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JP3958631B2
JP3958631B2 JP2002168321A JP2002168321A JP3958631B2 JP 3958631 B2 JP3958631 B2 JP 3958631B2 JP 2002168321 A JP2002168321 A JP 2002168321A JP 2002168321 A JP2002168321 A JP 2002168321A JP 3958631 B2 JP3958631 B2 JP 3958631B2
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貴由 河田
善之 小西
厚 朝比奈
良幸 大森
健 林
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、医療用ガスを加湿する機能を備えた医療用ガス供給装置に関する。更に詳細には、水を補給することなく、メンテナンスフリーで患者に加湿された医療用ガスを提供することを可能にした医療用ガス供給装置に関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
医療用に用いられる医療用ガスは、ボンベ入りの圧縮気体や液化気体の形で供給さるか、又は精製・濃縮装置から直接患者へ供給される。これらのガスのほとんどは製造段階で不純物として水分が極限まで取り除かれた絶乾状態のものである。
【0003】
例えば、近年、喘息、肺気腫症、慢性気管支炎等の呼吸器系疾患に苦しむ患者が増加する傾向にあるが、その最も効果的な治療法の一つとして酸素吸入療法があり、酸素ボンベ或は空気中から酸素濃縮気体を直接分離する酸素濃縮装置が開発され、酸素吸入療法のための治療装置として次第に普及するようになってきている。
【0004】
かかる酸素濃縮装置は、窒素を選択的に吸着し得る吸着剤を充填した吸着床にコンプレッサーで圧縮空気を導入して加圧状態で窒素を吸着させることにより酸素濃縮気体を得る吸着工程と、吸着床の内圧を減少させて窒素を脱着させ吸着剤の再生を行う脱着工程とを交互に行うことにより濃縮酸素を得る圧力変動吸着型の酸素濃縮装置である。
【0005】
かかる圧力変動吸着法により生成された酸素濃縮気体は、ほぼ絶乾に近い乾燥状態を示す為、このような酸素濃縮気体を患者が呼吸用に吸入すると呼吸器、特に鼻孔や喉の内部が乾燥し不快感を覚え、時には肺に直接届いた場合には、粘膜を傷つけるなど、体調を害する問題があり、別途酸素濃縮気体を加湿する必要がある。
【0006】
従って、これらの酸素吸入療法では、酸素や酸素富化空気等の気体を患者の鼻腔に供給する際、患者の鼻腔内の乾燥を防止するために、通常はある程度飽和水蒸気圧近くまで加湿した状態でその気体を供給するような医療用加湿器を使用する必要がある。具体的には、酸素濃縮器や酸素ボンベから供給される酸素ガスは、別途設けた気泡形式の加湿器や、特許2857005号公報に記載の加湿器の水面上に酸素濃縮ガスを通過させ蒸発した水分で加湿する蒸発式加湿器で加湿した後に、カニューラやマスクなどの吸入手段を介して患者に供給される。
【0007】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
これらの加湿器では、加湿に伴って容器内の水が減少するため定期的な水の補充が必要となるだけでなく、水を用いているために長期の使用に際しては細菌の繁殖・加湿水の腐敗の恐れがあり、定期的に洗浄・交換を行うなどの手入れが必要である。このような水の補充や手入れは患者にとって面倒なだけでなく、人的手段に頼る方法であるため、操作ミスなども多く、医療装置としての信頼性を損なう恐れがある。
【0008】
特開平10−248935号公報記載のように、官能基としてスルホン酸基を有する水分透過膜で構成された管を用い、管の外面に湿潤空気を供給し、内面には被加湿気体として医療用ガスを流通することにより、空気中の水分の水蒸気分圧差を利用して被加湿気体中に移行させて加湿する方式が開示されている。
【0009】
この加湿方式のように、スルホン酸系などのイオン交換官能基を有する水分透過膜を用いることにより、従来の水を使用することなく、空気中に含まれる水分のみで医療用ガスを加湿することが可能である。またこの加湿方式に強制的に送風することにより加湿能力が向上する。
【0010】
しかし、かかる水分透過膜を使用する加湿方法においても、長時間使用することで、加湿性能の経時劣化を起こす。本発明は、このような水分透過膜の経時劣化の問題を解決するものであり、水を直接使用することなく、長期の間メンテナンスフリーで医療用ガスを加湿することが可能な加湿装置を提供するものである。
