US 11,951,253 B2
Positive exhalation pressure device
Kevin J. O'Sullivan, County Kerry (IE); Leonard W. O'Sullivan, County Clare (IE); Colum Dunne, County Tipperary (IE); Barry Linnane, Limerick (IE); and Deirdre McGrath, Limerick (IE)
Assigned to Solopep Limited, County Clare (IE)
Filed by Solopep Limited, County Clare (IE)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/021,577.
Application 17/021,577 is a continuation of application No. 15/383,657, filed on Dec. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,806,876.
Claims priority of application No. 15201412 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0001067 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0006 (2014.02) [A61M 15/0018 (2014.02); A61M 15/0098 (2014.02); A61M 16/0866 (2014.02); A61M 15/0008 (2014.02); A61M 16/161 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0205 (2013.01); A61M 2205/33 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/582 (2013.01); A61M 2205/59 (2013.01); A61M 2206/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a housing including an annular track including an opening in an inner wall of the annular track, an inlet configured to permit air into the annular track, an outlet configured to permit air out of the annular track, and a mouthpiece in fluid communication with the inlet; and
a body configured to revolve within and around the annular track in response to flow of air from the track inlet to the track outlet, wherein revolutions of the body around the annular track causes intermittent partial blocking of the outlet, and cyclical fluctuations of airflow resistance, wherein
the opening in the inner wall fluidly connects the annular track with a sensor for sensing a flow of fluid through the annular track.