SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PULMONARY MEDICATION DELIVERY
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Abstract
Example techniques and systems include managing delivery of a substance into an inhaled stream of air from a patient. For example, a system may include a housing configured to accept a medication canister containing a medication, the housing comprising a dispensing portion, a sensor configured to sense air flow within the dispensing portion, and a processor configured to transmit a signal indicative of the sensed air flow, wherein information associated with use of the pulmonary medication dosing device is generated by the computing device and based on the transmitted signal.
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17. A system comprising:
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a sensor configured to sense air flow within a portion of a pulmonary medication dosing device; one or more processors configured to transmit, to a computing device, a signal indicative of the sensed air flow, wherein information associated with use of the pulmonary medication dosing device is generated by the computing device and based on the transmitted signal; and an attachable housing configured to be attached to a housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device, wherein the attachable housing comprises the sensor and at least one of the one or more processors, and wherein the attachable housing is configured to dispose the sensor within a channel defined within the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device and between the a wall of the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device and a medication canister when the attachable housing is attached to the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method comprising:
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sensing, by a sensor of an attachable housing, air flow within a portion of a pulmonary medication dosing device, wherein the attachable housing is configured to be attached to a housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device; and transmitting, by one or more processors of the attachable housing, a signal indicative of the sensed air flow to a computing device, wherein; information associated with use of the pulmonary medication dosing device is generated by the computing device and based on the transmitted signal, and the attachable housing is configured to dispose the sensor within a channel defined within the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device and between the a wall of the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device and a medication canister when the attachable housing is attached to the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system comprising:
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means for sensing air flow within a portion of a pulmonary medication dosing device; means for transmitting, to a computing device, a signal indicative of the sensed air flow, wherein information associated with use of the pulmonary medication dosing device is generated by the computing device and based on the transmitted signal; and an attachable housing comprising the means for sensing air flow and the means for transmitting the signal, the attachable housing comprising a means for attaching the attachable housing to a housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device, wherein the attachable housing is configured to dispose the means for sensing within a channel defined within the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device and between the a wall of the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device and a medication canister when the attachable housing is attached to the housing of the pulmonary medication dosing device.
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