# US 10,369,408 B2 · Air resistance device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,408 B2 - Document ID: US10369408B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/466,923 - Filed: 2017-03-23 - Published: 2017-07-06 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-19 - Assignees: Halcyon Research, Inc. - Applicants: Halcyon Research, Inc. - Inventors: Dana Kesslen Keller; Mary Lou Casadevall-Keller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369408B2 ## CPC - A63B 23/18: for improving respiratory function - A61M 16/0006: {with means for creating vibrations in patients' airways} - A63B 21/0004: {Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise (bar bells or dumb bells A63B21/072; on wheels A63B22/20)} - G10D 7/14: Mouth-organs - A61M 16/0866: {Passive resistors therefor} - A61M 2205/0205: Materials having antiseptic or antimicrobial properties, e.g. silver compounds, rubber with sterilising agent - A61M 2205/43: making noise when used correctly - A61M 2205/44: making noise when used incorrectly - A63B 21/0085: {using pneumatic force-resisters} - A63B 21/027: {Apparatus forced to oscillate at its resonant frequency} - A63B 21/06: User-manipulated weights - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - 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)} - G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H) ## Abstract An attachment for a harmonica or a pulmonary harmonica may include a resistance band or modified comb which increases respiratory resistance from the typical open holes of harmonicas. The resistance band or modified comb may prevent a broken reed from being inhaled into the mouth. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pulmonary harmonica device for promoting deep abdominal breathing by a user and for producing a sound comprising: an outer housing; a comb having a mouthpiece portion and one or more holes; one or more reed plates; a plurality of reeds, located on the reed plates; fastening hardware for securing the reeds, the reed plates, the comb, and the cover plates together; and a breathing resistance device having at least one resistance pattern fitting inside each of the one or more holes of the comb for providing resistance to air flow through the holes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein the breathing resistance device further comprises: a band; an attachment point; and at least one indentation fitting inside a hole of a comb of a harmonica, and wherein the resistance pattern consists of crosshairs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 2 wherein the band wraps around the comb. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 3 wherein the attachment point comprises perpendicular tabs disposed at a top and bottom portion of a rear portion of the band for firmly holding band to the comb. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The Pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein each one of the plurality of reeds provides a resistance that helps build respiratory strength. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein a lowest tuned reed of the plurality of reeds is no higher than 150 Hz. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein fastening hardware is selected from the group comprising screws, bolts, nails, welds, rivets, melds, and glues. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein at least one reed is tuned to 136.1 Hz. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein the reeds are heavier than a set of reeds associated with a “standard” harmonica. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica device of claim 1 wherein the plurality of reeds collectively weigh 2.66 grams. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica of claim 1 wherein the resistance pattern is plastic. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica of claim 1 wherein the resistance pattern is made from a material selected from a group consisting of: plastic, wood, brass, bronze, and steel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The pulmonary harmonica of claim 12 wherein the material of the resistance pattern has a finish applied wherein the finish is selected from the group consisting of: plating, painting, lacquering, shellacking, oiling, and anodizing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica of claim 1 wherein the resistance pattern is fixed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The pulmonary harmonica of claim 1 wherein the resistance pattern is removable.