Disclosed is a
system and method for monitoring the breath
chemistry of a patient's breath using a specially designed self-condensing sensor module mounted in a
mask, nasal cannula, headband with boom apparatus, or similar device for directing the patients' breath towards the self-condensing sensor. Monitoring of a patient's breath pH provided by the miniaturized self-condensing pH sensor provides for real-time monitoring of patient
airway pH values. The specially designed self-condensing sensor module incorporates a data transfer means, e.g. direct wiring or by providing a
transmitter with an antenna for
wireless transferring of the pH data to a
processing receiver. The self-condensing pH sensor comprises a multi-tubular design with the outer tubular member housing a
silver chloride reference element, an
ion conducting path, and an
antimony sensor plug isolated in an inner tubular member that is co-linearly or coaxially configured with the outer tubular member. A
transmitter with an antenna transfers the observed pH data by employing one of many
wireless methods, such as radio-frequency (RF) energy. Alternately, the transfer of observed pH data is accomplished by direct wire methods. The pH data is transferred or updated at specific intervals, which can be varied according to the patient's needs, to the
processing receiver that is engaged to the treatment apparatus. In the therapeutic configuration, the
processing receiver computes and diagnoses the breath
chemistry data and determines at what frequency the treatment apparatus should be activated.