KR102077372B1 - Control device and hyperbaric oxygen system for therapy including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The high-pressure oxygen treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a chamber that is sealed inside to maintain a high-pressure oxygen state, an oxygen supply device that supplies high pressure oxygen to the sealed chamber, and detects anxiety of the user, and anxiety of the user. And a control device for controlling the pressure of air supplied to the chamber according to the figure.

Description

CONTROL DEVICE AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR THERAPY INCLUDING THE SAME}

The following embodiments relate to a control device and a hyperbaric oxygen treatment system comprising the same.

In general, high pressure oxygen therapy involves the patient inhaling oxygen in an environment above atmospheric pressure to induce oxygen to penetrate the blood in the body and supply the body with high purity oxygen through capillaries.

This high concentration of oxygen inhalation increases the amount of oxygen that binds to hemoglobin, so not only for orthopedic diseases such as fractures and ligament injuries, but also for neurological diseases such as acute seizures, asphyxiating encephalopathy and optic neuritis, as well as for emergency diseases such as burns and carbon monoxide poisoning. It is known to exhibit therapeutic efficacy. In recent years, treatment with high oxygen inhalation has been used to treat cold hands and feet, to recover from chronic fatigue and muscle pain, to relieve cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and to relieve stress.

On the other hand, the hyperbaric oxygen therapy device is a main equipment used for the hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a method of breathing a high concentration of oxygen for a certain period of time in a state of air pressure higher than a general respiratory environment, and is damaged by trauma, inflammation, edema and germ infection. It is also used to increase the therapeutic effect and quality by effectively supplying oxygen to tissue cells.

KR 2003-0082207, filed November 19, 2003, discloses a 'top open hyperbaric oxygen therapy device'.

According to an embodiment, a control device capable of detecting anxiety levels of a subject in real time by combining physiological anxiety indicators such as HRV, pulse rate, blood pressure, EEG, and SCR, and controlling air pressure in real time And to provide a high pressure oxygen treatment system comprising the same.

An object according to an embodiment is to check the anxiety of the user in real time, to minimize the side effects such as pulmonary phobia, which may occur to the patient by controlling the pressure of the air supplied according to the checked user anxiety in real time, It is to provide a control device that can improve the therapeutic effect and a high pressure oxygen treatment system comprising the same.

The control device of the hyperbaric oxygen treatment system according to an embodiment may include a measuring unit measuring anxiety of a user, and when the anxiety of the user sensed by the measuring unit exceeds a predetermined numerical value, delivers a guide message to the user. Or a control unit for controlling the pressure of the supplied air.

The controller, when the detected user's anxiety exceeds a preset first numerical value, transmits a message for recommending double breathing, and the second user's sensed anxiety is higher than the first numerical value. If exceeded, the pressure of the supplied air can be reduced.

The measurement unit may include a first measurement element for measuring a skin conductance response (SCR) of the user, a second measurement element for measuring an electroencephalogram (EEG) of the user, and a blood oxygen saturation level (SpO ₂ ) of the user A third measuring element for measuring, a fourth measuring element for measuring a user's pulse rate, a fifth measuring element for measuring a user's blood pressure, or a sixth measuring element for measuring a heart rate variability (HRV) of the user; Can be.

The measuring unit may calculate anxiety of the user from a value measured by any one of the first measuring element, the second measuring element, or the fourth measuring element to the sixth measuring element.

Alternatively, the measurement unit may calculate anxiety of the user by combining values measured by a plurality of measurement elements of the first measurement element, the second measurement element, or the fourth to sixth measurement elements.

The high-pressure oxygen treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a chamber that is sealed inside to maintain a high-pressure oxygen state, an oxygen supply device that supplies high-pressure oxygen to the sealed chamber, and detects anxiety of the user, and anxiety of the user. And a control device for controlling the pressure of air supplied to the chamber according to the figure.

The control device, measuring unit for measuring the user's anxiety, when the user's anxiety detected by the measuring unit exceeds a predetermined numerical value to deliver a guidance message to the user or to control the pressure of the supplied air It may include a control unit.

The controller, when the detected user's anxiety exceeds a preset first numerical value, transmits a message for recommending double breathing, and the second user's sensed anxiety is higher than the first numerical value. If exceeded, the pressure of the supplied air can be reduced.

Here, the measuring unit, a first measurement element for measuring the skin conductance response (SCR) of the user, a second measurement element for measuring the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the user, the blood oxygen saturation (SpO _{2) of the user} ), A third measuring element measuring a user's pulse, a fifth measuring element measuring a user's blood pressure, a fifth measuring element measuring a user's blood pressure, or a sixth measuring element measuring a heart rate variability (HRV) of the user. It may include.