【0011】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明者はかかる課題に対して鋭意検討した結果、以下に示す医療用ガス加湿装置を見出した。すなわち本発明は、医療用ガスを使用者に供給する医療用ガス発生手段とかかる医療用ガスを使用者に供給する供給手段との供給経路上に設けられ、空気中の水分を透過させるイオン交換官能基を有する水分透過膜を備えた加湿装置であり、該水分透過膜の近傍に、該水分透過膜にイオン交換で吸着し得る化合物を吸着する吸着剤を備えたフィルタを有することを特徴とする加湿装置を提供するものである。
【0012】
また本発明は、かかる水分透過膜が官能基としてスルホン酸基を有するフッ素系高分子膜であり、該吸着剤が陽イオン交換樹脂又は陽イオン交換不織布であることを特徴とする加湿装置を提供するものであり、特に該水分透過膜がチューブ状水分透過膜であり、チューブ内側に医療用ガスを通過させると共に、チューブ外側に外気を通過させる通風路を備え、外気と水分透過膜との間にかかるフィルタを配置することを特徴とする加湿装置を提供するものである。
【0013】
更に本発明は、かかる医療用ガス発生手段が、酸素よりも窒素を選択的に吸着する吸着剤を充填した吸着筒、該吸着筒に加圧空気を供給するコンプレッサを備えた圧力変動吸着型酸素濃縮手段であることを特徴とする加湿装置、及びかかる加湿器を搭載した酸素濃縮装置を提供するものである。
【0014】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明の加湿装置の好適な実施例を図面を用いて詳しく説明する。
【0015】
本発明で使用する医療用ガスとは、医療用として患者治療に使用するものであり、且つ加湿が必要とするものであり、例えば日本薬局方で規定される酸素ガスのほか、液体酸素の蒸発ガス、圧力変動吸着型酸素濃縮器などの酸素濃縮器で空気中から分離される酸素濃縮空気(酸素富化空気)、さらにはこれらのガスと亜酸化窒素などの他の医療用ガスとの混合ガスを含むものである。
【0016】
従って、本発明における医療用ガス発生手段としては、かかる医療用ガスを発生させる装置であり、酸素ガスを充填した酸素ボンベや、液体酸素を充填した液体酸素貯蔵容器、空気中の酸素を分離する医療酸素濃縮器などが挙げられる。
【0017】
図1に示す実施例では、医療用ガス発生手段1には、2筒式の吸着型医療用酸素濃縮器を用いた。フィルタ13を通してコンプレッサに供給された空気は圧縮されて切り替え弁14を通って吸着筒11に入る。かかる吸着筒11に入った圧縮空気は選択的に窒素が吸着され、吸着されず残った酸素が逆止弁15を通り、製品タンク16、流量設定器18、製品フィルタ19を通して酸素濃縮器から患者側に供給される。
【0018】
かかる医療用ガス発生手段1より供給された医療用ガスは、スルホン酸系の水分透過膜を備えた加湿装置2で加湿される。かかる加湿装置2は、スルホン酸系の水分透過膜21と酸素流路22で構成され、水分透過膜21は、乾燥状態にある医療用ガスと水分を含んだ外気との水蒸気分圧差によりに水分を移動するものである。
【0019】
好適な実施例では、水分透過膜21としてNAFION膜(DuPont社製)を用いた。その他、官能基としてスルホン酸基を有するフッ素系高分子膜であればダウ膜(ダウケミカル製)、フレミオン(旭硝子製)、アシプレックス(旭化成製)などを使用することが可能である。更に、水分透過膜21の形状としてはチューブ状のものが好適であり、チューブ内を酸素流路22とし、チューブ外面に外気空気を導入することが好ましい。また外気と酸素流路22を隔離する形状であれば、加湿装置内の空間の全てもしくは一部を平膜状の水分透過膜に外気導入空間と酸素流路を隔離する構成としても良い。
【0020】
かかる水分透過膜は、膜面積が広がることにより水分移動量が増加するため、被加湿ガスの流量に応じて表面積を増加させることが必要になる。本発明の実施例では、膜表面積150cm2とした。また、水分透過膜21の外面にファン23を用いて湿潤空気24を強制的に供給することによって外気と医療用ガスの水蒸気分圧差を大きくすることができるため、風量を増加させると加湿能力が向上する(図2)。ファンは必ずしも図の位置に設置する必要はなく、湿潤空気の通路上ならばどこに設置してもよい。
【0021】
本発明の装置では、更に水分透過膜の近傍にフィルタ3を設置する。フィルタ3は吸着剤31とその保持材32からなる。吸着剤としては、陽イオン交換樹脂、陽イオン交換不織布、およびそれらの混合物など、陽イオンを吸着する吸着剤を用いることが可能である。
【0022】
保持材は必ずしも装着する必要はなく、フィルタの形状を有するものならば吸着剤31のみで用いることもできる。好適な実施例では、吸着剤31としてスルホン酸基を官能基と有し、スチレン系基体を有するハイポーラス型の強酸性カチオン交換樹脂(ダイヤイオン、三菱化学製)を用い、保持材32として陽イオン交換不織布の1つである防臭粒子不織布(2N-40、ラサ工業社製)を用いた。
