup 32 and the installation cup 42 is further disposed above the pallet 13. The support table 13 and the fixing piece 14 form a pair of clamping pieces, when the high-flow accessory 3 and the low-flow accessory 4 are respectively butted with the air passage switching device 1, the support table 13 and the fixing piece 14 can firmly clamp the water collecting cup 32 and the mounting cup 42, and the stability after butt joint and mounting is ensured.
Further, the top end of the fixing member 14 may be provided with a push type snap switch 141, the top of the water collecting cup 32 is provided with a first protrusion 321 matched with the snap switch 141, and the top of the mounting cup 42 is provided with a second protrusion 422 matched with the snap switch 141.
In other embodiments, the gas sampling accessory may also be a mainstream sensor or other respiratory mechanics sensor.
In addition, the gas sampling accessory can be integrated with the measuring host and the gas path switching device into a set of measuring system for sale, and can also be independently existed as an accessory for sale independently.
The present invention has been described in terms of specific examples, which are provided to aid understanding of the invention and are not intended to be limiting. Variations of the above-described embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art, consistent with the principles of the invention.