US 12,390,169 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing breathing exercises, improving lung function, performing pulmonary monitoring, and/or determining lung capacity and peak expiratory flow
Gregory O'Keeffe, Boston, MA (US); Brian Dutton, Dracut, MA (US); Mark Seelig, Haverhill, MA (US); Debra Sarvis, Duxbury, MA (US); and Raymond Cha, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to HUMAN RESOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Human Resolution Technologies, LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,612.
Application 18/379,612 is a continuation of application No. 17/743,148, filed on May 12, 2022, granted, now 11,801,015.
Application 17/743,148 is a continuation of application No. 16/418,760, filed on May 21, 2019, granted, now 11,331,053, issued on May 17, 2022.
Application 16/418,760 is a continuation of application No. 16/105,539, filed on Aug. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,307,110, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/547,809, filed on Aug. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0423552 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61B 5/091 (2006.01); A63B 23/18 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 5/7278 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0803 (2013.01); A61B 5/0871 (2013.01); A61B 5/091 (2013.01); A63B 23/185 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0625 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a lung capacity of a user comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a recording of sound produced by a sound-producing breathing apparatus when a user inhales or exhales through the sound-producing breathing apparatus, the recording being made with a microphone resident within a user electronic device operated by the user, the microphone being communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the sound recording is divided into a plurality of time intervals;
determining, by the processor, an intensity of the sound for each interval included in the received sound recording;
receiving, by the processor, a distance between the sound-producing breathing device and the microphone:
determining, by the processor, whether a correlation table correlating sound intensity and air flow rates for the sound-producing breathing device at the distance is available and, if not, generating the correlation table that correlates sound intensity and air flow rates for the sound-producing breathing device at the distance;
accessing, by the processor, the correlation table;
determining, by the processor, the air flow rate corresponding to the intensity for each time interval using the correlation table;
determining, by the processor, a volume of air inhaled or exhaled for each time interval; and
determining, by the processor, a total volume of air inhaled or exhaled for all the time intervals included in the plurality of time intervals;
determining, by the processor, a lung capacity of the user based on the determined intensity for each interval; and
facilitating, by the processor, provision of an indication of the volume of air inhaled or exhaled for each time interval and the lung capacity to at least one of the user and a caregiver for the user.