US 8,770,984 B2 · Therapeutic device

Abstract

A therapeutic device for improving the respiration of a patient, the device comprising a curved or kinked pipe section, into the first end of which a mouthpiece provided with a passage is disposed, a holding peg inserted into a second end of the pipe section and connected thereto, the holding peg having a passage disposed therein and being insertable into the inside of the pipe section, and a flexible hose attached to the holding peg inside the pipe section, a free end of the hose moveable freely in an area of the mouthpiece between an inner wall of the pipe section, such that the therapeutic device can be used during inhalation and exhalation, the device (1) enabling the patient to train his respiratory passageways both during exhalation and inhalation, thereby to improve the effectiveness of respiration.

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Dependent claims

A therapeutic device for improving respiration of a person, the device comprising a curved or kinked pipe section, into a first end of which a mouthpiece provided with a passage channel is disposed, with a holding peg inserted into a second end of the pipe section and connected to it, the holding peg having a passage channel disposed therein and insertable in whole and in part into the pipe section, and a flexible hose attached to the holding peg inside the pipe section, with a free end of the hose moveable freely in an area of the mouthpiece within an inner wall of the pipe section,

wherein
a channel branch emerges into the passage channel of the mouthpiece and is provided with a second pipe section connected therein, and the second pipe section is provided with an air distribution element disposed therein, into the outside circumference of which at least one passage opening is disposed, the width of which can be variably adjusted by means of a setting ring.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Therapeutic device

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Therapeutic device

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