US 12,191,019 B2
Systems and methods for improving respiratory medicament device usage
Rahul Bhailal Gondalia, San Francisco, CA (US); Leanne Kaye, Redwood City, CA (US); David Stempel, Clyde Hill, WA (US); Robert Baddeley, Madison, WI (US); Amber Michelle Markey, Madison, WI (US); Meredith A. Barrett, Redwood City, CA (US); and Melissa Williams, Sellersburg, IN (US)
Assigned to RECIPROCAL LABS CORPORATION, Madison, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/429,612
Filed by Reciprocal Labs Corporation, Madison, WI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/018198
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168138, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,934, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0115107 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/30 (2018.01) [G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of ensuring proper usage technique of a respiratory medicament device for a respiratory ailment, the method comprising:
collecting, by at least one processor associated with the respiratory medicament device, medication data relating to a medication plan for a patient, the medication data including at least one of a type of the respiratory medicament device and a prescribed number of doses of a respiratory medicament associated with the respiratory medicament device;
based on the medication data, determining whether the respiratory medicament device requires a plurality of consecutive uses;
based on determining the respiratory medicament device requires a plurality of consecutive uses, determining a timing between consecutive uses of the respiratory medicament device;
based on determining a spacer is used with the respiratory medicament device, determining a modification to the timing between the consecutive uses;
detecting, by a medicament sensor associated with the respiratory medicament device, a first set of use data of the respiratory medicament device, the first set of use data including at least a first inhalation event associated with the patient;
identifying, from the first set of use data, a usage characteristic associated with the patient, the usage characteristic including an audio signal associated with an inhalation of the patient;
applying an adjustment to the medicament sensor in response to identifying the usage characteristic, the adjustment causing the medicament sensor to eliminate false positives in response to detecting a second set of use data, the second set of use data including at least a second inhalation event associated with the patient;
detecting, by the medicament sensor, the second set of use data;
identifying, from the second set of use data, the second inhalation event; and
based on identifying the second inhalation event, providing a guidance by way of an instruction component to direct a subsequent inhalation event according to the modification to the timing between the consecutive uses.