【0023】
図3に水分透過膜の長期使用による劣化を示す。縦軸は水分透過膜中を通過した被加湿ガスの相対湿度であり、初期値をゼロとした。ファン23を用いて湿潤空気24を強制的に水分透過膜21の外面に供給することにより劣化が加速される。これは外気中に含まれるアンモニウムイオンなどの陽イオンが水分透過膜中のスルホン酸基に吸着し、水分透過膜の水分移動能力が低下するためであると推定される。
【0024】
図4に、本発明の加湿装置のようにフィルタ3を装着した場合と、比較例としてフィルタを装着しない場合の水分透過膜の長期使用による劣化を示す。フィルタを装着しない場合は時間経過にともなって加湿能力が直線的に減少するのに対して、フィルタを装着した場合は、加湿能力がほぼ初期値を維持している。更に長時間経過においても、フィルタを用いない場合と比べて加湿能力の低下は緩やかである。
【0025】
水分透過膜の表面積あるいはファンの出力を増やすことによって加湿装置の能力を向上させることができ、また、陽イオン吸着剤の量を増やすことによって水分透過膜の寿命を延ばすことが可能である。したがって、水分透過膜の表面積、ファンの出力および陽イオン吸着剤の量の最適化を行うことにより、要求仕様に応じた加湿装置をつくることが出来る。従って、本発明の加湿装置は、水の補充など定期的な手入れが不要で、連続的に十分な加湿度が得られる加湿ガスの供給装置である。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の加湿装置の好ましい実施態様例。
【図2】本発明の加湿装置で加湿される医療用ガスの相対湿度と風量の関係。
【図3】水分透過膜長期使用による加湿性能の劣化を示す図。
【図4】本発明の加湿装置の加湿性能の経時変化を示す比較図。
【符号の説明】
1.医療用ガス発生手段
11.吸着筒
12.コンプレッサ
13.フィルタ
14.切り替え弁
15.逆止弁
16.製品タンク
17.調圧弁
18.流量設定器
19.製品フィルタ
2.スルホン酸系の水分透過膜を備えた加湿装置
21.スルホン酸系の水分透過膜
22.酸素流路
23.ファン
24.湿潤空気
3.フィルタ
31.陽イオン吸着剤
32.保持材
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medical gas supply device having a function of humidifying medical gas. More specifically, the present invention relates to a medical gas supply apparatus that can provide a medical gas humidified to a patient without maintenance without replenishing water.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A medical gas used for medical purposes is supplied in the form of a compressed gas or liquefied gas containing a cylinder, or is supplied directly to a patient from a purification / concentration device. Most of these gases are in an absolutely dry state in which moisture is removed to the utmost as impurities during the manufacturing stage.
[0003]
For example, the number of patients suffering from respiratory diseases such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis has been increasing in recent years. One of the most effective treatments is oxygen inhalation therapy, Oxygen concentrators that directly separate oxygen-enriched gas from the air have been developed and are becoming increasingly popular as therapeutic devices for oxygen inhalation therapy.
