Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method, an electronic device, a system and an information storage medium for practicing and/or controlling an inhalation process of a patient. The method comprises quantifying an airflow in a mouthpiece of an inhaler during an inhalation process of the patient by means of an inhalation training device, evaluating an airflow signal received from the inhalation training device by means of an electronic device and providing visual feedback to the patient by means of the electronic device, wherein the visual feedback varies with one or more time-variant characteristics of the evaluated airflow signal. The electronic device is configured for evaluation of an airflow signal received from an inhalation training device and for provision of visual feedback to the patient, wherein the visual feedback varies with one or more time-variant characteristics of the evaluated signal. The inhalation training system comprises an inhalation training device, an inhaler and the electronic device.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an inhalation training device and inhalation training system for practicing of an inhalation process of a patient. The inhalation training device comprises a housing attachable to and detachable from a mouthpiece of an inhaler designed to provide a drug to the patient and a microphone adapted to measure the airflow occurring in the mouthpiece of the inhaler during an inhalation process of the patient. The inhalation training system comprises the inhalation training device, an inhaler and an electronic device configured for evaluation of a signal received from the inhalation training device and for visual and/or audio feedback to the patient.