Respiratory monitoring, diagnostic and therapeutic system

1. A system for monitoring a respiratory condition:

an apparatus for exposing a sensor to an individual's breath;

said sensor in close proximity to an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

a processing receiver; and

said sensor providing a continuous, real-time signal indicative of breath chemistry to said receiver.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said apparatus is a general mask.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said sensor is designed to monitor pH.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said respiratory condition is asthma.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said communication is accomplished by a plurality of wires.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said communication is accomplished by a wireless means.

7. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said apparatus includes a means to condense the individual's breath to form a liquid pool in contact with said sensor.

8. The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein said apparatus has a means to continuously circulate and replace said sample of liquefied breath with a fresh sample of liquefied condensed breath.

9. A system for monitoring and diagnosing a respiratory condition:

an apparatus for exposing a sensor to an individual's breath;

said sensor exposed to an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

a processing receiver;

said sensor providing a continuous, real-time signal indicative of breath chemistry to said receiver; and

said processing receiver processing said information for determining various diagnoses.

10. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said apparatus is a general mask.

11. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said respiratory condition is asthma.

12. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said communication is accomplished by a plurality of wires.

13. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said communication is accomplished by a wireless means.

14. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said sensor is designed to monitor pH.

15. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein said apparatus includes a means to condense the individual's breath to form a liquid pool in contact with said sensor.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 , wherein said apparatus has a means to continuously circulate and replace said sample of liquefied breath with a fresh sample of liquefied condensed breath.

17. A system for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating a respiratory condition:

an apparatus for exposing a pH sensor to an individual's breath;

said sensor in close proximity to an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

a processing receiver;

said sensor providing a continuous, real-time signal indicative of breath chemistry to said receiver;

said processing receiver processing said information for determining various diagnoses and treatments; and

said processing receiver in a second communication with at least one treatment device to administer at least one therapeutic dose.

18. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said apparatus is a general mask.

19. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said respiratory condition is asthma.

20. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said first communication is accomplished by a plurality of wires.

21. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said first communication is accomplished by a wireless means.

22. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said second communication is accomplished by a plurality of wires.

23. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said second communication is accomplished by a wireless means.

24. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said sensor is designed to monitor pH.

25. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said treatment is a biocompatible agent capable of neutralizing an acidic condition.

26. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said treatment is sodium bicarbonate.

27. The system as recited in claim 17 , further comprising a communication between said processing receiver and a nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier.

28. The system as recited in claim 17 , further comprising a third communication between said processing receiver and a continuous positive airway pressure device.

29. The system as recited in claim 17 , wherein said apparatus includes a means to condense the individual's breath to form a liquid pool in contact with said sensor.

30. The system as recited in claim 29 , wherein said apparatus has a means to continuously circulate and replace said sample of liquefied breath with a fresh sample of liquefied condensed breath.

31. An apparatus for monitoring breath chemistry comprising:

a sensor;

an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means in physical engagement with said sensor;

said cooling means reducing the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of a patient's breath such that the patient's breath condenses into a liquid; and

said sensor at least partially immersed into said liquefied breath to provide an output of a parameter of the breath.

32. An apparatus as recited in claim 31 , further comprising an exit means to expel and replenish liquefied patient's breath condensate.

33. A method of monitoring a respiratory condition:

monitoring a chemical parameter of a patient's breath with a pH sensor, said sensor in close proximity with an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath; and

communicating said chemical parameter in real-time under a sampling frequency from said sensor to a computing receiver.

34. A method of monitoring and diagnosing a respiratory condition:

monitoring a chemical parameter of a patient's breath with a pH sensor, said sensor in close proximity with an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

communicating said chemical parameter in real-time under a sampling frequency from said sensor to a computing receiver; and

processing said chemical parameter information by a computing receiver to diagnose a patients' breath chemistry.

35. A method of monitoring, diagnosing and treating a respiratory condition:

monitoring a chemical parameter of a patient's breath with a pH sensor, said sensor in close proximity with an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

communicating said chemical parameter in real-time under a sampling frequency from said sensor to a computing receiver;

processing said chemical parameter information by a computing receiver to diagnose a patients' breath chemistry;

performing a function on the occurrence of a threshold level; and communicating with a treatment nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier such that when the chemical parameter threshold level is reached, said computing receiver instructs said treatment nebulizer/atomizer/humidifier to dispense one or more medicaments.

36. A method of monitoring a respiratory condition:

exposing a sensor to an environment that assesses a chemical parameter of the breath of a patient, said sensor in close proximity with an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

transferring in real-time said chemical parameter information to a processing receiver; and

converting the chemical parameter information communicated to the processing receiver to a digitized format.

37. A method of monitoring and diagnosing a respiratory condition:

exposing a sensor to an environment that assesses a chemical parameter of the breath of a patient, said sensor in close proximity with an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

transferring in real-time said chemical parameter information to a processing receiver; and

converting the chemical parameter information communicated to the processing receiver to a digitized format to diagnose said chemical parameter information.

38. A method of monitoring, diagnosing and treating a respiratory condition:

exposing a sensor to an environment that assesses a chemical parameter of the breath of a patient, said sensor in close proximity with an electronically activated cooling means, said cooling means functions to reduce the temperature of said sensor below the dew point of said individual's breath;

transferring in real-time said chemical parameter information to a processing receiver;

converting the chemical parameter information communicated to the processing receiver to a digitized format to diagnose said chemical parameter information; and

processing said chemical parameter information for determining various treatments.