[0004]
Such an oxygen concentrator includes an adsorption step for obtaining an oxygen-enriched gas by introducing compressed air into a adsorption bed filled with an adsorbent capable of selectively adsorbing nitrogen and adsorbing nitrogen in a pressurized state, and an adsorption This is a pressure fluctuation adsorption type oxygen concentrator that obtains concentrated oxygen by alternately performing a desorption step in which the internal pressure of the bed is reduced to desorb nitrogen and regenerate the adsorbent.
[0005]
Since the oxygen-enriched gas produced by this pressure fluctuation adsorption method shows a dry state almost completely dry, when the patient inhales such oxygen-enriched gas for breathing, the respiratory tract, especially the inside of the nostrils and throat, is dried. However, when it is uncomfortable and sometimes reaches the lungs directly, there is a problem of damaging the physical condition such as damaging the mucous membrane, and it is necessary to humidify the oxygen-enriched gas separately.
[0006]
Therefore, in these oxygen inhalation therapies, when gas such as oxygen or oxygen-enriched air is supplied to the patient's nasal cavity, the condition is usually humidified to a certain level near the saturated water vapor pressure to prevent drying in the patient's nasal cavity. It is necessary to use a medical humidifier that supplies the gas. Specifically, oxygen gas supplied from an oxygen concentrator or an oxygen cylinder evaporates by passing the oxygen concentrated gas over the water surface of a separately provided bubble humidifier or a humidifier described in Japanese Patent No. 2857005. After being humidified by an evaporative humidifier that humidifies with moisture, it is supplied to the patient via inhalation means such as a cannula or a mask.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
These humidifiers not only require regular water replenishment as the water in the container decreases with humidification, but also because of the use of water, the bacteria breeding / humidified water for long-term use. There is a risk of corruption, and maintenance such as periodic cleaning and replacement is necessary. Such replenishment and care of water is not only troublesome for the patient, but also depends on human means, so there are many operational errors and the reliability as a medical device may be impaired.
[0008]
As described in JP-A-10-248935, a tube composed of a moisture permeable membrane having a sulfonic acid group as a functional group is used, wet air is supplied to the outer surface of the tube, and the inner surface is used as a humidified gas for medical purposes. There has been disclosed a method in which gas is circulated and transferred to a humidified gas using the water vapor partial pressure difference of moisture in the air.
[0009]
By using a moisture permeable membrane having an ion exchange functional group such as a sulfonic acid type as in this humidification method, the medical gas can be humidified only with moisture contained in the air without using conventional water. Is possible. In addition, the humidification ability is improved by forcibly blowing air in this humidification system.
[0010]
However, even in a humidification method using such a moisture permeable membrane, the humidification performance deteriorates with time when used for a long time. The present invention solves such a problem of deterioration of moisture permeation membrane over time, and provides a humidifying device capable of humidifying medical gas for a long period of time without using water directly. To do.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As a result of intensive studies on the problem, the present inventor has found the following medical gas humidifier. That is, the present invention provides an ion exchange that is provided on a supply path between a medical gas generating means for supplying a medical gas to a user and a supply means for supplying the medical gas to the user and allows moisture in the air to permeate. A humidifier comprising a moisture permeable membrane having a functional group, characterized by having a filter provided with an adsorbent that adsorbs a compound that can be adsorbed on the moisture permeable membrane by ion exchange in the vicinity of the moisture permeable membrane. A humidifying device is provided.
[0012]
The present invention also provides a humidifying device, wherein the moisture permeable membrane is a fluoropolymer membrane having a sulfonic acid group as a functional group, and the adsorbent is a cation exchange resin or a cation exchange nonwoven fabric. In particular, the moisture permeable membrane is a tube-shaped moisture permeable membrane, and has a ventilation path for allowing medical gas to pass inside the tube and allowing outside air to pass outside the tube, and between the outside air and the moisture permeable membrane. The humidification apparatus characterized by arrange | positioning the filter concerning is provided.
