Personal alarm device
AssigneeBedfont Scientific Limited
InventorsTrevor Smith, Graham Coast
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Abstract
A personal alarm device 1, for warning an individual of the presence of an unhealthy amount of carbon monoxide in the blood of said individual, comprises a mouthpiece 5, a carbon monoxide detector and means for emitting an alarm. The mouthpiece is adapted to receive the breath exhaled by an individual and direct the breath to said detector. The detector is adapted to detect a minimum predetermined amount of carbon monoxide in said breath and to emit an alarm when said minimum predetermined amount is detected. The device is particularly useful in a patient-controlled method of treatment to abate tobacco use.
Claims21
A personal alarm device for warning an individual of the presence of an unhealthy amount of carbon monoxide in the blood of said individual, the device comprising a mouthpiece, a carbon monoxide detector and means for emitting an alarm, wherein the mouthpiece is adapted to receive the breath exhaled by an individual and direct the breath to said detector, wherein said detector is adapted to detect a minimum predetermined amount of carbon monoxide in said breath, and wherein said detector is connected to said means for emitting an alarm such that when said detector detects said predetermined minimum amount or more of carbon monoxide in said breath said means for emitting an alarm emits an alarm.
Apparatus for use in a patient-controlled method of treatment to abate tobacco use in humans, said apparatus comprising a personal alarm device for warning an individual of the presence of an unhealthy amount of carbon monoxide in the blood of said individual, the device comprising a mouthpiece, a carbon monoxide detector and means for emitting an alarm, wherein the mouthpiece is adapted to receive the breath exhaled by an individual and direct the breath to said detector, wherein said detector is adapted to detect a minimum predetermined amount of carbon monoxide in said breath, and wherein said detector is connected to said means for emitting an alarm such that when said detector detects said predetermined minimum amount or more of carbon monoxide in said breath said means for emitting an alarm emits an alarm.
A patient controlled method of treatment to abate tobacco use, wherein the method comprises the patient exhaling breath into a personal alarm device for warning said individual of the presence of an unhealthy amount of carbon monoxide in the blood of said individual, the device comprising a mouthpiece, a carbon monoxide detector and means for emitting an alarm, wherein the mouthpiece is adapted to receive the breath exhaled by an individual and direct the breath to said detector, wherein said detector is adapted to detect a minimum predetermined amount of carbon monoxide in said breath, and wherein said detector is connected to said means for emitting an alarm such that when said detector detects said predetermined minimum amount or more of carbon monoxide in said breath said means for emitting an alarm emits an alarm.
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