Therapeutic arrangement
OwnerUwe Becker, Jochim Koch +1inventors
InventorsUwe Becker, Jochim Koch, Bernhard Lorenz
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Abstract
A therapeutic apparatus for medical applications is improved in such a manner that the capacity of an energy store can be utilized as best as possible when there is a breakdown of the power supply. A charge level detector (16) is provided for the energy store which reduces the power output of the energy consumer (6) when there is a falling charge level of the energy store (14) with a drop of the supply voltage (15).
Claims11
1-13. (canceled)
A breathing system for supplying breathing gas to a patient, the breathing system comprising:
- a vaporization unit for supplying water vapor to the breathing gas;
- said vaporization unit including a heater for vaporizing the water supplied by said vaporization unit;
- a mains supply for supplying electric energy to said heater;
- an energy store having a charge level which changes when energy is drawn therefrom;
- a processor for monitoring said mains supply and charging said energy store when said mains supply is present;
- a detector for detecting said charge level and transmitting data to said processor as to said charge level when said mains supply fails;
- and,
- said processor being adapted to select a mode of operation reducing the energy supplied by said energy store to said heater in correspondence to said charge level thereby enabling said heater to utilize the energy remaining in said energy store over the longest possible time span.
A thermotherapeutic apparatus for imparting warmth to a patient, the thermotherapeutic apparatus comprising:
- a bed surface;
- a mattress on said bed surface for accommodating the patient;
- a radiation heater for imparting radiation heat to the patient;
- a mattress heater;
- a mains supply for supplying electric energy to said radiation heater and said mattress heater;
- an energy store having a charge level which changes when energy is drawn therefrom;
- a processor for monitoring said mains supply and charging said energy store when said mains supply is present;
- a detector for detecting said charge level and transmitting data to said processor as to said charge level when said mains supply fails;
- and,
- said processor being adapted to reduce or cut off the energy supplied by said energy store to said radiation heater in correspondence to said charge level while continuing to supply energy to said mattress heater.
An arrangement for medical applications, the arrangement comprising:
- a processor which operates at a clock rate in response to measurement parameters which change only slightly;
- an energy source for operating said processor;
- an energy store having a charge level which changes when energy is drawn therefrom;
- a detector for detecting said charge level and transmitting data to said processor as to said charge level when said energy source fails;
- and,
- said processor being adapted to reduce the energy consumed thereby by reducing said clock rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.