Breath-Actuated Musical Instrument Pressure Sensor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current airway clearance treatments for respiratory diseases like Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Asthma, and COPD are laborious and non-compliant, leading to suboptimal adherence and increased risk of lung infections.
Innovation Solution
A pressure measurement device integrated with a musical instrument that senses real-time lung pressure and provides feedback through a display, allowing patients to engage in a low-impact, enjoyable activity while exercising their lungs and clearing mucus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If current ACT devices are used for airway clearance treatment, then the treatment function is provided, but the device is laborious and uncreative leading to poor patient compliance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the airway clearance treatment function with a musical instrument, merging two separate functions (medical treatment and entertainment) into a single device. This allows patients to perform airway clearance exercises while playing music, transforming a laborious medical task into an enjoyable activity and significantly improving patient compliance.
Solution Approach 2:
The device provides multiple functions: it serves as both a musical instrument for entertainment and a medical device for airway clearance treatment. The instrument can produce music through breath control while simultaneously performing positive expiratory pressure exercises, making the device universally useful for both recreation and medical therapy.
2Measurement precision
If real-time pressure sensing is implemented, then treatment effectiveness is monitored, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates real-time pressure sensing that provides immediate feedback to the patient during instrument play. The sensor detects breath pressure and provides visual or auditory feedback, allowing patients to adjust their breathing in real-time to achieve optimal airway clearance while maintaining enjoyable music production.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical measurement systems with electronic pressure sensors that can be integrated into the instrument. This substitution allows for more precise and easier-to-implement pressure measurement compared to traditional mechanical flow meters or pressure transducers.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Increases patient compliance with treatment regimes by making airway clearance more enjoyable and interactive, providing real-time lung pressure feedback and measurement, which can be logged and reviewed by patients and clinicians.
Implementation Method 1
at least one sensor associated with the at least one inlet; wherein the at least one sensor is configured to sense information relating to pressure from the received air in real time
Data Source
AI summary
A pressure measurement device for use with a musical instrument is provided. The pressure measurement devices has at least one inlet to receive air from a player of the musical instrument as the player plays the musical instrument. The pressure measurement device also has at least one sensor associated with the at least one inlet. The sensor is configured to sense information relating to pressure from the received air in real time as the musical instrument is played.