[0013]
Further, according to the present invention, the medical gas generating means includes an adsorption cylinder filled with an adsorbent that selectively adsorbs nitrogen over oxygen, and a pressure fluctuation adsorbing oxygen oxygen provided with a compressor that supplies pressurized air to the adsorption cylinder. A humidifier characterized by being a concentrating means, and an oxygen concentrator equipped with such a humidifier are provided.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A preferred embodiment of the humidifying device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
The medical gas used in the present invention is used for medical treatment for patients and needs to be humidified. For example, in addition to oxygen gas defined by the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, evaporation of liquid oxygen Gas, oxygen-enriched air (oxygen-enriched air) separated from the air by oxygen concentrators such as pressure fluctuation adsorption type oxygen concentrators, and mixing these gases with other medical gases such as nitrous oxide It contains gas.
[0016]
Therefore, the medical gas generating means in the present invention is an apparatus for generating such medical gas, and an oxygen cylinder filled with oxygen gas, a liquid oxygen storage container filled with liquid oxygen, and oxygen in the air are separated. Examples include medical oxygen concentrators.
[0017]
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a two-tube adsorption type medical oxygen concentrator is used as the medical gas generating means 1. The air supplied to the compressor through the filter 13 is compressed and enters the adsorption cylinder 11 through the switching valve 14. The compressed air that has entered the adsorption cylinder 11 is selectively adsorbed with nitrogen, and the remaining oxygen that has not been adsorbed passes through the check valve 15, passes through the product tank 16, the flow rate setting device 18, and the product filter 19 from the oxygen concentrator. Supplied to the side.
[0018]
The medical gas supplied from the medical gas generating means 1 is humidified by the humidifier 2 provided with a sulfonic acid-based moisture permeable membrane. The humidifier 2 is composed of a sulfonic acid-based moisture permeable membrane 21 and an oxygen flow path 22. The moisture permeable membrane 21 is formed by a moisture partial pressure difference between a medical gas in a dry state and the outside air containing moisture. Is to move.
[0019]
In a preferred embodiment, a NAFION membrane (DuPont) was used as the moisture permeable membrane 21. In addition, if it is a fluorine-type polymer membrane which has a sulfonic acid group as a functional group, a Dow membrane (made by Dow Chemical), Flemion (made by Asahi Glass), Aciplex (made by Asahi Kasei) etc. can be used. Furthermore, the shape of the moisture permeable membrane 21 is preferably a tube shape, and it is preferable that the inside of the tube is an oxygen flow path 22 and that outside air is introduced into the outer surface of the tube. Further, as long as the outside air and the oxygen flow path 22 are separated from each other, all or a part of the space in the humidifier may be configured to isolate the outside air introduction space and the oxygen flow path with a flat membrane-shaped moisture permeable membrane.
[0020]
In such a moisture permeable membrane, since the amount of moisture movement increases as the membrane area increases, it is necessary to increase the surface area according to the flow rate of the humidified gas. In the example of the present invention, the film surface area was set to 150 cm 2 . In addition, since the moisture partial pressure difference between the outside air and the medical gas can be increased by forcibly supplying the humid air 24 using the fan 23 to the outer surface of the moisture permeable membrane 21, increasing the air volume increases the humidifying ability. It improves (FIG. 2). The fan is not necessarily installed at the position shown in the figure, and may be installed anywhere on the passage of the humid air.
[0021]
In the apparatus of the present invention, the filter 3 is further installed in the vicinity of the moisture permeable membrane. The filter 3 includes an adsorbent 31 and its holding material 32. As the adsorbent, it is possible to use adsorbents that adsorb cations such as cation exchange resins, cation exchange nonwoven fabrics, and mixtures thereof.
[0022]
The holding material does not necessarily have to be attached, and the adsorbent 31 alone can be used as long as it has a filter shape. In a preferred embodiment, a high porous type strongly acidic cation exchange resin (Diaion, manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical) having a sulfonic acid group as a functional group as the adsorbent 31 and a styrene base is used, and a positive material is used as the holding material 32. A deodorizing particle nonwoven fabric (2N-40, manufactured by Lhasa Kogyo Co., Ltd.), which is one of ion exchange nonwoven fabrics, was used.
