# US 2022/0031985 A1 · Respiratory ventilatory device and method of operating same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0031985 A1 - Document ID: US20220031985A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/387,537 - Filed: 2021-07-28 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-31 - Assignees: Soco International LLC - Applicants: Soco International LLC - Inventors: Jose Luis Esteban Cordero Gomez Del Campo; Jorge Antonio Cordero Gomez del Campo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220031985A1 ## CPC - A61M 16/0009: {with sub-atmospheric pressure, e.g. during expiration} - A61M 16/024: {including calculation means, e.g. using a processor} - A61M 16/0057: {Pumps therefor} - A61M 16/0066: {Blowers or centrifugal pumps} - A61M 16/0816: {Joints or connectors} - A61M 16/202: {electrically actuated} - A61M 16/208: {Non-controlled one-way valves, e.g. exhalation, check, pop-off non-rebreathing valves} - A61M 16/006: {Tidal volume membrane pumps} - A61M 16/0093: {by adsorption, absorption or filtration} - A61M 16/0833: {T- or Y-type connectors, e.g. Y-piece} - A61M 16/0875: {Connecting tubes} - A61M 16/0883: {Circuit type} - A61M 16/1065: {in the expiratory path} - A61M 16/107: {in the inspiratory path} - A61M 16/16: Devices to humidify the respiration air {(A61M16/1045 takes precedence)} - A61M 16/203: {Proportional} - A61M 16/209: {Relief valves} - A61M 2016/0027: {pressure meter} - A61M 2016/0036: {in the breathing tube and used in both inspiratory and expiratory phase} - A61M 2016/0039: {in the inspiratory circuit} - A61M 2205/103: rotating - A61M 2205/106: reciprocating - A61M 2205/18: with alarm - A61M 2205/3331: Pressure; Flow - A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards - A61M 2205/581: by audible feedback - A61M 2205/583: by visual feedback - A61M 2209/084: Supporting bases, stands for equipment - 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)} ## Abstract A respiratory ventilator device is described herein. The respiratory ventilator device includes an inhaled air assembly, an exhaled air assembly, and a control system operatively coupled to the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly. The inhaled air assembly is coupled to a patient respiratory circuit and configured to channel a volume of inhalation air to the patient's lungs to assist in patient inhalation. The exhaled air assembly is coupled to the patient respiratory circuit and configured to remove air from the patent's lungs to assist in a patient exhalation. The control system is configured to operate the respiratory ventilator system in an inhalation mode and an exhalation mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A respiratory ventilator device, comprising: an inhaled air assembly coupled to a patient respiratory circuit and configured to channel a volume of inhalation air to a patient's lungs via the patient respiratory circuit to assist in patient inhalation; an exhaled air assembly coupled to the patient respiratory circuit and configured to remove air from the patent's lungs via the patient respiratory circuit to assist in a patient exhalation; and a control system operatively coupled to the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly and configured to operate the respiratory ventilator device in an inhalation mode and an exhalation mode; wherein the control system operates the inhaled air assembly to generate a positive air pressure to channel the volume of inhalation air to the patient's lungs during the inhalation mode; and wherein the control system operates the exhaled air assembly to generate a negative air pressure to remove the air from the patent's lungs during the exhalation mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 1, wherein the control system operates the exhaled air assembly to channel the air removed from the patent's lungs to an exhaust air outlet connector assembly during the inhalation mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 2, wherein the control system operates the inhaled air assembly to receive the volume of inhalation air from a supply of oxygenated air during the exhalation mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 3, wherein the inhaled air assembly includes an injector diaphragm assembly coupled between the patient respiratory circuit and a supply of oxygenated air for receiving the volume of inhalation air from the supply of oxygenated air and delivering the volume of inhalation air to the patient respiratory circuit, the injector diaphragm assembly including: an injector diaphragm housing including an inner surface defining an inhalation air chamber; and an inhalation diaphragm coupled to the injector diaphragm housing to enclose the inhalation air chamber, the inhalation diaphragm moveable between a first inhalation position and a second inhalation position to adjust a volume of the inhalation air chamber. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 4, wherein the inhalation air chamber defines a first volume of the inhalation air chamber with the inhalation diaphragm in the first inhalation position and defines a second volume of the inhalation air chamber with the inhalation diaphragm in the second inhalation position, the first volume of the inhalation air chamber being greater than the second volume of the inhalation air chamber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 5, wherein the injector diaphragm assembly includes: an inhalation inlet line coupled to the injector diaphragm housing and configured to receive the volume of inhalation air from the supply of oxygenated air into the injector diaphragm housing; an inhalation check valve assembly coupled to the inhalation inlet line; an inhalation outlet line coupled to the injector diaphragm housing and configured to deliver the volume of inhalation air to the patient respiratory circuit from the injector diaphragm housing; and an inhalation solenoid valve assembly coupled to the inhalation outlet line and configured to selectively channel oxygenated air from the injector diaphragm housing to the patient respiratory circuit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 5, wherein the exhaled air assembly includes an extractor diaphragm assembly coupled between the patient respiratory circuit and an exhaust air outlet connector assembly for receiving a volume of exhaled air from the patient respiratory circuit and delivering the volume