Melissa P. Manice,Charles D. Manice,Daniel W. Weinstein
申请号：
US14518529
公开号：
US10019555B2
申请日:
2014.10.20
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A monitoring system for inhalers includes a tracker module configured to be secured to a variety of inhalers, including both controller and rescue inhalers. The tracker module has a flexible shell that fastens around an inhaler and an activation sensor for sensing use of the inhaler, an internal memory for storing inhaler use data, and a communication component for forwarding the stored usage data to a processor for analyzing the data. The activation sensor is flexibly connected to the flexible shell with a flexible cable and is placed over the end of the inhaler canister. The processor is located in a local station separate from the tracker module but wirelessly synchronized therewith. In one embodiment, the system also collects lung function data, e.g., from a spirometer, and then processes all of the controller inhaler data, the rescue inhaler data, and the lung function data, to generate alerts and other messages.
