Resuscitation device and method for resuscitation

• US 8,768,457 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2013
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NasoPhlex B.V.
• Original Assignee: NasoPhlex B.V.
• Inventors: de Vos, Gerrit Johannis, Tomori, Zoltn
• Primary Examiner(s): Lavert, Nicole F
• Application Number:
  US14/020,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 298 Days
• Field of Search: 607/3, 607/6, 607/42
• US Class Current: 607/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/027 Ears
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/045 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/105 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/208 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/405 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/605 used as a control parameter for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/00 Artificial respiration or heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage artificial respiration by treatment with gas or air, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration A61M16/00; applying electric currents by contact electrodes for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers A61N1/36 ; teaching or training models, demonstration models for medical purposes G09B23/288
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/002 Using electric currents electrotherapy A61N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/007 Stimulation by mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/04 Devices for pressing such points, e.g. Shiatsu or AcupressureMassage or pressure on general areas A61H9/00 - A61H23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/00 Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes in general B05B; aerosol containers B65D83/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/024 including calculation means, e.g. using a processor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0036 in the breathing tube and used in both inspiratory and expiratory phase
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/10 Electroencephalographic signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/30 Blood pressure A61M2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/43 Composition of exhalation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/60 : Muscle strain, i.e. measured on the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 : Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3601 : of respiratory organs
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36017 : with leads or electrodes penetrating the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3611 : Respiration control stimulating respiratory organs A61N1/3601

Abstract

A method for providing a resuscitating treatment of a human being, which has the following actions sensing human muscle activity, human breathing activity, human neural activity or human cerebral activity, determining whether the human being is in a state of developing apnoea by a processing unit based on the sensing, provoking an induced aspiration reflex by a resuscitating stimulation of a respiratory area of a human brain stem by providing a stimulus with a stimulation device to a location distant from the respiratory area of the human brain stem upon the processing unit determining the state of developing apnoea, the location being a nasal filter of the human being or a nasopharyngeal area of the human being.

Claims

1. A method for providing a resuscitating treatment of a human being, comprising:

sensing at least one of human muscle activity, human breathing activity, human neural activity and human cerebral activity,

determining whether said human being is in a state of developing apnoea by at least one processing unit based on said sensing,

provoking an induced aspiration reflex by a resuscitating stimulation of a respiratory area of a human brain stem by providing a stimulus with a stimulation device to a location distant from said respiratory area of the human brain stem upon said at least one processing unit determining said state of developing apnoea, said location being one of a nasal filter of the human being and a nasopharyngeal area of the human being.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said provoking said induced aspiration reflex by said resuscitating stimulation of the respiratory area of the human brain stem includes providing said stimulus to acupuncture point GV26 on said human nasal filter.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said sensing includes sensing at least one of a gas flow, gas composition, gas pressure, gas temperature, body temperature and sound.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said stimulation is provided by at least one of an electrical response device, a device for spraying a chemical composition and a mechanical response device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said stimulation device comprises an elastic nylon fiber and thin polyvinyl catheter.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said stimulation device comprises a unit for providing gas pressure pulses if it has to provide a stimulus to said nasopharyngeal area.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said stimulation device comprises a unit for providing at least one of gas pressure pulses, acupuncture, acupressure, electro-acupuncture, and electro-acupressure if it has to provide a stimulus to the nasal filter.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said stimulation device comprises electrodes arranged to be placed on a human skin.

9. A resuscitation device for humans comprising:

a sensor configured to detect a number of parameter values in a human being;

at least one memory configured to store a predetermined function;

at least one processing unit connected to the sensor and the memory and configured to process the number of detected parameter values in said predetermined function to determine whether said human being is in a state of developing apnoea;

a response device connected to the processing unit and configured to provide a response as a function of the number of processed parameter values by the at least one processing unit when said at least one processing unit has determined that said human being is in said state of developing apnoea;

wherein said resuscitation device is an apparatus comprising both said sensor, said memory, said at least one processing unit and said response device, said apparatus being configured to be attached under a human'"'"'s nose, said sensor being configured to sense breathing activity, and said response device comprising a stimulation device configured to provoke an induced aspiration reflex by a resuscitating stimulation of the respiratory area of the human brain stem by providing a stimulus to one of a nasal filter of the human being and a nasopharyngeal area of the human being.

10. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein said apparatus is configured to provoke said induced aspiration reflex by said resuscitating stimulation of the respiratory area of the human brain stem by providing said stimulus to acupuncture point GV26 on said human nasal filter.

11. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein said sensor is configured to sense at least one of a gas flow, gas composition, gas pressure, gas temperature, body temperature and sound.

12. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein the response device is at least one of an electrical response device, a device for spraying a chemical composition and a mechanical response device.

13. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein said stimulation device comprises an elastic nylon fiber and thin polyvinyl catheter.

14. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein said stimulation device comprises a unit for providing gas pressure pulses if it has to provide a stimulus to said nasopharyngeal area.

15. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein said stimulation device comprises a unit for providing at least one of gas pressure pulses, acupuncture, acupressure, electro-acupuncture, and electro-acupressure if it has to provide a stimulus to the nasal filter.

16. The resuscitation device according to claim 9, wherein said stimulation device comprises electrodes arranged to be placed on a human skin.