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Positive expiratory pressure device

US6581598B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1999
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M16/209
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An enhanced PEP therapy device which provides a variable frequency and variable magnitude positive expiratory pressure by utilizing a nonlinear orifice for adjusting and maintaining a desired positive expiratory pressure oscillation in accordance with a predetermined pressure range of a patient's expiratory air.

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