Device and method for controlling and/or regulating a training and/or rehabilitation unit
First Claim
1. A device for controlling and/or regulating a training and/or rehabilitation unit, wherein the device comprises:
- a training and/or rehabilitation unit;
a sensor unit with a heatable electrochemical solid-state electrolyte sensor, which in order to determine the oxygen concentration, contains yttrium-contaminated zirconium oxide as an electrolyte, two electrodes, a support element, and a heating element, and in order to determine the carbon dioxide concentration, contains a further heatable electrochemical solid-state electrolyte sensor, which comprises a sodium ion conductor as an electrolyte, two electrodes, and a support element and a heating element;
a control unit for the sensors;
a microcontroller in the control unit configured to control a heating power of the heating elements of the sensors and maintain constant sensor temperatures, wherein the heating power is controlled dependent on a flow volume of breathing of a person; and
a controllable and/or adjustable resistance and/or brake arrangement of the training and/or rehabilitation unit that depends on a breathing gas composition determined by the sensor unit.
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Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a device for controlling and/or regulating a training and/or rehabilitation unit comprises a training and/or rehabilitation unit, a sensor unit having sensors for determining oxygen concentration and for determining carbon dioxide concentration, a control unit for the sensors, a microcontroller in the control unit for controlling the heating power of heating elements of the sensors, depending on breath flow volume, for maintaining constant sensor temperatures, and a resistance and/or braking arrangement of the training and/or rehabilitation unit that can be controlled and/or regulated based on a breathing gas composition determined by the sensor unit. The device can be used to increase endurance, preferably by way of altitude training.
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42 Claims
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1. A device for controlling and/or regulating a training and/or rehabilitation unit, wherein the device comprises:
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a training and/or rehabilitation unit; a sensor unit with a heatable electrochemical solid-state electrolyte sensor, which in order to determine the oxygen concentration, contains yttrium-contaminated zirconium oxide as an electrolyte, two electrodes, a support element, and a heating element, and in order to determine the carbon dioxide concentration, contains a further heatable electrochemical solid-state electrolyte sensor, which comprises a sodium ion conductor as an electrolyte, two electrodes, and a support element and a heating element; a control unit for the sensors; a microcontroller in the control unit configured to control a heating power of the heating elements of the sensors and maintain constant sensor temperatures, wherein the heating power is controlled dependent on a flow volume of breathing of a person; and a controllable and/or adjustable resistance and/or brake arrangement of the training and/or rehabilitation unit that depends on a breathing gas composition determined by the sensor unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for controlling and/or regulating a training and/or rehabilitation unit being used by a person, the method comprising:
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determining, in a sensor unit, an oxygen concentration with the aid of a heatable, electrochemical, solid-state electrolyte sensor, which in order to determine the oxygen concentration, contains yttrium-contaminated zirconium oxide as an electrolyte between two electrodes, together with a support element and a heating element; determining, in the sensor unit, a carbon dioxide concentration with the aid of a further heatable, electrochemical, solid-state electrolyte sensor, which contains a sodium ion conductor as an electrolyte, two electrodes, a support element, and a heating element; controlling a heat power from the heating elements in the sensors, which depends on a breathing flow volume of the person, with the aid of a microcontroller in a sensor control unit in order to maintain constant sensor temperatures; and depending on a breathing gas composition determined by the sensor unit and/or the breathing flow volume of the person, controlling and/or regulating a resistance or brake arrangement of the training and/or rehabilitation unit. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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