KR20220122535A - Incubator with function to wake premature infants from apnea - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, when apnea symptoms of a premature infant are found, the present invention wakes the premature infant through vibration and provides an immediate warning situation to designated medical staff and caregivers, so that the premature infant can be cared for more safely and conveniently.

Description

Incubator with the ability to awaken premature babies with apnea

The present invention relates to an incubator with a function of waking a premature infant in an apnea state, and when apnea symptoms of a premature infant are found, it wakes the premature infant through vibration and provides an immediate warning situation to designated medical staff and caregivers to safely and conveniently treat the premature infant It relates to an incubator with a function to wake a premature baby with apnea that can be cared for.

In general, an incubator is a device for incubating premature infants or babies with birth defects, and the internal environment such as temperature, humidity, and oxygen supply must be properly maintained.

Since premature infants are more likely to die suddenly due to their poor biological composition compared to general babies, it is very important to monitor premature infants in real time. developed and used.

On the other hand, in the case of premature infants, seizures, convulsions, and sleep apnea symptoms may occur, and these symptoms may be a fatal risk to premature infants.

On the other hand, the existing methods of continuously detecting whether a premature baby is breathing are mostly indirect methods of measuring biosignals, and there is a problem in that an apnea measurement of a premature baby is inaccurate and provides a false alarm.

Existing methods of measuring the airflow in the nasal canula by pressure or measuring the airflow using a thermistor have been used as methods to detect apnea. There was a possibility of error occurrence.

In addition, the indirect apnea detection method using oxygen saturation and electrocardiogram and the blood oxygen saturation measurement method that measures the blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) signal of arterial blood according to the target site are limitations of the indirect measurement method of monitoring changes in the body due to apnea. was present.

Patent Document 1: Republic of Korea Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0373097

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to wake the premature infant through vibration and provide an immediate warning situation to designated medical staff and caregivers when the symptoms of apnea of the premature infant are found, thereby making it safer and more convenient to treat premature infants. The goal is to provide an incubator with a function to wake a premature infant from apnea that can be cared for.

In order to solve the above problems, the incubator with a function of waking up a premature infant in an apnea state according to the present invention is a transparent material housing 110 including a cradle 111 on which the premature infant is laid; and current injection. And a plurality of electrodes for sensing a voltage are formed, and a chest electrode unit attached along the periphery of the chest of a premature infant to be measured; and a sensing unit contacting a measurement target site of the premature infant to sense a biosignal; and the measured voltage An apnea diagnosis unit for diagnosing the apnea symptoms of premature infants through integrated analysis of the quantification results from the imaged chest images and the sensed bio-signals; and a vibrator unit 120 formed on the lower surface of the cradle unit 111 to generate vibrations in the cradle unit 111 when the apnea symptom of a premature infant is outside a preset normal range; and an incubator body 130 formed under the housing 110 to communicate, operate, and monitor the chest electrode unit, the sensing unit, the control unit, the apnea diagnosis unit, and the vibrator unit 120 . characterized in that

In addition, the vibrator part 120 is characterized in that it is composed of a casing 121 coupled to the lower surface of the cradle part 111 and a vibration generating member that provides vibration to the casing 121 .

In addition, the vibration generating member is composed of a vibration motor 123 including a shaft 122 coupled to the inside of the casing 121 and an eccentric cam 124 that is eccentrically connected to the shaft 122 and rotates. characterized by being

As described above, according to the present invention, when a symptom of apnea of a premature infant is found, an immediate waking action and an alarm are made, so that it is possible to take care of the premature infant more safely and conveniently.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of an incubator including a function for waking a premature infant in an apnea state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the housing during the configuration of the incubator including the function of waking up a premature infant in an apnea state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a front view showing the inside of the housing during the configuration of the incubator including the function of waking up a premature infant in an apnea state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a bottom perspective view showing a vibrator unit installed in the configuration of an incubator including a function for waking a premature infant in an apnea state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a cross-sectional view of the vibrator part of the configuration of the incubator including the function of waking up a premature infant in an apnea state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the incubator 100 including a function of waking up a premature infant in an apnea state according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. First, it should be noted that in the drawings, the same components or parts are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible. In describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations are omitted so as not to obscure the gist of the present invention.

Prior to the description, it should be noted that some of the components are omitted in some drawings for a clear description of the present invention.

First, the housing 110 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1 , the housing 110 is a place where a premature infant is placed and nursed for a certain period of time. The housing 110 is preferably made of a transparent material to visually check the condition of the premature infant.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 , the cradle part 111 is formed inside the housing 110 to lay a premature baby on it, and the cradle part 111 is formed in a plate shape or a net shape. it is possible

Next, the chest electrode unit will be described. The chest electrode part is a component in which a plurality of electrodes for current injection and voltage sensing are formed, and is attached along the chest circumference of the premature infant to be measured. The plurality of electrodes are attached along the chest circumference of the premature infant to obtain impedance data for the chest It is possible to consist of an EIT (Electrical Impedance Tomography) electrode for measuring .

