Systems, devices, and methods for performing breathing exercises, improving lung function, performing pulmonary monitoring, and/or determining lung capacity and peak expiratory flow
US10307110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L25/51
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
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