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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Robert V. Duncan, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Annette L. Sobel, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Cuikun Lin, Lubbock, TX (US);
Christopher Carty, Lubbock, TX (US);
Robert Baca, Lubbock, TX (US);
Moses Trevor Dardik, Andover, MA (US);
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an apparatus and method for breaking up mucus in a lung comprising: a chamber having an inlet and an outlet; a pressure oscillating unit in fluid communication with the chamber for supplying and vacuuming air into/out of the chamber, wherein the pressure oscillating unit creates ultrasound waves; a control unit for selecting a positive air pressure or a negative air pressure from the pressure oscillating unit, a fluid container in fluid communication with the chamber; a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the chamber; and an outlet connected to the chamber to send respiration gas to a patient, ultrasonic waves in the respiration gas are capable of breaking up mucus in the lung.