On the other hand, the EIT electrode is arranged on one side of a base plate made of a flexible material and can be attached around the chest of a newborn baby. can be placed in

Next, the sensing unit will be described. The sensing unit is a component that senses a biosignal by being in contact with a measurement target site of a premature infant, and may include a plurality of sensors, and performs a function of sensing the biosignal of a sleeping premature infant with a fiber-based sensor. have.

In addition, the plurality of sensors may be made of a fiber sensor corresponding to the sensitive skin of the newborn.

On the other hand, the sensing unit is a blood oxygen saturation measuring sensor that measures the blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) signal of the arterial blood according to the measurement target area when the premature infant is sleeping, a sound sensor that detects sounds according to the biological activity of the premature infant, and the movement of the premature infant It is preferable that it is configured to include at least one of a posture measuring sensor for detecting and an electrocardiogram measuring sensor for measuring an electrocardiogram of a measurement target site.

Here, the blood oxygen saturation measuring sensor is attached to the measurement target site of a premature infant to measure the blood oxygen saturation (SpO2, Saturation of peripheral Oxygen) indicating the content of oxygen present in hemoglobin among various components constituting blood. there is also

Next, the control unit will be described. The control unit is a component that images the inside of the chest of a premature infant based on impedance data obtained from the measured voltage, and uses at least one selected electrode pair from among a plurality of electrodes attached to the chest of a premature infant. A current injection module capable of injecting a current having An image generating module for imaging the inside of the chest by measuring impedance data of It is possible to include a control module for controlling the sensing of the sensing unit 120 and a communication module for transmitting health status information according to the apnea symptoms of premature infants to the outside.

Next, the apnea diagnosis unit will be described. The apnea diagnosis unit is a component for diagnosing the apnea symptoms of premature infants through the integrated analysis of the quantification results from the imaged chest image and the sensed vital signals. It is possible to quantify at least one of the change, degree, and shape of the air distribution inside the lungs over time based on the .

Next, the vibrator unit 120 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4 or 5, the vibrator unit 120 is a component that is coupled to the lower surface of the cradle and generates vibrations in the cradle when the apnea symptoms of premature infants deviates from a preset normal range. (121) and a vibration generating member.

The casing 121 is a component coupled to the bottom surface of the cradle 111, and a space is formed so that a vibration motor, an eccentric cam, a gear, a fixed shaft, etc. can be provided therein.

The vibration generating member is a component consisting of a shaft 122, a vibration motor 123, an eccentric cam 124, a gear, and a fixed shaft, wherein the vibration motor 123 is provided at an intermediate position of the casing 121, , a gear having a predetermined diameter is formed at the tip of the shaft 122 of the vibration motor 123 , and the eccentric cam 124 is coupled to one side of the gear.

Through this configuration, when power is applied to the vibration motor 123, the gear rotates as the shaft 122 of the vibration motor 123 rotates, and the eccentric cam coupled to the gear ( 124) is rotated, and the casing 121 is oscillated up and down to generate vibration, and the generated vibration force is transmitted to the cradle part 111 .

Next, the incubator body 120 will be described. 1, the incubator body 120 is formed under the housing 110 to communicate with the chest electrode unit, the sensing unit, the control unit, the apnea diagnosis unit, and the vibrator unit 120, As a component for manipulating and monitoring, a server for storing information obtained through each component, a communication unit for wirelessly transmitting to the server, and a transmission unit for transmitting a notification to a designated medical staff or guardian or a medical office depending on whether apnea is diagnosed may be further configured. can

Best embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms are used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention, and are not used to limit the meaning or scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: Incubator with function to wake premature infants from apnea
110: housing 111: cradle
120: vibrator part 121: casing
122: shaft 123: vibration motor
124: eccentric cam
130: incubator body

Claims (3)

A housing 110 made of a transparent material including a cradle 111 on which a premature baby is laid;
a chest electrode unit in which a plurality of electrodes for current injection and voltage sensing are formed, and attached along the periphery of the chest of a premature infant to be measured;
a sensing unit that senses a biosignal by being in contact with a measurement target site of a premature infant;
a controller for imaging the inside of the chest of a premature infant based on impedance data obtained at the measured voltage;
an apnea diagnosis unit for diagnosing apnea symptoms of premature infants through integrated analysis of quantification results from the imaged chest image and sensed biosignals;
a vibrator unit 120 formed on the lower surface of the cradle unit 111 to generate vibrations in the cradle unit 111 when it is outside a preset normal range as a result of apnea symptoms of premature infants; and
The incubator body 130 formed under the housing 110 to communicate with, operate and monitor the chest electrode unit, the sensing unit, the control unit, the apnea diagnosis unit and the vibrator unit 120; An incubator 100 with a function to wake a premature infant in an apnea state characterized by. The method of claim 1,
The vibrator unit 120,
a casing 121 coupled to the lower surface of the cradle 111;
An incubator (100) with a function of waking a premature infant in an apnea state, characterized in that it is composed of a vibration generating member that provides vibration to the casing (121). 3. The method of claim 2,
The vibration generating member,
And a vibration motor 123 including a shaft 122 coupled to the inside of the casing 121,
An incubator (100) with a function of waking a premature infant from an apnea state, characterized in that it is composed of an eccentric cam (124) that is eccentrically connected to the shaft (122) and rotates.

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