The measuring unit may calculate anxiety of the user from a value measured by any one of the first measuring element, the second measuring element, or the fourth measuring element to the sixth measuring element.

Alternatively, the measurement unit may calculate anxiety of the user by combining values measured by a plurality of measurement elements of the first measurement element, the second measurement element, or the fourth to sixth measurement elements.

The control device may further include a display configured to display a skin conduction response (SCR), an electroencephalogram (EEG), an oxygen saturation level (SpO ₂ ), a pulse rate, a blood pressure, or a heart rate variability (HRV) of the user.

In this case, the display unit may transmit the message to the user according to the value of the anxiety while indicating the anxiety of the user calculated by the measuring unit.

The oxygen supply device may include a supply element for supplying high pressure oxygen to the chamber, an exhaust element for discharging air in the chamber to the outside of the chamber, and a pressure measuring element for measuring the air pressure in the chamber.

The oxygen supply device may supply high pressure oxygen into the chamber such that the air pressure in the chamber maintains a predetermined air pressure value.

The chamber may include a carbon dioxide measuring element for measuring the carbon dioxide concentration in the chamber or an oxygen measuring element for measuring the oxygen concentration in the chamber.

The high pressure oxygen treatment system may alert the user when the carbon dioxide concentration value or the oxygen concentration value measured by the carbon dioxide measuring element or the oxygen measuring element is out of a range of a predetermined reference value.

The control device and the hyperbaric oxygen treatment system including the same according to an embodiment detect a subject's anxiety level in real time by combining physiological anxiety indicators such as HRV, pulse rate, blood pressure, EEG, SCR, and the like, based on the air in the chamber. The pressure can be controlled in real time.

The control device and the high-pressure oxygen treatment system including the same according to an embodiment may check the anxiety of the user in real time, and may generate the patient by controlling the pressure of the air supplied in real time according to the checked anxiety of the user. Side effects such as pulmonary phobia can be minimized and treatment effects can be improved.

1 shows a hyperbaric oxygen treatment system according to an embodiment.
2 shows a chamber, an oxygen supply and a control device of a high pressure oxygen treatment system according to one embodiment.
3 shows a hyperbaric oxygen treatment system according to a variant embodiment.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following description is one of several aspects of the embodiments, and the following description forms part of the detailed description of the embodiment.

However, in describing one embodiment, a detailed description of a known function or configuration will be omitted to clarify the gist of the present invention.

In addition, the terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be interpreted in a common or dictionary sense, and the inventors may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to best describe their invention. Based on the principle of the present invention, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the control device and the hyperbaric oxygen treatment system including the same according to an embodiment.

Therefore, the configuration described in the embodiments and drawings described herein is only one of the most preferred embodiment of the control device and the hyperbaric oxygen treatment system including the same according to an embodiment, and the control device and the same according to an embodiment Since not all represent the technical spirit of the high pressure oxygen treatment system, it should be understood that there may be various equivalents and modifications to replace them at the time of the present application.

1 shows a high pressure oxygen treatment system according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a chamber, an oxygen supply device and a control device of the high pressure oxygen treatment system according to one embodiment. 3 shows a hyperbaric oxygen treatment system according to a variant embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a high pressure oxygen treatment system 10 according to an embodiment may include a chamber 100 having an interior sealed and maintaining a high pressure oxygen state, and oxygen supplying high pressure oxygen to the sealed chamber 100. The supply device 200 and a control device 300 for detecting an anxiety of the user and controlling the pressure of the air supplied to the chamber 100 according to the anxiety of the user.

The chamber 100 may be formed of a metal material, and preferably, may be formed of an aluminum material, and may be formed lighter than a conventional iron material. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and it is obvious that the chamber 100 may be formed of a material that can be obvious to those skilled in the art.

At this time, the control device 300, the measurement unit 310 for measuring the user's anxiety, if the user's anxiety detected by the measurement unit exceeds a predetermined numerical value to deliver or provide a guide message to the user It may include a control unit (not shown) for controlling the pressure of the air to be.

The controller, when the detected user's anxiety exceeds a preset first numerical value, transmits a message for recommending double breathing, and the detected user's anxiety exceeds a second numerical value higher than the first numerical value. In one case, the pressure of the supplied air can be reduced.

Thus, by checking the user's anxiety in real time and controlling the air pressure supplied according to the checked user's anxiety in real time, it is possible to minimize side effects such as pulmonary phobia, which can occur to the patient, and improve the treatment effect. have. Detailed components of the control device 300 will be described later.

