APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING A PATIENT'S LARYNGEAL COUGH REFLEX AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
摘要
<p>An apparatus and method for evaluating a patient's laryngeal cough reflex function includes a nebulizer capable of being actuated to atomize a cough-inducing substance, a switch associated with the nebulizer, the switch responsive to actuation of the nebulizer, and a connection between the switch and an EMG machine to thereby activate the EMG machine responsive to the switch. Elapsed time between switch actuation and electrical activity sensed in a muscle which contracts to produce a cough is indicative of status of the patient's laryngeal cough reflex.</p>
申请公布号
WO2004073516(A1)
申请公布日期
2004.09.02
申请号
WO2004US05003
申请日期
2004.02.20
申请人
PNEUMOFLEX SYSTEMS, LLC;ADDINGTON, ROBERT, W.;STEPHENS, ROBERT;MILLER, STUART
发明人
ADDINGTON, ROBERT, W.;STEPHENS, ROBERT;MILLER, STUART