Antonio Boyer

US Patent:

20120029376, Feb 2, 2012

Filed:

Jul 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/844980

Inventors:

Wayne Meng - Fogelsville PA, US
Jay Boyce - Colmar PA, US
Antonio Boyer - Macungie PA, US

Assignee:

PMD HEALTHCARE - Allentown PA

International Classification:

A61B 5/087

US Classification:

600538

Abstract:

A portable hand-held spirometer is disclosed for use in taking respiratory tests and storing and displaying test results. The configuration of the spirometer includes handgrips that are positioned to ensure that the user is properly positioned to provide maximum breathing required for valid test results to be obtained. The spirometer also includes a progressively illuminated indicator that can be viewed by the user during a test to provide an indication in real-time to the user of the expected/desired duration of the exhalation or inhalation test. The indicator is completely illuminated only when the measured accumulated volume of air passing through the spirometer equals a predicted volume determined based on the age, gender, height, weight and ethnicity of the user stored in the spirometer. The structures and arrangement of a turbine assembly and sensors is also disclosed. Further, a method of receiving, storing and displaying information on the spirometer via a color touch screen display is also disclosed.

US Patent:

20180221600, Aug 9, 2018

Filed:

Sep 1, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/750961

Inventors:

- Marsberg, DE
Wayne Meng - Fogelsville PA, US
Antonio Wilson Boyer - Macungie PA, US

International Classification:

A61M 15/00
A61M 11/02
A61M 16/20

Abstract:

A dose counter for a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) has an actuator housing and canister with an activation valve at a valve end of the canister. The dose counter includes a circuit assembly having a substrate with at least a first and a second switch thereon. The first and second switches are sized and positioned to interact with the valve end of the canister when the canister moves from a rest position to an activation position, such that the first switch is triggered when the canister reaches a first longitudinal position and the second switch is triggered when the canister reaches a second longitudinal position that is offset from the first longitudinal position during movement of the canister from the rest position to the activation position. A counting circuit is configured to receive a signal from the first and second switches and to determine when the metered dose inhaler is activated.