Aerobika Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP) Therapy System

$89.95

Monaghan Aerobika Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP) Therapy System is a convenient, user-friendly device that provides clinicians and patients with a means for reliable, drug-free and natural airway clearance. Aerobika OPEP system opens up weak or collapsed airways by creating positive pressure and oscillations simultaneously, which helps move mucus to the upper airways where it can be coughed out.

Monaghan Aerobika OPEP Therapy System Highlights

Improves ease of bringing up sputum and improves lung function
Easy to learn and understand for independent use
Lightweight and ergonomic design fits comfortably in the hand
Reduces dyspnea and hyperinflation
Decreases cough frequency and breathlessness

Aerobika Device Features

Provides a drug-free and natural airway clearance therapy to assist mucociliary clearance and impede COPD progression
Pulses of resistance from Aerobika OPEP device open the airways while thinning and loosening the mucus
Frequency range of the oscillations corresponds to the natural process of the cilia, helping move mucus to the larger airways of the lungs where it can then be coughed out
Supports hospital COPD management protocols to avoid costly readmissions and increased length of stay from acute exacerbations of COPD
Adjustable resistance allows Monaghan Aerobika OPEP to accommodate the lung capacity of most patients
Resistance is not position dependent, so the device can be held in the most comfortable position, leading to improved compliance
Easy to use, dishwasher safe Aerobika OPEP Inhaler promotes transition from hospital to independent at home use
Aerobika OPEP has won gold at the global Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), one of the highest honors in the medical technology and is recognized as a product capable of saving lives and improving quality of life of patients
Use of Aerobika OPEP improves the ability of a patient to bring up mucus, decreases breathlessness and cough frequency, and increases exercise tolerance, resulting in an enhanced quality of life
Aerobika OPEP is helpful for people who have chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, COPD and cystic fibrosis and often produce an excessive amount of mucus.

Why choose Monaghan Aerobika Nebulizer?

Improves gas distribution to previously unventilated areas and lowers air trapping
Aids in lung hygiene and helps prevent infection
5 resistance settings adjust to each patients capacity
Little interruption to daily living
Inexpensive, quiet and portable
Shorter treatment times than traditional chest physiotherapy
Flow range is = 10 L/min to 30 L/min
Low resistance valve allows inhalation and exhalation without removing it from mouth
Standard 22 mm fitting accommodates small volume nebulizers, including the AeroEclipse Breath Actuated Nebulizer (BAN)

How is Aerobika OPEP Beneficial?

Convenient, user-friendly device for reliable airway clearance
Increases exercise tolerance
Compatible with nebulizer therapy
Designed to promote correct reassembly
Aligns with hospital cost reduction and COPD management programs
Not made or manufactured with natural rubber latex, phthalates, lead or PVC
Award-winning innovation
Backed by clinical evidence
Designed and manufactured in North America

Aerobika OPEP Parts Description:

What to buy with Monaghan Aerobika OPEP Therapy System?

How Aerobika OPEP Works?

Airway with a mucus

plug

Resistance holds
the airway open

Pulses help thin and

loosen mucus while

the airways are held open

When you exhale through the device, you will feel very quick pulses of resistance against your exhaled breath. These pulses of resistance hold your airways open and help shake the excess mucus loose, pushing it out of the smaller airways; it can then be coughed out. The degree of resistance can be changed depending on your comfort level. There is a valve inside the Aerobika OPEP device that switches quickly between higher and lower resistance creating positive pressure inside your airways. If you have nebulizer treatments, your health care professional may even opt to combine them with your OPEP therapy to reduce therapy time and improve patient compliance.

What Is An Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy System (OPEP)?

An Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy System, or OPEP device, is designed to aid in the loosening and removal of mucus buildup in the lungs. You may need OPEP treatments if you have a lung disease such as cystic fibrosis or COPD where your lungs need help keeping up with the amount of mucus produced each day. OPEP therapy is done by inhaling and exhaling through the device several times, then Huff Coughing to remove the loosened mucus.

What Is Huff Cough?

Huff Cough will help move mucus up and out of your lungs. Just like when you use your breath to create fog on a mirror, you would take a short, shallow breath and exhale forcefully with your mouth in an O shape.

How to use Aerobika?

	1. Examine device.
	2. Choose any orientation.
	3. Insert mouthpiece.
	4. Inhale deeply and hold breath for 2 to 3 seconds.
	5. Exhale for 3 to 4 times longer than the inspiratory breath.
	6. Continue for 10 to 20 breaths or as instructed by your health care provider. Perform 2 to 3 Huff coughs to clear airway.
	7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 for 10 to 20 minutes or as prescribed.

How to Clean Aerobika OPEP?

	1. Press tabs to release.
	2. Remove valve cartridge and mouthpiece.
	3. Soak 15 minutes in soapy water, agitate gently and rinse.
	4. Shake out water and dry vertically or place in dishwasher in basket on top rack after performing cleaning instructions 1 and 2.
	5. Reassemble device.

What are Aerobika Contraindications?

Use of the Aerobika OPEP is not recommended for the following conditions:

Patients unable to tolerate the increased work of breathing (acute exacerbations of asthma or COPD, neuromuscular weakness)
Intracranial pressure (ICP) > 20 mm Hg
Hemodynamic instability (blood pressure instability)
Recent facial, oral, or skull surgery or trauma
Acute sinusitis
Epistaxis (bleeding nose)
Esophageal surgery
Nausea
Active hemoptysis (bleeding from lungs)
Untreated pneumothorax (untreated collapsed lung)
Known or suspected tympanic membrane rupture or other middle ear pathology