Referring to FIG. 2, the chamber 100 may include a carbon dioxide measuring element 110 measuring carbon dioxide concentration in the chamber or an oxygen measuring element 120 measuring oxygen concentration in the chamber 100.

Thus, the hyperbaric oxygen treatment system 10 may alert the user when the carbon dioxide concentration value or the oxygen concentration value measured by the carbon dioxide measuring element 110 or the oxygen measuring element 120 is out of the range of the preset reference value. Can be.

In addition, the chamber 100 includes a window 130 through which the user can check an external environment and an interphone 140 provided in the chamber 100 so that the user can communicate with an external manager, and the outside of the chamber 100. It is provided in the interworking with the interphone may include a communication element 150 that can deliver the instructions of the administrator to the user.

In addition, the chamber 100 includes a manual adjustment element 160 that can manually adjust the air pressure in the chamber 100, so that the user manually operates the manual adjustment element 160 when the alarm sounds. The air pressure in the chamber 100 can be adjusted.

The oxygen supply device 200 includes a supply element 210 for supplying high pressure oxygen to the chamber 100, an exhaust element 220 for discharging air in the chamber 100 to the outside of the chamber 100, and a chamber ( It may include a pressure measuring element 230 for measuring the air pressure in 100.

At this time, the oxygen supply device 200 may supply high-pressure oxygen into the chamber 100 so that the air pressure in the chamber 100 maintains a predetermined air pressure value.

The predetermined air pressure value is preferably maintained at 1 atm before the user is accommodated in the chamber 100, and maintained at 1 atm or higher after the user is accommodated in the chamber 100, but at a predetermined pressure value. May be set differently depending on the treatment target and treatment purpose. When the user leaves the chamber 100 after the treatment, the air pressure inside the chamber 100 is preferably adjusted to 1 atm again. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be set to a general pressure used in the hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

The measuring unit 310 of the control device 300 may include a first measuring element 311 measuring a skin conductance response (SCR) 311 of the user and an electroencephalogram (EGE) of the user. 2 measurement element 312, the third measurement element 313 for measuring the blood oxygen saturation level (SpO ₂ ) of the user, the fourth measurement element 314 for measuring the user's pulse, the fifth measurement for measuring the blood pressure of the user Element 315 or a sixth measurement element 316 for measuring a heart rate variability (HRV) of the user.

The measuring unit 310 is measured by any one of the first measuring element 311, the second measuring element 312 or the fourth measuring element 314 to the sixth measuring element 316 The user's anxiety can be calculated from the value.

Alternatively, the measuring unit 310 may be measured by a plurality of measuring elements of the first measuring element 311, the second measuring element 312, or the fourth measuring element 314 to the sixth measuring element 316. The anxiety of the user can be calculated by combining these values.

For example, when the skin conduction response (SCR), blood pressure, and pulse rate increase, it may be determined that the anxiety of the user is increasing. In addition, if the weight of the alpha wave is reduced when measuring EEG, it may be determined that the anxiety of the user is increasing due to the stress being applied to the user. In the case of HRV, if the distribution is simplified, it may be determined that the anxiety of the user is increasing.

In addition, the control device 300 further includes a display unit 320 for displaying a skin conduction response (SCR), an electroencephalogram (EEG), a blood oxygen saturation degree (SpO ₂ ), a pulse, a blood pressure, or a heart rate variability (HRV). It may include.

In this case, the display 320 may display an incidence of the user calculated by the measuring unit 310 and display a message for recommending double breathing when the anxiety exceeds a preset first numerical value. .

Thereafter, the display 320 may display a message indicating that the pressure of the air supplied into the chamber 100 is reduced when the sensed anxiety of the user exceeds the second numerical value higher than the first numerical value. . In this case, the control device 300 may control the partial pressure of oxygen in the chamber 100 through the oxygen supply device 200 by controlling the air pressure in the chamber 100.

As such, the information provided to the display 320 may be transmitted to a wearable device such as a smart watch worn by a user by interworking with wireless communication. Therefore, the user may recognize various information provided to the display 320 in real time in the chamber 100. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the wearable device, and it is apparent that the information provided to the display unit 320 may be delivered to the user accommodated in the chamber 100 by a configuration that can be apparent to those skilled in the art.

3, the chamber 100 of the high-pressure oxygen treatment system 10 according to an embodiment, may be formed of a plastic material, preferably formed of a thermoplastic polyurethane material of the existing metal material It may be formed lighter than the chamber. In addition, when not in use, the chamber can be stored in a folded state can increase the space utilization. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and it is natural that the chamber may be formed of a material that can be obvious to those skilled in the art.