of exhaled air to the exhaust air outlet connector assembly , the extractor diaphragm assembly including: an extractor diaphragm housing including an inner surface defining an exhalation air chamber; and an exhalation diaphragm coupled to the extractor diaphragm housing to enclose the exhalation air chamber, the exhalation diaphragm moveable between a first exhalation position and a second exhalation position to adjust a volume of the exhalation air chamber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 7, wherein the exhalation air chamber defines a first volume of the exhalation air chamber with the exhalation diaphragm in the first exhalation position and defines a second volume of the exhalation air chamber with the exhalation diaphragm in the second exhalation position, the first volume of the exhalation air chamber being greater than the second volume of the exhalation air chamber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 8, wherein the exhaled air assembly includes: an exhalation inlet line coupled to the extractor diaphragm housing and configured to receive the volume of exhaled air from the patient respiratory circuit into the extractor diaphragm housing; an exhalation solenoid valve assembly coupled to the exhalation inlet line and configured to selectively channel exhaled air from the patient respiratory circuit into the extractor diaphragm housing; an exhalation outlet port coupled to the extractor diaphragm housing and configured to deliver the volume of exhaled air to the exhaust air outlet connector assembly ; and exhalation check valve assembly coupled between the extractor diaphragm housing and the exhaust air outlet connector assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 8, wherein the control system operates the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly in an operating cycle including a compression phase and an expansion phase. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 10, wherein the control system operates the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly in the compression phase by: moving the inhalation diaphragm from the first inhalation position to the second inhalation position to reduce the volume of the inhalation air chamber to deliver the volume of inhalation air to the patient respiratory circuit; and moving the exhalation diaphragm from the first exhalation position to the second exhalation position to reduce the volume of the exhalation air chamber and deliver the volume of exhaled air to the exhaust air outlet connector assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 11, wherein the control system operates the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly in the expansion phase by: moving the inhalation diaphragm from the second inhalation position to the first inhalation position to increase the volume of the inhalation air chamber to receive the volume of inhalation air from the supply of oxygenated air; and moving the exhalation diaphragm from the second exhalation position to the first exhalation position to increase the volume of the exhalation air chamber to remove the air from the patent's lungs. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 12, wherein the control system includes a pneumatic compressed air assembly coupled to the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly for operating the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly through the compression phase and the expansion phase. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The respiratory ventilator device of claim 12, wherein the control system includes a reciprocating assembly coupled to the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly for operating the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly through the compression phase and the expansion phase. ### Claim 15 A method of operating a respiratory ventilator device including an inhaled air assembly coupled between a supply of oxygenated air and a patient respiratory circuit and an exhaled air assembly coupled between the patient respiratory circuit and an exhaust air outlet connector assembly , the method including: operating the inhaled air assembly to generate a positive air pressure to channel a volume of inhalation air to the patient's lungs during an inhalation mode; and operating the exhaled air assembly to generate a negative air pressure to remove the air from the patent's lungs during an exhalation mode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: operating the exhaled air assembly to channel the air removed from the patent's lungs to the exhaust air outlet connector assembly during the inhalation mode; and operating the inhaled air assembly to receive the volume of inhalation air from the supply of oxygenated air during an exhalation mode. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising operating the inhaled air assembly and the exhaled air assembly in an operating cycle including a compression phase and an expansion phase. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the inhaled air assembly includes an injector diaphragm housing and an inhalation diaphragm coupled to injector diaphragm housing to enclose an inhalation air chamber; and wherein the exhaled air assembly includes an extractor diaphragm housing and an exhalation diaphragm coupled to extractor diaphragm housing to enclose an exhalation air chamber. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: operating the inhaled air assembly in the compression phase by moving the inhalation diaphragm to reduce a volume of the inhalation air chamber to deliver the volume of inhalation air to the patient respiratory circuit. operating the exhaled air assembly in the compression phase by moving the exhalation diaphragm to reduce a volume of the exhalation air chamber to deliver the volume of exhaled air to the exhaust air outlet connector assembly. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: operating the inhaled air assembly in the expansion phase by moving the inhalation diaphragm to increase the volume of the inhalation air chamber to receive the volume of inhalation air from the supply of oxygenated air; and operating the exhaled air assembly in the expansion phase by moving the exhalation diaphragm from the second exhalation position to the first exhalation position to increase the volume of the exhalation air chamber to remove the air from the patent's lungs.