Patient Reminder System and Method for Incentive Spirometer Utilization
OwnerAdam Eltorai, Jeffrey KARG +2inventors
InventorsADAM ELTORAI, Jeffrey KARG, Hernando Cenon VIDAL, JR., Peter MCHUGH
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Abstract
A system and method for configuring and/or utilizing an incentive spirometer to interact with a user during a series of sessions, the incentive spirometer having a piston that is movable within a chamber by user inhalation. A sensor is mounted to detect movement of the piston, a perceptible prompt to a user is generated to encourage use of the incentive spirometer at preselected intervals, and the perceptible prompt is deactivated only after the sensor detects that the piston has at least reached a preselected threshold.
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A method for configuring an incentive spirometer to interact with a user during a series of sessions, comprising:
- selecting an incentive spirometer having a housing defining a chamber and a piston that is movable within the chamber by user inhalation;
- mounting a sensor to detect movement of the piston;
- generating a perceptible prompt to a user to encourage use of the incentive spirometer at preselected intervals relative to the series of sessions;
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- deactivating the perceptible prompt only after the sensor detects that the piston has at least reached a preselected threshold.
A system to enhance compliance for a user of an incentive spirometer having a housing defining a chamber and a piston that is movable within the chamber by user inhalation, comprising:
- a sensor mountable on the incentive spirometer to detect movement of the piston;
- an alarm device for generating a perceptible prompt to the user to encourage use of the incentive spirometer;
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- a processor capable of periodically activating the alarm device and then deactivating the alarm device only after the sensor detects that the piston has at least reached a preselected threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.