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A device for the introduction of a fluid into a human's airway. The air so introduced has a carefully modulated envelope of pressure vs. time. The envelope generally includes sequences of pressurized air packets of controlled frequency and pressures. The device produces the packets using pressurized

A device for the introduction of a fluid into a human's airway. The air so introduced has a carefully modulated envelope of pressure vs. time. The envelope generally includes sequences of pressurized air packets of controlled frequency and pressures. The device produces the packets using pressurized air occluded by a shutter action that “chops” and interrupts the fluid stream. The vibrations induced by the device within human organs have been shown to have beneficial effects on various bodily systems, such as an increase in heart rate variability, an increase in absorbed oxygen, and a decrease in absorbed CO2.

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1. An air delivery device for applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air to the airways of a patient for improving patient's health comprising: a. a cassette comprising an electric motor; an air tube attached to said cassette and comprising an input port and an output port;b. an airstream

1. An air delivery device for applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air to the airways of a patient for improving patient's health comprising: a. a cassette comprising an electric motor; an air tube attached to said cassette and comprising an input port and an output port;b. an airstream source fluidly coupled to said input port and delivering an airstream to said air tube; a disc located in proximity to said output port and comprising at least one cutout, andc. a mouthpiece fluidly coupled to said output port and adapted to apply said plurality of fluid pressure pulses to patients' airways,wherein said electric motor is mechanically coupled to said disc and spins said disc such that said airstream is occluded in accordance with a predetermined protocol thereby generating said plurality of fluid pressure pulses, andwherein said plurality of fluid pressure pulses comprises fluid pressure pulses of at least two different frequencies. 2. The air delivery device according to claim 1, wherein said cassette further comprises a controller configured to control the rotation of said electric motor thereby generating said plurality of fluid pressure pulses in accordance with said predetermined protocol. 3. The air delivery device according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of pressure pulses is delivered to patient's airways in accordance with patient's breathing rhythm said delivery of said plurality of pressure pulses is selected from the group consisting of delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses synchronously with patient's breathing rhythm and delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses asynchronously with patient's breathing rhythm. 4. The air delivery device according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of pressure pulses is delivered to patient's airways in accordance with patient's cardiac cycle said delivery of said plurality of pressure pulses is selected from the group consisting of delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses synchronously with patient's cardiac cycle and delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses asynchronously with patient's cardiac cycle. 5. The air delivery device according to claim 2, wherein said controller further comprises: at least one sensor for measuring at least one health related parameter of patient; a database storage microprocessor for storing and updating health related data; at least one analyzing means configured to: analyze at least one health related parameter; compare at least one health related parameter with said stored health related data; select said predetermined protocol from a repertoire of protocols in accordance with said comparison, said repertoire of protocols is stored in a CPU, and instruct said electric motor to spin said disc to generate said fluid pressure pulses in accordance with said predetermined protocol. 6. The air delivery device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of fluid pressure pulses comprises at least one sequence of fluid pressure pulses. 7. The air delivery device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of fluid pressure pulses is delivered to patient's airways said delivery of said plurality of fluid pulses is selected from the group consisting of delivering said fluid pressure pulses contemporaneously with patient's breathing inspirations and breathing expirations and delivering said fluid pressure pulses independently of patient's breathing inspirations and breathing expirations. 8. The air delivery device according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined protocol comprises at least one fluid pressure pulse frequency said pulse frequency is selected from the frequency group consisting of: from about 0.5 Hz to about 5.0 Hz; from about 5.0 Hz to about 10 Hz; from about 10 Hz to about 20 Hz; from about 20 Hz to about 30 Hz; from about 30 Hz to about 40 Hz; from about 40 Hz to about 50 Hz; from about 50 Hz to about 60 Hz; from about 60 Hz to about 70 Hz; from about 70 Hz to about 80 Hz; from about 80 Hz to about 90 Hz; from about 90 Hz to about 100 Hz, and any multiples thereof. 9. The air delivery device according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined protocol comprises a pulse amplitude, a pressure waveform and a protocol time duration, wherein said pulse amplitude is selected in accordance with clinical efficacy, wherein said pressure waveform is selected from the group consisting of: a.⁢P⁡(t)=A⁢⁢sin-1⁡(sin⁡(ω1⁢t))+B×θ⁡(sin⁡(ω2⁢t))+C⁢⁢where⁢θ⁡(t)⁢⁢is⁢⁢the⁢⁢Heaviside⁢⁢step⁢⁢function⁢θ⁡(x)={1;x≥00;x50% of day, Symptomatic, in bed >50% of day to Symptomatic, in bed <50% of day, or Symptomatic, in bed <50% of day to Symptomatic, fully ambulatory: Symptomatic, fully ambulatory to Asymptomatic, normal Function and any combination thereof. 16. A method for applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air to the airways of a patient for improving patient's health comprising: providing a cassette comprising an electric motor; attaching an air tube to said cassette said air tube comprising an input port and an output port; delivering an airstream to said input port of said air tube; locating a disc having at least one cutout in proximity to said output port; instructing said electric motor to spin said disc to occlude said airstream in accordance with a predetermined protocol thereby generating said fluid pressure pulses, and applying said plurality of fluid pressure pulses to said patients' airways by means of coupling a mouthpiece to said output port, wherein said plurality of fluid pressure pulses comprises fluid pressure pulses of at least two different frequencies. 17. The method of applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air according to claim 16, further comprising: measuring at least one health related parameter of patient by means of at least one sensor, and selecting said predetermined protocol from a repertoire of stored protocols in accordance with an analysis of patient's at least one health related parameter and a comparison of patient's measured at least one health related parameter and health related data stored on a database storage microprocessor. 18. The method of applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air according to claim 16, further comprising controlling said spinning of said electric motor by means of a controller. 19. The method of applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air according to claim 16, further comprising delivering said plurality of pressure pulses to patient's airways in accordance with patient's breathing rhythm said delivering is selected from the group consisting of delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses synchronously with patient's breathing rhythm and delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses asynchronously with patient's breathing rhythm. 20. The method of applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air according to claim 16, further comprising delivering said plurality of pressure pulses to patient's airways in accordance with patient's cardiac cycle said delivery of said plurality of pressure pulses is selected from the group consisting of delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses synchronously with patient's cardiac cycle and delivering said plurality of fluid pressure pulses asynchronously with patient's cardiac cycle. 21. The method of applying a plurality of fluid pressure pulses of air according to claim 16, wherein said plurality of fluid pressure pulses is delivered to patient's airways said delivery of said plurality of fluid pulses is selected from the group consisting of delivering said fluid pressure pulses contemporaneously with patient's breathing inspirations and breathing expirations and delivering said fluid pressure pulses independently of patient's breathing inspirations and breathing expirations.