Incentive Spirometer | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年3月15日—Maybeyou'vehadsurgeryonyourchestorbelly,oryou'vefracturedyour...Youinhalethroughanincentivespirometertoexerciseyourlungs ...

The name sounds complicated. But this is a simple handheld gadget that helps keep your lungs[1] clear when you’re off your feet for a while.

Maybe you’ve had surgery on your chest or belly, or youve fractured your ribs and find it painful to take deep breaths. Or you have pneumonia[2] or a lung condition like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[3] (COPD[4]) or cystic fibrosis[5]. The breaths you take may not be as deep as usual. That means the air in your lungs may not move much and may not clear out any infections.

You inhale through an incentive spirometer to exercise your lungs and to get air into every nook and cranny. Your doctor may also call it a manual incentive spirometer.

It’s made of plastic and is about the size of a small notebook. It has a mouthpiece that looks like a vacuum tube. When you ...