US 11,717,634 B2Granted

Therapeutic oxygen breathing apparatus and exercise system

AssigneeMaxxO2, LLC

InventorsAnthony Lee Parasco, Milton Verret

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Abstract

An exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT) apparatus for rejuvenating oxygen-depleted cell tissue and simulating high altitude oxygen conditions. The EWOT apparatus includes a first cylindrical bladder for providing oxygen-enriched air and a second bladder for providing lower-purity hypoxic air. The first bladder is retained within an open, lightweight rectangular-shaped frame having vertical frame members. An air supply source provides the oxygen-enriched and hypoxic air to the first and second bladders, respectively. A control switch, which can be manually and/or programmed to automatically operate, selectively delivers the oxygen-enriched and/or hypoxic air to a breathing mask worn by a user while exercising on exercise equipment. The first bladder includes a plurality of weights which provide a positive pressure to the air therein. The cylindrical first bladder is attached to the vertical frame members with slidable rings and expands and collapses in a vertical direction when being filled or during use, respectively.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A therapeutic oxygen breathing apparatus comprising:

an air reservoir having a first bladder and a second bladder, the first and second bladders being configured for storing air having different percentages of oxygen therein;
a frame structure configured to support at least the first bladder in a vertical direction;
a weighted member attached to and positioned proximate an upper portion of the first bladder, the weighted member having sufficient weight to apply a downward force on the first bladder when filled with air, such that a constant, predetermined positive pressure is applied to the air stored within the first bladder;
wherein the first bladder includes a first inlet for receiving a first quantity of air having a first concentration of oxygen and the second bladder includes a second inlet for receiving a second quantity of air having a second concentration of oxygen;
and
wherein the first bladder includes a first outlet for releasing a first portion of stored air having the first concentration of oxygen and the second bladder includes a second outlet for releasing a second portion of stored air having the second concentration of oxygen, and wherein the first concentration of oxygen is supplied from an external source and is greater than ambient air concentration of oxygen.

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Facts

Application: 16/832,172Filed 27 Mar 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 2 Oct 2018
Published: US 2020/0101256 A120 Aug 2020
Granted: 8 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification32 codes

A61M 16/1005
Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours: with O2 features or with parameter measurement
A61M 16/0075
Pumps therefor: bellows-type
A61M 16/06
Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators ; Tracheal tubes: respiratory or anaesthetic masks
A61M 16/12
Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours: by mixing different gases

Family

Application62/740,287Us provisional application · filed 2 Oct 2018
Application16/590,864Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Oct 2019
US 2020/0261683 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Aug 2020
US 2020/0101256 A1Published application
US 11,717,634 B2This patent

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