Patent ID: 8262583

Claim:
An Incentive Spirometer assembly, comprising: an Incentive Spirometer device having a float; means for detecting movement of said float; and a tilt switch comprising: a housing defining an internal area and having a lower end; a conductive element disposed within the internal area of said housing and movable within; a first conductive member having one end disposed at the lower end of said housing and in communication with the internal area and an opposite second end in contact with said means for detecting; and a second conductive member having one end disposed at the lower end of said housing and in communication with the internal area and an opposite second end in contact with said means for detecting; wherein when said Incentive Spirometer is in a proper position said conductive element is disposed at the lower end of said housing and in contact with said first conductive member and said second conductive member and when said Incentive Spirometer is not in a proper position said conductive element is not disposed at the lower end of said housing and is not in contact with said first conductive member and said second conductive member; wherein said tilt switch prevents said means for detecting from counting movement of said float as a patient use of the Incentive Spirometer when said Incentive Spirometer is not in a proper position.