Patents Assigned to Medical Acoustics, LLC
  • Device and method for inducing sputum and collecting samples
    Patent number: 6984214
    Abstract: A device for thinning lung secretions comprises a housing, a reed disposed in the housing, and an acoustical resistance. The reed produces a low-frequency audio shockwave in a range of about 12 Hz to about 30 Hz when vibrated. The acoustical resistance couples a patient lung cavity to the audio shockwave, thereby vibrating the patient's lung cavity to thin lung secretions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Medical Acoustics, LLC
    Inventor: Sanford Elliot Fowler-Hawkins
  • Device and method for inducing sputum and collecting samples
    Publication number: 20040158178
    Abstract: A device for thinning lung secretions comprises a housing, a reed disposed in the housing, and an acoustical resistance. The reed produces a low-frequency audio shockwave in a range of about 12 Hz to about 30 Hz when vibrated. The acoustical resistance couples a patient lung cavity to the audio shockwave, thereby vibrating the patient's lung cavity to thin lung secretions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Medical Acoustics, LLC
    Inventor: Sanford Elliot Fowler-Hawkins
  • Device and method for inducing sputum
    Patent number: 6702769
    Abstract: A device for thinning lung secretions comprises a housing, a reed disposed in the housing, and an acoustical resistance. The reed produces a low-frequency audio shockwave when vibrated. The acoustical resistance couples a patient's lungs to the audio shockwave and creates a back pressure of the low-frequency shockwave into a patient's lungs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Medical Acoustics, LLC
    Inventor: Sanford Elliot Fowler-Hawkins