Patent ID: 8460223

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a patient, the apparatus comprising: a housing, a therapy system carried by the housing and operable to deliver a plurality of respiratory therapies to the patient, a first therapy of the plurality of respiratory therapies being a high frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO) therapy having a steady state pressure component and an oscillating pressure component, a second therapy of the plurality of respiratory therapies being a therapy other than HFCWO therapy, an assessment system carried by the housing and operable to assess the efficacy of at least one of the respiratory therapies based on a measured breath volume, an electronic display on which is shown information regarding the first respiratory therapy, the second respiratory therapy, and the assessment system, the housing being vertically elongated such that its height is greater than both its width and its depth, the therapy system having pneumatic components including at least one of a compressor and a blower carried in a lower portion of the housing and the electronic display being coupled to an upper portion of the housing, and a set of wheels coupled to the lower portion of the housing to allow the housing to be transported along a floor, the upper portion of the housing having at least one port through which the HFCWO therapy is delivered to the patient, the at least one port being situated below the display, the pneumatic components being located in a lower part of the lower portion and below the port providing a low center of gravity for the apparatus.