Respiratory Therapy Kit Modular Oscillating Valve
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current treatments for respiratory diseases like COPD and asthma often come with undesired side effects and are time-consuming, as they rely on systemic oral medications or require inconvenient oxygen therapy, and more severe cases may necessitate lung transplants.
Innovation Solution
A respiratory therapy device that includes an airflow mixing channel, a nebulizer, and an oscillating positive expiratory pressure assembly with one-way valves to deliver aerosolized medicaments directly to the lungs, reducing side effects and treatment time by allowing for localized and efficient medication delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If oral medications are used to treat respiratory diseases, then the treatment can be administered systemically, but it causes undesired side effects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the medication delivery from the systemic circulation route and redirects it to the respiratory tract specifically. The device removes the harmful systemic exposure by delivering medication locally through inhalation, thus eliminating side effects while maintaining ease of administration.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention applies local quality by delivering medication directly to the respiratory tract rather than systemically. The airflow mixing channel and nebulizer components ensure that the medicament is concentrated and delivered locally to the lungs, providing targeted therapy without affecting other body systems.
2Reliability
If oxygen therapy is used for respiratory diseases, then it can provide supplemental oxygen, but it requires carrying equipment around which is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables self-service by allowing patients to generate and deliver their own therapeutic airflow using the oscillating positive expiratory pressure assembly. The system uses the patient's own exhaled air, oscillates it through the assembly, and redelivers it for inhalation, eliminating the need for external oxygen tanks or portable equipment.
3Reliability
If traditional respiratory treatments are used, then they can treat respiratory diseases, but they are very time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The device implements continuity of useful action by allowing patients to perform the therapy themselves at home without interruption. The oscillating positive expiratory pressure assembly enables continuous treatment sessions that can be integrated into daily routines, eliminating the need for repeated hospital visits and extending treatment continuity.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If aerosolized medicaments are delivered directly to the lungs, then side effects are reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The oscillating positive expiratory pressure assembly serves multiple functions: it oscillates the airflow, provides positive expiratory pressure, and delivers the aerosolized medicament to the lungs. By combining these functions into a single device, the patent reduces overall system complexity while achieving localized medication delivery with reduced side effects.
Data Source
AI summary
Respiratory therapy kits can include can include an airflow mixing channel including a first inflow opening, a second inflow opening, and an outflow opening, wherein the first inflow opening is fluidly connectable to a nebulizer. The one-way air intake valve can be fluidly coupled to or couplable with the second inflow opening, and the one-way medicament valve can be fluidly coupled to or couplable with the outflow opening. The kit also includes an oscillating positive expiratory pressure assembly fluidly coupled to or couplable with the one-way medicament valve, and also includes a user-interface opening and an exhalation oscillatory valve. One or more of the one-way air intake valve, the second one-way medicament valve, the oscillating positive expiratory pressure assembly, or a component thereof can be modularly interchanged with parts to change the nature of the respiratory effect of the assembled respiratory therapy kit.