Patent ID: 7575555

Claim:
An Incentive Spirometer assembly and apparatus for programming, comprising: an Incentive Spirometer device, means for automatically prompting a user with a verbal voice message to use the Incentive Spirometer device to perform a sustained maximal inspiration (SMI) procedure; a docking station for programming said means for automatically prompting regarding use of said Incentive Spirometer device; wherein said means for automatically prompting is an electronic assembly in communication with a speaker and means for powering said electronic assembly, said electronic assembly comprising a microcontroller unit and an audio storage unit, said audio storage unit having at least one stored verbal voice message for prompting the user to use the Incentive Spirometer device to perform the sustained maximal inspiration (SMI) procedure; wherein said microcontroller unit directs the audio storage unit to automatically send a first verbal voice message to the speaker in order to prompt use of the Incentive Spirometer device by the user; and means for preventing said microcontroller unit from directing the audio storage unit to send the first verbal voice message, measurements or other verbal voice messages during certain conditions; wherein the certain conditions is level of darkness or light in a room in which the Incentive Spirometer device is located to provide the user with a sleep period without disturbance from said means for automatically prompting.