Apparatuses and Methods for Diagnosing and Treating Respiratory Conditions
AssigneeNext Safety, Inc.
InventorsC. Eric Hunter, Lyndell Duvall, Philip Weaver, Tom Stern
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a respiratory condition device includes a tube that defines a flow path for medicine that is to be delivered to a user respiratory system, a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure changes within the tube, and a medicine delivery device configured to eject medicine into the tube when a pressure drop is detected by the pressure sensor.
Claims44
A respiratory condition device comprising:
- a tube that defines a flow path for medicine that is to be delivered to a user respiratory system;
- a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure changes within the tube;
- and
- a medicine delivery device configured to eject medicine into the tube when a pressure drop is detected by the pressure sensor.
A method for diagnosing a respiratory condition, the method comprising:
- measuring pressures within a tube of a portable diagnosis device into which a user exhales;
- estimating flow rates from the measured pressures;
- determining the state of the user's respiratory system based on the flow rates;
- and
- diagnosing a respiratory condition based upon the determined state.
A method for treating a respiratory condition, the method comprising:
- a treatment device determining a dosage of medication to administer to a user;
- the treatment device detecting inhalation of the user from a medicine delivery tube of the treatment device;
- the treatment device controlling a medicine delivery device of the treatment device to output medicine into the delivery tube;
- and
- the treatment device operating a fan of the treatment device to generate an air flow within the delivery tube to carry medicine output by the medicine delivery device to the user.
A method for diagnosing and treating a respiratory condition, the method comprising:
- measuring pressures within a tube of a diagnosis/treatment device into which a user exhales;
- estimating on the diagnosis/treatment device flow rates from the measured pressures;
- determining on the diagnosis/treatment device the state of the user's respiratory system based on the flow rates;
- diagnosing on the diagnosis/treatment device a respiratory condition based upon the determined state;
- determining on the diagnosis/treatment device a dosage of medication to administer to a user;
- detecting with the diagnosis/treatment device inhalation of the user from the tube of the diagnosis/treatment device;
- controlling a medicine delivery device of the diagnosis/treatment device to output medicine into the delivery tube;
- and
- operating a fan of the diagnosis/treatment device to generate an air flow within the delivery tube to carry medicine output by the medicine delivery device to the user.
A system for alerting as to a respiratory condition, the system comprising:
- a diagnosis device configured to measure pressures within a tube of the diagnosis device into which a user exhales, to estimate flow rates from the measured pressures, to determine the state of the user's respiratory system based on the flow rates, and, if it is determined that the user is experiencing or about to experience a respiratory condition, to transmit notification to a separate device;
- and
- a separate device in communication with the diagnosis device configured to receive notifications from the diagnosis device concerning determined respiratory conditions and transmit related alerts to remote devices via a network.
A method for alerting as to a respiratory condition, the method comprising:
- measuring pressures within a tube of a diagnosis device into which a user exhales;
- estimating flow rates from the measured pressures;
- determining the state of the user's respiratory system based on the flow rates;
- and
- if the user is determined to have a respiratory condition, transmitting an alert to a remote device using a separate device in electrical communication with the diagnosis device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.