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Article: Canadian Inventor Develops Patient Exhalation Peak Air Flow Measuring Method
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 13 -- Michael Nuttall of London, Canada, has developed a peak flow meter.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peak flow meter is described with a body having a sample channel and at least one bypass channel. One of at least two flow range scales may be selected using a flow range selector to adjust the sensitivity of the peak flow meter. A flow range selection indicator provides visual reference as to which flow range scale has been selected. A peak flow calculator used in cooperation with zone indicators on the peak flow meter permits a user to customize the peak flow meter for that user's predicted personal best exhalation range."
The inventor was ...