Inhalation monitoring system and method
AssigneeNorton (Waterford) Limited
InventorsMark Milton-Edwards, Henry Chrystyn, Mark Steven Morrison, Douglas E. Weitzel
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Abstract
An inhalation monitoring system includes an inhaler having a medicament delivery apparatus configured to deliver medicament to a user during an inhalation of the user; inhalation monitoring apparatus, configured to, during the inhalation, gather data for determining a measure of the user's lung function and/or lung health; and a processor configured to receive the data from the inhalation monitoring apparatus and, using the data, determine a measure of the user's lung function and/or lung health.
Claims20
An inhalation monitoring system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive an inspiratory measure that is based on a user's inhalation via a mouthpiece of a medicament delivery apparatus, wherein the inspiratory measure comprises a peak inspiratory flow (PIF) or total inhaled volume;
- and
- determine an expiratory measure based on the inspiratory measure, wherein the expiratory measure comprises a peak expiratory flow (PEF) when the inspiratory measure is PIF, and the expiratory measure is a forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) when the inspiratory measure is total inhaled volume;
- and
- a user interface configured to provide an indication of the expiratory measure.
A system for inhalation monitoring, the system comprising:
- an external device comprising a processor;
- a user interface;
- and
- a monitoring apparatus comprising a processor, a sensor, and a wireless transmitter;
- wherein the processor of the monitoring apparatus is configured to receive data from the sensor and determine an inspiratory measure of a user's inhalation based on the user's inhalation, wherein the inspiratory measure comprises a peak inspiratory flow (PIF) or total inhaled volume;
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- wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to send the inspiratory measure to the external device;
- and
- wherein the processor of the external device is configured to:
- receive the inspiratory measure from the monitoring apparatus;
- determine an expiratory measure based on the inspiratory measure, wherein the expiratory measure comprises a peak expiratory flow (PEF) when the inspiratory measure is PIF, and the expiratory measure is a forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) when the inspiratory measure is total inhaled volume;
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- provide an indication of the expiratory measure via the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.