Respiratory monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic system
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a respiratory condition:
- an apparatus for exposing a sensor to an individual'"'"'s breath;
a processing receiver; and
said sensor in real-time communication with said receiver.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating certain respiratory conditions, such as asthma. The system includes a mask apparatus fitted with a pH sensor and thermocouple, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, a processing receiver, and a therapeutic nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier device. The mask apparatus, CPAP device and therapeutic nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier device are connected by a pneumatic means. The pH sensor and the thermocouple are in electrical communication with the processing receiver that controls, through an electronic means, the CPAP device and therapeutic nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier device. The electrical communications can be in the form of a plurality of wires or employ wireless means.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a respiratory condition:
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an apparatus for exposing a sensor to an individual'"'"'s breath;
a processing receiver; and
said sensor in real-time communication with said receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for monitoring and diagnosing a respiratory condition:
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an apparatus for exposing a sensor to an individual'"'"'s breath;
a processing receiver;
said sensor in real-time communication with said receiver; and
said processing receiver processing said information for determining various diagnoses. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating a respiratory condition:
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an apparatus for exposing a sensor to an individual'"'"'s breath;
a processing receiver;
said sensor in a first real-time communication with said receiver;
said processing receiver processing said information for determining various diagnoses and treatments; and
said processing receiver in a second communication with at least one treatment device to administer at least one therapeutic dose. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for monitoring breath chemistry comprising:
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a sensor;
a solid-state cooling means, said cooling means in physical engagement with said sensor;
a collection pool;
said cooling means reducing the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of a patient'"'"'s breath such that the patient'"'"'s breath condenses into a liquid that fills said collection pool; and
said sensor immersed in said liquefied breath in said collection pool. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A method of monitoring a respiratory condition:
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monitoring a chemical parameter of a patient'"'"'s breath with a sensor; and
communicating said chemical parameter in real-time under a sampling frequency from said sensor to a computing receiver.
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34. A method of monitoring and diagnosing a respiratory condition:
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monitoring a chemical parameter of a patient'"'"'s breath with a sensor;
communicating said chemical parameter in real-time under a sampling frequency from said sensor to a computing receiver; and
processing said chemical parameter information by a computing receiver to diagnose a patients'"'"' breath chemistry.
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35. A method of monitoring, diagnosing and treating a respiratory condition:
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monitoring a chemical parameter of a patient'"'"'s breath with a sensor;
communicating said chemical parameter in real-time under a sampling frequency from said sensor to a computing receiver;
processing said chemical parameter information by a computing receiver to diagnose a patients'"'"' breath chemistry. performing a function on the occurrence of a threshold level; and
communicating with a treatment nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier such that when the chemical parameter threshold level is reached, said computing receiver instructs said treatment nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier to dispense one or more medicaments.
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36. A method of monitoring a respiratory condition:
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exposing a sensor to an environment that assesses a chemical parameter of the breath of a patient;
transferring in real-time said chemical parameter information to a processing receiver; and
converting the chemical parameter information communicated to the processing receiver to a digitized format.
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37. A method of monitoring and diagnosing a respiratory condition:
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exposing a sensor to an environment that assesses a chemical parameter of the breath of a patient;
transferring in real-time said chemical parameter information to a processing receiver; and
converting the chemical parameter information communicated to the processing receiver to a digitized format to diagnose said chemical parameter information.
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38. A method of monitoring, diagnosing and treating a respiratory condition:
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exposing a sensor to an environment that assesses a chemical parameter of the breath of a patient;
transferring in real-time said chemical parameter information to a processing receiver;
converting the chemical parameter information communicated to the processing receiver to a digitized format to diagnose said chemical parameter information; and
processing said chemical parameter information for determining various treatments.
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