Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, it is an object of the present invention to provide an adapter for an anesthesia machine that avoids the emission of exhaust air by a capnometry module of the anesthesia machine.
The invention also provides an anesthesia machine with the adapter.
The adapter for an anesthesia machine according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises an exhaust gas purification treatment system, a carbon dioxide monitoring module having a waste discharge port, and an absorption circuit having a discharge port, wherein the adapter comprises: a first connection pipe adapted to be connected to the exhaust gas purification treatment system; the second connecting pipe is communicated with the first connecting pipe and is suitable for being connected with the waste discharge port; a third connection pipe in communication with the first connection pipe, the third connection pipe adapted to communicate with the discharge port.
According to the adapter for the anesthesia machine, the first connecting pipe, the second connecting pipe and the third connecting pipe which are respectively connected with the waste gas purification treatment system, the carbon dioxide monitoring module and the absorption loop are arranged, so that waste gas of the carbon dioxide monitoring module and the absorption loop is prevented from being discharged to the air, and the waste gas emission amount of the anesthesia machine is reduced. The adapter is simple in structure and convenient to use, and can effectively control the cost of the anesthesia machine.
In addition, the adapter for anesthesia machines according to the present invention may also have the following additional technical features:
in some embodiments of the present invention, one end of the first connection pipe is connected to one end of the third connection pipe, a mounting hole penetrating the side wall in a thickness direction of the side wall is provided on a side wall of the third connection pipe, and the second connection pipe is fitted in the mounting hole to communicate with the first connection pipe. From this, the adapter can be with waste discharge port and discharge port connection exhaust purification processing system respectively, and the structure of adapter is comparatively simple, easy preparation.
In some embodiments of the invention, the first connection pipe has a larger cross-sectional area than the third connection pipe. Thereby make first connecting pipe can hold the waste gas that second connecting pipe and third connecting pipe discharged simultaneously, guarantee from waste discharge port and discharge port exhaust waste gas can enter into exhaust purification processing system through first connecting pipe fast in, guarantee the reliability of adapter.
Specifically, the second connecting pipe is in threaded fit with the mounting hole. From this, for can dismantling the connection between second connecting pipe and the third connecting pipe to be convenient for maintain.
In some embodiments of the invention, the first connecting pipe and the third connecting pipe are round pipes. Therefore, the adapter is attractive in appearance and convenient to machine and form.
In particular, the central axes of the first and third connecting tubes coincide. Therefore, the waste gas flows from the third connecting pipe to the first connecting pipe more smoothly, and the adapter is easy to process.
Optionally, the first connecting pipe and the third connecting pipe are an integrally formed part. Therefore, the processing procedure of the adapter can be simplified, and the production cost of the adapter is reduced.
An anesthesia machine according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises an adapter for an anesthesia machine according to the first aspect of the present invention.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be a mechanical connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the following, an anesthesia machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is first described with reference to fig. 2, wherein the anesthesia machine 100 is generally used in medical systems, in particular in operating theatre applications.
An anesthesia machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, comprises an exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, a capnometry module 30, an absorption loop 40 and an adapter 10. The capnography module 30 has a discharge port 31 for discharging the exhaust gas, and the absorption circuit 40 has a discharge port 41 for discharging the exhaust gas. The adapter 10 can communicate the exhaust port 31 and the exhaust port 41 with the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, respectively, so as to send the exhaust gas discharged from the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 and the absorption loop 40 into the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20 for purification treatment. The specific structure of the adapter 10 will be described in detail below. It should be noted that the operation principle of the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, the operation principle of the capnography module 30, the position of the absorption circuit 40 in the anesthesia machine 100, the operation principle of the anesthesia machine 100, and the like are all the prior art, and will not be described in detail here.
According to the anesthesia machine 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, the exhaust gas in the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 is discharged into the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20 by using the adapter 10 for purification treatment, so that air pollution in an operating room caused by the exhaust gas discharged into the operating room is avoided, and zero emission of the exhaust gas of the anesthesia machine 100 is realized.
