INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY DEVICE HAVING AN EXTERNALLY DISPOSED CAPACITIVE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR PROMPTING PATIENT USE AND DETERMINING MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED FROM SUCH PATIENT USAGE
An apparatus used in the medical industry such as an Incentive Spirometer, in order to increase transpulmonary pressure and respiratory volumes, to improve inspiratory muscle performance and re-establish the normal pulmonary hyperinflation, through the employment of electronic technology, providing audible, simulated, verbal, human sounding words, that assist, guide and prompt, increasing patient usage. In one embodiment, the Incentive Spirometer uses a capacitive sensing circuit preferably mounted to the side of the apparatuss housing for sensing movement of the float within the tube wall and for obtaining a measurement or reading of the patients performance with the Incentive Spirometer.
