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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Smiths Medical International Limited, Ashford, GB;
Inventor:
Mark Sinclair Varney, Bedfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Ashford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01); A63B 23/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0006 (2014.02); A61M 16/20 (2013.01); A63B 21/00192 (2013.01); A63B 23/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/4833 (2013.01); A61M 16/205 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2205/332 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibratory PEP respiratory therapy device () includes a valve element () on a rocker arm () that opens and closes an opening () during exhalation through the apparatus. An accelerometer () including a piezoelectric beam () supported at one end () is mounted on the outside of the housing () of the device to respond to vibration transmitted though the housing caused by oscillating movement of the rocker arm (). The output of the accelerometer () is supplied to a circuit (), () that determines when the device () is used and the duration and quality of use of the device.