Revolutionary Tool for Home Management of Asthma
Asthma attacks affect children and adults causing shortness of breath, wheezing and cough. Wheezes are musical sounds associated with airway flow limitation.
The Personal Wheezometer™, a hand held home device, allows asthma patients to measure their wheeze rate by applying it to the lower neck (adults and older children) or the upper breast bone (infants) for 30 seconds.
The Personal Wheezometer™* provides:
- Spot check of wheezes over 30 seconds
- Accurate quantitative objective measurement
- Self assessment of wheeze severity
- Assessment of response to bronchodilatior therapy
The Wheezometer™ provides a simple and intuitive user interface with clear Wz% readout, time and date of test as well as specific icon indicators for unstable sensor contact and for excessive ambient or patient noise.
Infant Sensor™ (optional) is used for babies and toddlers who typically have a short neck.
From Spirometry to Wheezometry
The Personal Wheezometer™ is a hand-held pulmonary sounds analyzer that utilizes contact sensors to acquire, amplify, filter, record and quantify the presence of wheezing. The device is intended for use with pediatric and adult patients in both home and clinical settings.
Effortless Assessment of Wheeze Severity
The Personal Wheezometer™ is a self contained medical device that provides an accurate quantitative and objective measure of wheezing. This is the first device that facilitates evaluation of the patient’s wheeze activity at the home, school, work place and in other locations where a physician with a stethoscope is not readily available.
Personal Wheezometer™ improves the management of wheeze by:
- Facilitating symptom quantification
- Providing a clear meaningful value – Wheeze Rate
- Precise assessment of acute events
- Objective evaluation of response to treatment
- Better communication of symptom severity to healthcare providers
- Better patient education
- Improving awareness
- Reduced Anxiety