Patent ID: 6863068
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A ventilation sound system that emits distinctive sounds for a proper inhalation by a patient and a proper exhalation by the patient by continuously monitoring the patient's inhalation and exhalation, the system comprising: a breathing pressure analyzer that detects and measures pressure in the system as an inhalation data indicating an inhalation by the patient; a CO a processor that compares the inhalation data to an inhalation threshold and provides a first sound pattern when the inhalation data exceeds the inhalation threshold indicating the proper inhalation, said processor also comparing the exhalation data to an exhalation threshold and providing a second sound pattern different than the first sound pattern when the exhalation data exceeds the exhalation threshold indicating die proper exhalation; and an audio output device responsive to the processor to play the first sound pattern and the second sound pattern.