Patent ID: 11951246
Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, coach a patient to use an inhaler for medication delivery, the instructions comprising:
obtaining, via a sensor, respiratory behavior data of a patient;
receiving, at a computing device, the respiratory behavior data;
performing a respiratory pattern analysis algorithm on the respiratory behavior data to determine a desired interval of inhaler actuation for medication delivery;
communicating a cue signal to actuate the inhaler to achieve the desired interval of inhaler actuation;
obtaining, via the sensor, inhaler actuation data based on the actuation of the inhaler;
receiving, at the computing device, the inhaler actuation data;
performing an actuation analysis algorithm on the inhaler actuation data to assess the efficacy of the actuation; and
adjusting, if the efficacy of the actuation is below a predetermined threshold, the cue signal to actuate the inhaler to improve the efficacy of a future actuation.