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US 2022/0022772 A1Published application
Handheld respiratory diagnostic, training, and therapy devices and methods
AssigneeActuate Health, Inc.
InventorsRichard Steven Adams, Colton James Crandell, James Nestor
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Abstract
Systems and methods directed to handheld respiratory diagnostics, trainings, and therapy are disclosed. More specifically, a device that collects data associated with a user's breathing using sensors, analyzes that data to determine time series readings of one or more health-related vitals, and generates trainings and therapies to assist the user in real time is described.
Claims20
A respiratory training device, comprising:
- a mouthpiece configured to fit within a user's lips and receive air from the user's breath;
- an electronics housing removably connected to the mouthpiece, the electronics housing comprising:
- an air chamber configured to receive air from the user's breath after the user breathes into the mouthpiece;
- a differential pressure sensor configured to determine pressure of the received air;
- one or more resistance valves configured to increase or decrease the determined pressure of the received air;
- a motor configured to control the position of the one or more resistance valves;
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- a processor that receives data from the differential pressure sensor, wherein the processor determines a differential pressure being applied to the user's breath by comparing a pressure of the user's breath traveling through the air chamber and an ambient air pressure, and wherein the processor generates and outputs a respiratory training program for the user based on at least the differential pressure.
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A respiratory device, comprising:
- one or more data processors;
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- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations including:
- receiving pressure data associated with a breath of a user into the respiratory device;
- determining, using the pressure data, a value of pressure being applied to the user's breath by the respiratory device;
- comparing, by the processor, the pressure value with a previous pressure value associated with a previous breath of the user;
- transmitting a command signal to adjust the speed of a motor within the respiratory device, wherein adjusting the speed of the motor causes a change in one or more resistance valves in the respiratory device, wherein the position of the resistance valves determine an amount of pressure to be applied to the breath of the user during the user's next breath.
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A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- detecting, at a differential pressure sensor in a respiratory device, a breath of a user of the respiratory device;
- collecting, at the differential pressure sensor, pressure data associated with the breath of the user;
- determining, by a processor at the respiratory device and using the pressure data, a value of pressure being applied to the user's breath by the respiratory device;
- comparing, by the processor, the pressure value with a previous pressure value associated with a previous breath of the user;
- receiving, at a motor in the respiratory device and from the processor, a command signal to adjust the speed of the motor;
- adjusting the speed of the motor, wherein adjusting the speed of the motor causes a change in one or more resistance valves integrated into the respiratory device, wherein the position of the resistance valves determine an amount of pressure to be applied to the breath of the user during the user's next breath.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.