US 2025/0001253 A1 · BREATHING EXERCISE WITH AIRFLOW RESISTANCE METHODS

Breathing exercise with airflow resistance methods

AssigneeBerendo Scientific, LLC

InventorsLorig Sima Kalaydjian, Benjamin Scott Arnett, Nick Hulme, Jeffrey J. Christian, Seth Heneveld, Minhvy Tran, Spenser Burke, Dale M. Carlson, JR., Shahn S. Sage, Dheeraj Varma Kalidindi, Elliot W. Bridgeman, Andrew Richardson, Mark A. McCarthy, Eric J. Kezirian

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Abstract

Methods are disclosed in which a user performs breathing exercises with breathing apparatuses. The apparatus may include a member operatively arranged with an airflow resistance mechanism. The breathing apparatus may further include a chromogenic material, membrane, visual signal, airflow meter, acoustic device, or moveable element that may be configured to respond when the airflow or airflow rate is greater than a threshold airflow or threshold airflow rate, respectively. The breathing apparatus may be configured such that the airflow resistance mechanism is modifiable. The airflow resistance mechanism may provide a constant or variable airflow resistance during the performance of the exercise.

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A method for performing a breathing exercise with a breathing apparatus, the method comprising:

positioning an open portion of a member, of the apparatus, to a nose of a user such that breathing by the user through the open portion results in anterior movement of a soft palate of the user to open space in an area of a throat of the user behind the soft palate to create a continuous air pathway from the nose to lungs of the user;
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performing by the user the breathing exercise via the continuous air pathway, with the apparatus, in which the user generates, for a predetermined number of repetitions or duration of time, a pressure within the open portion that produces an airflow against an airflow resistance determined by an airflow resistance mechanism to train muscles of the user.

A method for performing a breathing exercise with a breathing apparatus, the method comprising:

positioning an open portion of a member, of the apparatus, to a nose of a user such that breathing by the user through the open portion results in anterior movement of a soft palate of the user to open space in an area of a throat of the user behind the soft palate to create a continuous air pathway from the nose to lungs of the user;
and
performing by the user the breathing exercise via the continuous air pathway, with the apparatus, in which the user generates, for a predetermined number of repetitions or duration of time, a pressure within the open portion that produces an airflow rate against an airflow resistance determined by an airflow resistance mechanism to train muscles of the user.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.