Medical device with energy harvesting system
AssigneeTrudell Medical International
InventorsNeritan Alizoti, Sam Bender, Adam Meyer, Geoffrey Nielsen, Bart Nowak, Peter Scarrott
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Abstract
A medical device includes a user interface component and an energy harvesting system coupled to the user interface component. The energy harvesting system energy includes a harvesting component, a power storage device connected to the energy harvesting component and an output is coupled to the user interface and operably connected to the power storage device. A method of using the medical device is also provided.
Claims21
1-11. (canceled)
A dose counter for use with a metered dose inhaler, the dose counter comprising:
- a housing configured to be attached to the metered dose inhaler, wherein the housing is moveable;
- an energy harvesting component disposed in and moveable with the housing, wherein the energy harvesting component is configured to generate electrical energy in response to the movement of the energy harvesting component;
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- a power storage device connected to the energy harvesting component and operable to store the electrical energy received from the energy harvesting component.
A dose counter for use with a metered dose inhaler, the dose counter comprising:
- a housing configured to be attached to the metered dose inhaler, wherein the housing comprises a first housing component relative to the second housing component;
- an energy harvesting component disposed in the housing, wherein the energy harvesting component is configured to generate electrical energy in response to the movement of the first housing relative to the second housing component;
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- a power storage device connected to the energy harvesting component and operable to store the electrical energy received from the energy harvesting component.
A method of using a dose counter comprising:
- moving a dose counter housing coupled to a metered dose inhaler;
- moving an energy harvesting component disposed in the housing in response to moving the dose counter housing;
- harvesting energy with the energy harvesting component in response to the movement of the energy harvesting component;
- storing the electrical energy in a power storage device disposed in the housing and connected to the energy harvesting component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.