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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Ernest Von Hollen, Clark, NJ (US);
John Nigel Pritchard, Leicester, GB;
Koninklljke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a feedback for inhalation. In order to further improve feedback and instructions to further support the correct use of an inhaler, a feedback apparatus () for inhalation is provided that comprises an inhaler interface (), a processor (), a feedback device (), and a feature assigner (). The inhaler interface is configured to temporarily attach the feedback apparatus to an inhalation apparatus. The feedback device is configured to provide a feedback to the user to aid in inhalation with the inhalation apparatus. The feature assigner is configured to identify a type of a predetermined feature of the attached inhalation apparatus, and the feedback device is configured to provide the feedback in dependency of the identified type of feature to instruct the user to adjust inhalation maneuver adapted to the attached inhalation apparatus. In an example, the predetermined feature is a device type of the inhalation apparatus, and the feature assigner is configured as an inhalation device type assigner () to identify the type of a currently used inhalation device. In another example, the predetermined feature is an accessory type of the inhalation apparatus, and the feature assigner is configured as an accessory type assigner () to identify the type of a currently used accessory.