Personal use oxygen concentrator with integrated fire safety

• US 9,283,346 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2014
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inogen Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Inogen Incorporated
• Inventors: Taylor, Brenton Alan, Hansen, Peter, Chin, Daniel Wayne, Pollack, Michael, Goebner, Cristian
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Christopher P
• Application Number:
  US14/341,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20160022950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 598 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/101 using an oxygen concentrator
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/107 in the inspiratory path
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/102 Measuring a parameter of the content of the delivered gas
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2256/12 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2257/102 Nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2259/40009 using sensors or gas analysers
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2259/4533 for medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/047 Pressure swing adsorption
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/0476 Vacuum pressure swing adsorption

Abstract

A personal use oxygen concentrator, including; a controllable user interface including at least one of visual and audio indicators, a power supply, a housing, a controllable product gas output device, a blower, a compressor, a selective adsorption system comprising adsorption beds and gas flow control valves comprising at least one of a PSA, VPSA, or VSA oxygen producing system, a programmable controller configured to control at least one of the blower, compressor, output device, user interface, and selective adsorption system, and an integrated smoke detection system and smoke detector controller, mounted within the housing, configured to be controlled by and provide data to the programmable controller, and the programmable controller may perform predetermined control actions when smoke is detected.

Claims

1. A personal use oxygen concentrator, comprising;

a. a controllable user interface including at least one of visual and audio indicators,

b. a housing,

c. a product gas output device,

d. a blower,

e. a compressor,

f. a selective adsorption system comprising adsorption beds and gas flow control valves comprising at least one of a PSA, VPSA, or VSA oxygen producing system

g. a programmable controller configured to control at least one of the blower, compressor, output device, user interface, and selective adsorption system and;

h. an integrated smoke detector and smoke detector controller, mounted within the housing, configured to indicate the presence of smoke within the concentrator housing and patient delivery tubing and fixtures, wherein the smoke detector samples air drawn into the housing by the blower at a higher flow rate than ambient air and the programmable controller will perform predetermined control actions when the presence of smoke is detected.

2. The concentrator of claim 1 further comprising a controllable power supply.

3. The concentrator of claim 1 wherein the smoke detector is configured to be controlled by and provide data to the programmable controller.

4. The concentrator of claim 1 wherein the predetermined actions taken by the controller depend on the level of smoke concentration detected by the smoke detector.

5. The concentrator of claim 1, wherein the smoke detector and smoke detector controller are mounted on a PCB within the concentrator housing.

6. The concentrator of claim 1, wherein the smoke detector is at least one of a photoelectric detector or a photo-ionic detector.

7. The concentrator of claim 3, wherein the smoke detector and smoke detector controller are configured to continually sample and report to the programmable controller.

8. The concentrator of claim 1, wherein the predetermined control actions include at least one of;

a. change blower speed,

b. shut off product output,

c. shut down compressor

d. shut down selective adsorption system,

e. sound or display alarm indicators,

f. shut off power supply.

9. The concentrator of claim 4, wherein the programmable controller comprises a clock and sampled smoke detector data is logged versus time.

10. The oxygen concentrator of claim 1, wherein the smoke detector and smoke detector controller include self-test modes which are periodically initiated by the controller and the results indicated with the user interface.

11. The concentrator of claim 1 wherein the concentrator output is controlled within 0 and 5 liters per minute and the concentrator weight is less than 55 pounds.

12. The oxygen concentrator of claim 1 wherein the product output includes a metal hose bib.