By using such a control device and a hyperbaric oxygen treatment system including the same, physiological anxiety indicators such as HRV, pulse rate, blood pressure, EEG, and SCR of a user are measured in real time and combined to detect anxiety levels of the subject. Thus, the pressure of the air supplied into the chamber can be controlled in real time.

Therefore, by checking the user's anxiety in real time and controlling the air pressure supplied according to the checked user's anxiety in real time, it is possible to minimize side effects such as pulmonary phobia, which can occur to the patient, and improve the treatment effect. have.

As described above, the embodiments have been described by the specific embodiments such as specific components and the limited embodiments and the drawings, but the embodiments are provided to help general understanding. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiment, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the scope of the claims as well as the claims to be described later belong to the scope of the present invention.

10: hyperbaric oxygen treatment system
100: chamber
110: carbon dioxide measuring element
120: oxygen measuring element
130: Windows
140: interphone
150: communication element
160: manual adjustment element
200: oxygen supply device
210: supply element
220: exhaust element
230: pressure measuring element
300: control unit
310: measuring unit
320: display unit

Claims (12)

delete delete delete delete A chamber inside which is sealed to maintain a high pressure oxygen state;
An oxygen supply device for supplying high pressure oxygen to the sealed chamber; And
A control device that senses anxiety of a user and controls the pressure of air supplied to the chamber according to the anxiety of the user;
Including,
The control device,
A measurement unit for measuring anxiety of the user from values of a skin conduction response, an electroencephalogram, a blood oxygen saturation, a pulse rate, a blood pressure, or a heart rate variability of the user;
A control unit which transmits a guide message to the user or controls the pressure of the supplied air when the anxiety of the user sensed by the measuring unit exceeds a preset numerical value;
Including;
The controller, when the detected user's anxiety exceeds a preset first numerical value, transmits a message for recommending double breathing, and the detected user's anxiety exceeds a second numerical value higher than the first numerical value. In one case, reduce or shut off the pressure of the supplied air,
The chamber,
A carbon dioxide measuring element measuring carbon dioxide concentration in the chamber; or
An oxygen measuring element measuring an oxygen concentration in the chamber;
Including,
If the carbon dioxide concentration value or the oxygen concentration value measured by the carbon dioxide measuring element or oxygen measuring element is out of the range of the predetermined reference value, and alerts the user,
The chamber includes a manual adjustment element that can manually adjust the air pressure in the chamber, the air pressure in the chamber can be adjusted by the manual adjustment element when the alarm is sounded,
The measuring unit,
A first measurement element for measuring a skin conductance response (SCR) of a user;
A second measuring element measuring an electroencephalogram (EGE) of a user;
A third measuring element for measuring a degree of oxygen saturation (SpO ₂ ) of the user;
A fourth measuring element measuring a pulse of the user;
A fifth measuring element measuring a blood pressure of a user; or
A sixth measuring element measuring a heart rate variability (HRV) of the user;
Including,
The measuring unit calculates anxiety of the user from a value measured by any one of the first measuring element, the second measuring element, or the fourth measuring element to the sixth measuring element.
The control device,
A display unit configured to display a skin conduction response (SCR), an electroencephalogram (EEG), an oxygen saturation level (SpO ₂ ), a pulse rate, a blood pressure, or a heart rate variability (HRV) of a user;
More,
The display unit transmits the message to the user according to the numerical value of the anxiety while indicating the anxiety of the user calculated by the measuring unit, and the user's anxiety calculated by the measuring unit presets the first numerical value. If exceeded, a message recommending double breathing may be displayed, and if the detected user's anxiety exceeds a second numerical value higher than the first numerical value, the message may indicate that the pressure of the air supplied into the chamber is reduced. ,
The information provided on the display unit may be transmitted to a device worn by the user to recognize the information provided on the display unit in real time.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy system.
delete delete delete The method of claim 5,
The measuring unit may calculate anxiety of a user by combining values measured by a plurality of measuring elements of the first, second, or fourth to sixth measuring elements.
delete The method of claim 5,
The oxygen supply device,
A supply element supplying high pressure oxygen to the chamber;
An exhaust element for discharging air in the chamber to the outside of the chamber; And
A pressure measuring element for measuring the air pressure in the chamber;
Including,
And the oxygen supply device supplies high pressure oxygen into the chamber such that the air pressure in the chamber maintains a predetermined air pressure value.
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