IMPROVED INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY DEVICES BY THE EMPLOYMENT OF VERBAL SIMULATED HUMANLIKE VOICES AND USING A CAPACITIVE SENSING COMPONENT FOR DETERMINING PATIENT USE AND MEASUREMENT OBTAINED FROM SUCH USE

摘要

An apparatus used in the medical industry, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and reestablish the normal pulmonary hyperinflation, through the employment of electronic technology, providing audible, simulated, verbal, human sounding words, that assist, guide and prompt, increasing patient usage. In one embodiment, the Incentive Spirometer uses a capacitive sensing circuit for sensing movement of the float within the tube wall and for obtaining a measurement or reading of the patient's performance with the Incentive Spirometer.