Patent ID: 6058932
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A61H,A61M

Abstract:
An apparatus for assisting a patient in loosening phlegm and mucus collected in a patient's lungs, bronchial and/or tracheal passages comprising:a hollow housing having a cap portion and a base portion, said cap portion forming at least part of an acoustic coupling chamber, said cap portion including a mouthpiece around a portion of said chamber having at least one breathing passage therethrough leading out of said cap portion;an audio signal generator having an acoustic transducer coupled to said chamber, said generator transmitting an acoustic waveform into said coupling chamber;said mouthpiece coupling the acoustic coupling chamber into a patient's airways when the mouthpiece is held in a patient's mouth and permitting a patient to breathe through the breathing passage while said coupling chamber directs said acoustic waveform from said acoustic transducer into a patient's airways; andconnection means on said mouthpiece for connecting a pharmaceutical dispensing device into said breathing passage so that a pharmaceutical material may be dispensed into such a patient's airways while such a patient breathes through said breathing passage.