The adapter 10 described above is described in detail below with reference to figures 1 and 2.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the adapter 10 for an anesthesia machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first connection pipe 1, a second connection pipe 2, and a third connection pipe 3. Wherein the first connection pipe 1 is adapted to be connected to the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, the second connection pipe 2 is communicated with the first connection pipe 1, and the second connection pipe 2 is adapted to be connected to the exhaust port 31, the third connection pipe 3 is communicated with the first connection pipe 1, and the third connection pipe 3 is adapted to be communicated with the exhaust port 41. That is, the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 is connected to the exhaust gas purification system 20 through the second connection pipe 2 and the first connection pipe 1 which are communicated with each other, and the absorption circuit 40 is connected to the exhaust gas purification system 20 through the third connection pipe 3 and the first connection pipe 1 which are communicated with each other, so that the exhaust gas discharged from the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 and the absorption circuit 40 is collected in the first connection pipe 1 and then is input into the exhaust gas purification system 20 for purification.
According to the adapter 10 for the anesthesia machine 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, the first connection pipe 1, the second connection pipe 2 and the third connection pipe 3 respectively connected to the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 and the absorption loop 40 are provided, so that the exhaust gas of the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 and the absorption loop 40 is prevented from being discharged to the air, and the exhaust emission of the anesthesia machine 100 is reduced. The adapter 10 has a simple structure, is convenient to use, and can effectively control the cost of the anesthesia machine 100.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, one end of a first connection pipe 1 is connected to one end of a third connection pipe 3, a side wall of the third connection pipe 3 is provided with a mounting hole penetrating the side wall in a thickness direction of the side wall, and a second connection pipe 2 is fitted in the mounting hole to communicate with the first connection pipe 1. That is, the first connection pipe 1 is directly connected to the third connection pipe 3 such that the first connection pipe 1 and the third connection pipe 3 are communicated, and the second connection pipe 2 is installed on the third connection pipe 3 and is communicated with the third connection pipe 3, i.e., the second connection pipe 2 is communicated with the first connection pipe 1 through the third connection pipe 3. Therefore, the adapter 10 can connect the waste discharge port 31 and the discharge port 41 to the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, and the adapter 10 has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.
Alternatively, the first connecting pipe 1 and the third connecting pipe 3 may be an integrally formed part, and in this case, the second connecting pipe 2 may be installed by machining a mounting hole on a side wall of the integrally formed part. Therefore, the machining process of the adapter 10 can be simplified, and the production cost of the adapter 10 can be reduced. Of course, the adapter 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the first connecting pipe 1 and the third connecting pipe 3 may also be connected by welding.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the second connection pipe 2 is in threaded fit with the mounting hole, and thus the second connection pipe 2 is detachably connected with the third connection pipe 3, so that maintenance is facilitated.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the cross-sectional area of the first connection pipe 1 is larger than that of the third connection pipe 3, so that the first connection pipe 1 can accommodate the exhaust gas discharged from the second connection pipe 2 and the third connection pipe 3 at the same time, and the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust port 31 and the exhaust port 41 can rapidly enter the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20 through the first connection pipe 1, thereby ensuring the reliability of the adapter 10.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the first connection pipe 1 and the third connection pipe 3 are round pipes, so that the adapter 10 has an attractive appearance and the adapter 10 can be easily formed. More specifically, the center axes of the first connection pipe 1 and the third connection pipe 3 coincide, whereby the flow of exhaust gas from the third connection pipe 3 to the first connection pipe 1 is made smoother, and the manufacture of the adapter 10 is simple.
According to the adapter 10 for the anesthesia machine 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first connecting pipe 1, the second connecting pipe 2 and the third connecting pipe 3 are arranged, so that the carbon dioxide monitoring module 30 and the absorption loop 40 are respectively connected with the exhaust gas purification treatment system 20, and the exhaust emission of the anesthesia machine 100 is reduced. And because the first connecting pipe 1 and the third connecting pipe 3 are integrally formed round pipe fittings, and the side wall of the round pipe fitting is provided with a mounting hole for connecting the second connecting pipe 2, the adapter 10 has simple structure, easy manufacture and low cost.
In the description herein, references to the description of "some embodiments" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.