Comments on: Lung Flute Uses Sound to Dislodge Mucous

By: Linda G

Linda G — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:44:52 +0000

Not only that, Ed, this page http://medicalacoustics.com/Home/LungFlute/Therapeutic says the product is only approved for non-US residents. Our FDA at work. Again.

By: Ed Taylor

Ed Taylor — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:23:21 +0000

This is so strange! I want to buy a lung flute and every search is a dead end. There is seemingly no reason for it to be a controlled item other than to have insurance cover it. Someone is missing the boat for marketing this thingy!

By: KSM

KSM — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:47:32 +0000

I would like to buy a lung flute and if you go to the medicalacoustics.com website the Popular Science suggested in thier Dec. 2009 issue it it listed for $40.00. There is NO place to buy it on the website. Has anyone found one yet?

By: Tesha

Tesha — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:54 +0000

I am very much interested to introduce this to my country as I am into sales and a lot of people here are infected with upper respiratory diseases and the fact that it has a reasonable price, people here from all walks of life can very well afford this. Please try to get in touch with me anytime after FDA’s approval so we can talk about this matter .Thank you and looking forward to be in business with you.

By: Jaack

Jaack — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:33:40 +0000

“Clinical trials in the U.S. have shown that it is at least as effective as current COPD treatments.” – Really doesn’t seem like a breakthrough considering there is oscillatory PEP (ie. Flutter and Acapella) and CF kids blowing bubbles in milk bottles for years and years, doing the same thing much more cheaply.

And the mucus/mucous correction is irrelevant as the contents may be blood, serous or something else – not just mucus. Once it’s passes the throat it’s sputum. Yum.

By: Name required

Name required — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:15:48 +0000

You mean ‘mucus’. ‘Mucous’ is the adjective, as in ‘mucous membrane’.

By: cough

cough — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:20:01 +0000

Oh, wow. Asthma nearly killed me last month. I hope this could be a help.

By: RNB

RNB — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:26:22 +0000

Since my younger son has cystic fibrosis, we’ve been familiar with two similar devices for years: The ‘Flutter’ (which looks something like a small, plastic bubble pipe) and the ‘Acapella’ (a more advanced device that looks like a big ocarina). If you need this sort of pulmonary clearance, you might check them out or do some additional research at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s website.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:48:07 +0000

angstrom – that’s allegedly a “brown note”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note

By: angstrom

angstrom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:32:34 +0000

As I have a persistent cough I tried making a lung flute myself. Unfortunately I made a mistake with the resonant frequencies and seem to have invented an ass-flute instead.

* Badum-tish *
um, yeah

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:33:01 +0000

What a wonderfully elegant solution.

By: pwscott

pwscott — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:05:12 +0000

Where do I order? With two kids around here who always getting sick from something, we all need it.

By: Oomi

Oomi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:35:20 +0000

Just watching the video got me all phlem-my.