US 12,465,812 B2
Device for pulmonary rehabilitation
Chien-Hua Tseng, Taipei (TW); and Chien-Ling Su, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Taipei (TW); and Shih-Fan Chen, La Canada Flt, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/028,752
Filed by TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Taipei (TW); and Shih-Fan Chen, La Canada Flt, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/052275
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/067220, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,591, filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,039, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0330484 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 23/18 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 23/18 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0006 (2014.02); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2206/14 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for pulmonary rehabilitation, comprising:
a mouthpiece; and
a respiratory adjustment unit detachably connected to the mouthpiece and having a first opening end and a second opening end in communication to each other to form a first flow channel,
wherein the respiratory adjustment unit further comprises a first adjustment gate disposed in the first flow channel, and the first adjustment gate includes:
a first baffle having a first aperture with an adjustable size; and
a first blade configured to slide on the first baffle to partially or completely cover the first aperture,
wherein the first baffle has a first sliding slot, and the first blade has a first surface with a first pillar and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and
wherein the first pillar is disposed in the first sliding slot and configured to reciprocate along a long axial direction of the first sliding slot.