Patent ID: 6679250
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A clinical respiration therapy device comprising:a) a chamber means defined by a cylindrical body having an open end at one end and a mouth piece means at the other end, said cylindrical body having a graduated scale marked along said cylindrical body, said graduated scale marking a volume of space of said chamber from a minor volume space to a major volume space, said minor volume space defined by an indicator means spaced from said mouth piece means; b) a guide means extending along said chamber means from said mouth piece means to said open end and supporting said indicator means, said indicator means for being displaced along said guide means from a position indicating said minor volume space in response to the flow rate of breath exhaled into said chamber means through said mouth piece means; c) an input port means in said cylindrical body opening into said minor volume space; d) a one way valve means across said input port means for preventing breath exhaled into said chamber means from escaping said chamber means through said input port means; e) a container means having an input means and an output means, said container means adapted for holding a liquid within said container means, said input means for receiving a gas under pressure for mixing with said liquid in said container means for generating a vaporized mass; and f) said output means coupled to said one way valve means for depositing said vaporized mass into said chamber in said minor volume space.