# US 12,113,349 B2 · Heating loop protective circuit, respiration heating circuit and respiration aiding equipment

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- Number: US 12,113,349 B2
- Document ID: US12113349B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/802,369
- Filed: 2021-12-24
- Published: 2024-01-18
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-18
- Assignees: Vincent Medical (Dong Guan) Manufacturing Co., Ltd; Vincent Medical (Dong Guan) Technology Co., Ltd
- Applicants: Vincent Medical (Dong Guan) Manufacturing Co., Ltd; Vincent Medical (Dong Guan) Technology Co., Ltd
- Inventors: Jun Zhao; Jiebing Xu; Haibin Yu; Liting Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113349B2

## CPC

- A61M 16/1075: {by influencing the temperature (A61M16/1045 takes precedence)}
- H02H 3/085: {making use of a thermal sensor, e.g. thermistor, heated by the excess current (also responsive to the temperature of the protected device H02H5/041, thermal images H02H6/00)}
- A61M 16/1095: {in the connecting tubes}
- H02H 3/08: responsive to excess current (responsive to abnormal temperature caused by excess current H02H5/04)
- H02H 5/047: {using a temperature responsive switch}
- A61M 16/024: {including calculation means, e.g. using a processor}
- A61M 2205/3368: Temperature
- A61M 2205/3653: by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance
- A61M 2205/60: with identification means
- H02H 9/041: {using a short-circuiting device}
- H02H 9/042: {comprising means to limit the absorbed power or indicate damaged over-voltage protection device}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- H02H: EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

## Abstract

A heating loop protective circuit, a respiration heating circuit and respiration aiding equipment are provided, wherein the heating loop protective circuit is connected to a heating loop and includes an acquisition sub-circuit, a suppression sub-circuit, a protective sub-circuit and a discharge sub-circuit; the acquisition sub-circuit collects input voltage of the protective sub-circuit and sends the input voltage to the suppression sub-circuit; the suppression sub-circuit clamps the input voltage and releases current through the discharge sub-circuit; and the protective sub-circuit performs short-circuit protection when the current is too high. In the present disclosure, the over-voltage protection is realized through the voltage clamp in such a manner of monitoring the voltage of the heating loop and suppressing the input voltage through the suppression sub-circuit, and then the over-current protection is realized through the protective sub-circuit when the circuit current is too high.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A heating loop protective circuit connecting to a heating loop, comprising an acquisition sub-circuit, a suppression sub-circuit, a protective sub-circuit and a discharge sub-circuit; the acquisition sub-circuit collects at least one input voltage of the protective sub-circuit and sends the at least one input voltage to the suppression sub-circuit; the suppression sub-circuit clamps the at least one input voltage and releases current through the discharge sub-circuit; and the protective sub-circuit performs short-circuit protection when the current is too high;
wherein the acquisition sub-circuit comprises a plurality of diodes, input ends of the plurality of diodes are connected to the protective sub-circuit, and output end of the plurality of diodes are connected to the suppression sub-circuit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The heating loop protective circuit according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of diodes of the acquisition sub-circuit comprises a first diode, a second diode and a third diode; an input end of the first diode, an input end of the second diode and an input end of the third diode are connected to the protective sub-circuit, and collect first input voltage, second input voltage and third input voltage respectively; and an output end of the first diode, an output end of the second diode and an output end of third diode are connected to the suppression sub-circuit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The heating loop protective circuit according to claim 2, wherein the protective sub-circuit comprises:
a first protective unit for performing short-circuit protection on a heating wire;
a second protective unit for performing short-circuit protection on a temperature detection module of the heating loop;
a third protective unit for performing short-circuit protection on the discharge sub-circuit;
one end of the first protective unit is connected to an input end of the heating wire, the other end of the first protective unit is accessed to a first power source, one end of the second protective unit is connected to the acquisition sub-circuit and accessed to the first, second, and third input voltage, the other end of the second protective unit is connected to a temperature detection module and an identification module of the heating loop, one end of the third protective unit is connected to the suppression sub-circuit, and the other end of the third protective unit is connected to the discharge sub-circuit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The heating loop protective circuit according to claim 3, wherein the second protective unit comprises a first protective device, a second protective device and a third protective device; one end of the first protective device is connected to an input end of the first diode and accessed to the first input voltage; the other end of the first protective device is connected to the temperature detection module; one end of the second protective device is connected to an input end of the second diode and accessed to the second input voltage; the other end of the second protective device is connected to the temperature detection module; one end of the third protective device is connected to an input end of third diode and accessed to the third input voltage; and the other end of the third protective device is connected to the identification module.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The heating loop protective circuit according to claim 4, wherein the suppression sub-circuit comprises a transient voltage suppressor, a cathode end of the transient voltage suppressor is connected to an output end of the first diode, an output end of the second diode and an output end of the third diode, and an anode end of the transient voltage suppressor is connected to one end of the third protective unit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The heating loop protective circuit according to claim 3, wherein the discharge sub-circuit comprises a fourth diode, a first resistance and a first switch device, an input end of the fourth diode is accessed into control voltage, an output end of the fourth diode is connected to one end of the first resistance and a control end of the first switch device, an input end of the first switch device is connected to the third protective unit, and an output end of the first switch device is connected to the other end of the first resistance and grounded.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The heating loop protective circuit according to claim 1, wherein the heating loop protective circuit further comprises a temperature detection sub-circuit, which is accessed to a second power source, and an output end of the temperature detection circuit is grounded.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A respiration heating circuit, comprising a heating loop protective circuit according to claim 1, the heating protective circuit is connected to a heating loop, and when a short circuit occurs to the heating loop, the heating circuit performs the short-circuit protection.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The respiration heating circuit according to claim 8, wherein the heating loop comprises a heating wire, a first temperature detection device, a second temperature detection device, and an identification module; an input end of the heating wire is connected to the protective sub-circuit, an output end of the heating wire is connected to a cathode of a first power source, one end of the first temperature detection device, one end of the second temperature detection device and an IO port of an identification module are connected to the protective sub-circuit, and the other end of the first temperature detection device, the other end of the second temperature detection device and a grounding end of the identification module are connected to an input end of the discharge sub-circuit and the protective sub-circuit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

Respiration aiding equipment, comprising an equipment main body, a circuit board is arranged in the equipment main body, and a respiration heating circuit described in claim 8 is arranged on the circuit board.