Patent ID: 9610417
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61M,H01M,H02J,Y02E

Claim:
1. A portable, rechargeable, discontinuous positive airway pressure (DPAP) device for use by an individual as a breathing assist device, the DPAP device comprising: a sensor for tracking an exhalation phase of a respiration cycle of the individual relative to a stimulation period by providing an output reflective of any one or more of flow data and pressure data; a controller responsive to the sensor output for determining the entry of the exhalation phase into the stimulation period; a stimulation source responsive to a determination that the exhalation phase has entered the stimulation period near the end of the exhalation phase, for delivering a discontinuous stimulation, via a tube, only during the stimulation period sufficiently to induce a premature inhalation phase; the controller regulating the delivery of the discontinuous stimulation by the stimulation source; a rechargeable power cell for powering any one or more of the sensor, the stimulation source, and the controller; and wherein the rechargeable power cell includes a Seebeck element that is placed in contact with the individual's body for thermoelectrically converting the individual's body heat into an electrical current that recharges the power cell.