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Apparatus and methods for assisting breathing

  • US 9,623,239 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2015
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a subject comprising:

  • (a) sensing an onset of the subject'"'"'s expiratory phase of breathing with one or more sensors; and

    (b) delivering a stimulus to the subject'"'"'s lower anterior thorax or abdomen during at least part of the expiratory phase of breathing in response to said sensing, said stimulus being delivered by mechanical compression using a device comprising an inflatable compartment and effective to cause a contraction in the subject'"'"'s abdominal muscle so as to assist the subject with ventilation with the proviso that a stimulus is not delivered while the subject is inhaling.

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