[0023]
FIG. 3 shows deterioration due to long-term use of the moisture permeable membrane. The vertical axis represents the relative humidity of the humidified gas that passed through the moisture permeable membrane, and the initial value was zero. Deterioration is accelerated by forcibly supplying wet air 24 to the outer surface of the moisture permeable membrane 21 using the fan 23. This is presumably because cations such as ammonium ions contained in the outside air are adsorbed on the sulfonic acid groups in the moisture permeable membrane, and the moisture transfer capability of the moisture permeable membrane is reduced.
[0024]
FIG. 4 shows deterioration due to long-term use of the moisture permeable membrane when the filter 3 is mounted as in the humidifier of the present invention and when the filter is not mounted as a comparative example. When the filter is not attached, the humidifying ability decreases linearly with time, whereas when the filter is attached, the humidifying ability is maintained at an initial value. Furthermore, even after a long period of time, the decrease in the humidifying capacity is more gradual than when no filter is used.
[0025]
The capacity of the humidifier can be improved by increasing the surface area of the moisture permeable membrane or the output of the fan, and the life of the moisture permeable membrane can be extended by increasing the amount of the cation adsorbent. Therefore, by optimizing the surface area of the moisture permeable membrane, the output of the fan, and the amount of the cation adsorbent, it is possible to produce a humidifier according to the required specifications. Therefore, the humidifying device of the present invention is a humidifying gas supply device that does not require periodic care such as replenishment of water and that can continuously obtain sufficient humidification.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a preferred embodiment example of a humidifying device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the relative humidity of the medical gas humidified by the humidifier of the present invention and the air volume.
FIG. 3 is a graph showing deterioration of humidification performance due to long-term use of a moisture permeable membrane.
FIG. 4 is a comparative view showing a change over time in humidification performance of the humidifier according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1. 10. Medical gas generating means Adsorption cylinder 12. Compressor 13. Filter 14. Switching valve 15. Check valve 16. Product tank 17. Pressure regulating valve 18. Flow rate setting device 19. Product filter 20. Humidifier with a sulfonic acid moisture permeable membrane 21. Sulfonic acid-based moisture permeable membrane Oxygen channel 23. Fan 24. 2. humid air Filter 31. Cation adsorbent 32. Retaining material

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医療用ガスを使用者に供給する医療用ガス発生手段とかかる医療用ガスを使用者に供給する供給手段との供給経路上に設けられ、空気中の水分を透過させるイオン交換官能基を有する水分透過膜を備えた加湿装置であり、該水分透過膜の近傍に、該水分透過膜にイオン交換で吸着し得る化合物を吸着する吸着剤を備えたフィルタを備え、且つ該水分透過膜が官能基としてスルホン酸基を有するフッ素系高分子膜であり、該吸着剤が陽イオン交換樹脂又は陽イオン交換不織布であることを特徴とする加湿装置。Moisture having an ion exchange functional group that is provided on a supply path between a medical gas generation unit that supplies medical gas to the user and a supply unit that supplies the medical gas to the user and allows moisture in the air to permeate. A humidifier equipped with a permeable membrane, comprising a filter provided with an adsorbent that adsorbs a compound that can be adsorbed by ion exchange on the moisture permeable membrane in the vicinity of the moisture permeable membrane, and the moisture permeable membrane is a functional group A humidifying device characterized in that it is a fluorinated polymer membrane having a sulfonic acid group, and the adsorbent is a cation exchange resin or a cation exchange nonwoven fabric . 該水分透過膜がチューブ状水分透過膜であり、チューブ内側に医療用ガスを通過させると共に、チューブ外側に外気を通過させる通風路を備えることを特徴とする請求項1記載の加湿装置。A water content transmitting film tubular water permeable membrane, the passing medical gases in the inner tube, according to claim 1 Symbol placement humidification device, comprising a ventilation passage for passing outside air into the outer tube. 該医療用ガス発生手段が、酸素よりも窒素を選択的に吸着する吸着剤を充填した吸着筒、該吸着筒に加圧空気を供給するコンプレッサを備えた圧力変動吸着型酸素濃縮手段であることを特徴とする請求項1または2記載の加湿装置。The medical gas generating means is a pressure fluctuation adsorption type oxygen concentrating means provided with an adsorption cylinder filled with an adsorbent that selectively adsorbs nitrogen over oxygen and a compressor that supplies pressurized air to the adsorption cylinder. The humidifying device according to claim 1 or 2 .
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