# US 8,770,984 B2 · Therapeutic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,770,984 B2 - Document ID: US8770984B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/385,362 - Filed: 2012-02-15 - Published: 2012-09-13 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-15 - Assignees: R. Cegla GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: Ulrich Cegla - Inventors: Ulrich Cegla - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770984B2 ## CPC - A63B 23/18: for improving respiratory function - A61M 16/0006: {with means for creating vibrations in patients' airways} - A63B 21/00069: {Setting or adjusting the resistance level; Compensating for a preload prior to use, e.g. changing length of resistance or adjusting a valve} - A63B 21/0088: {by moving the surrounding air} - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a flexible hose behind the air distribution element in a flow direction is disposed in the second pipe section, by means of which an air flow through the air distribution element is guided, and as a result of which the hose is induced to vibrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 2, wherein the hose on the air distribution element is locked directly or by means of a holding ring against an inside wall of the second pipe section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the air distribution element is provided with a filter disposed therein, through which air flow flows, and the filter lies on a mesh or perforated plate of the air distribution element and is supported thereby. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the air distribution element is provided with a covering ring, which can be rotated in a peripheral direction of said air distribution element and by means of which the passage opening disposed in the air distribution element is fully or partially closed or fully opened. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said pipe section is provided with a ring element therein in the area of an end facing towards the mouthpiece, at least one passage opening is disposed in the ring element and an adjustable sleeve is folded over the ring element in the installed condition, by means of which a corresponding passage opening is fully or partially closed or fully opened. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein a baffle plate is formed onto the ring element, by means of which air flow is blocked in the direction of said pipe section. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein a distance between the free end of the hose and the mouthpiece inserted disposed in the pipe section is variably adjustable by moving the holding peg in order to change the curvature radius of the hose. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 2, wherein a negative pressure is produced in the inside of the second pipe section during inhalation, by means of which the second hose inside the second pipe section is induced to vibrate and, at the same time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The therapeutic device in accordance with claim 1, wherein during exhalation, the first hose is closed by means of positive pressure prevailing in the pipe section. ### Claim 11 A therapeutic device for improving the respiration of a patient, the device comprising a curved or kinked pipe section, into a first end of which a mouthpiece is disposed, with a holding peg inserted into the first end of the pipe section and held in a movable arrangement, with a flexible hose attached to an end of the holding peg and pointing away from the mouthpiece, with the flexible hose following the curvature of the pipe section, wherein the holding peg is configured as an air distribution element, at least one passage opening is disposed in the air distribution element, and the passage opening is adapted to be fully or partially closed or completely opened by means of an adjusting ring.