Smart oscillating positive expiratory pressure device
AssigneeTrudell Medical International
InventorsSTEPHEN COSTELLA, ALANNA KIRCHNER, ROBERT MORTON, ADAM MEYER, PETER SCARROTT
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Abstract
An oscillating positive expiratory pressure system including an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device having a chamber, an input component in communication with the chamber, wherein the input component is operative to sense a flow and/or pressure and generate an input signal correlated to the flow or pressure, a processor operative to receive the input signal from the input component and generate an output signal, and an output component operative to receive the output signal, and display an output.
Claims22
An oscillating positive expiratory pressure system comprising:
- an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device comprising a chamber;
- an input component in communication with the chamber, wherein the input component is operative to sense a flow and/or pressure and generate an input signal correlated to the flow or pressure;
- a processor operative to receive the input signal from the input component and generate an output signal;
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- an output component operative to receive the output signal, and display an output.
An oscillating positive expiratory pressure system comprising:
- an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device comprising a chamber;
- a control component operative to control a flow resistance;
- an input component in communication with the chamber, wherein the input component is operative to sense a flow and/or pressure and generate an input signal correlated to the flow or pressure;
- a processor operative to receive the input signal from the input component and generate an output signal;
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- an output component operative to receive the output signal, and adjust the control component to provide a predetermined flow resistance.
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A method of using an oscillating positive expiratory pressure system comprising:
- exhaling into a chamber of an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device;
- controlling a flow resistance in the chamber with a control component during the exhaling;
- sensing a flow and/or pressure during the exhaling with an input component in communication with the chamber;
- generating an input signal correlated to the flow or pressure;
- receiving the input signal with a processor and generating an output signal;
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- receiving the output signal with an output component;
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- adjusting the control component with the output component to vary the flow resistance in response to the output signal.
The method of claim 26 wherein the control component comprises a valve component.
The method of claim 26 wherein the output component comprises a motor coupled to the valve component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.