Respiratory Products, Inc., a new biomedical company, is developing a suite of consumer and medical devices to manage an array of respiratory conditions, from the flu and colds to post-operative lung aeration with a compact handheld incentive spirometer.

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The company's first offering is a personal consumer product called "Curtail™ - The Cough Barrier" which functions to capture your cough and prevent the spread of germs. Curtail’s unique airflow design serves to eliminate 99% of expelled particulates from coughing, preventing the introduction of potentially untoward agents into the air by cold and flu sufferers. Conceived by Dr. Michael Lyster, M.D., FACP, and performance tested by Dr. David Sanders, Ph.D., a world renowned virologist and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University, Curtail is the first product of its kind that specifically addresses physical cough containment.

With its first product in a suite of devices targeting coughing, Respiratory Products is partnering with KODAK to apply its technology to facilitate healthier public environments, where many seasonal cold and flu epidemics are transmitted, including vector hotspots in travel and high-density communal environments such as airlines, trains, buses and corporate and school campuses where disease can spread quickly in the absence of physical precautions.

Extremely compact, Curtail easily stores in your shirt or pants pocket or purse and is quickly deployed by squeezing and placing over your mouth.

Executive Quote

"Curtail is a compact, inexpensive, and quickly deployable device that can have profound effects on world health in travel environments, public and communal settings, businesses, and homes. We intend to set a new standard for 'collective health care’ in a world facing ever-increasing variations of harmful particulates transmitted via air and human contact," said John Stalcup, Ph.D., CEO, Respiratory Products, Inc.

About Respiratory Products, Inc.

Respiratory Products, Inc. is a biomedical device company that partners with companies worldwide to distribute its products. Contact Andrew Graef at 707-738-9828 or www.respiratoryproductsinc.com. ASI supplier 55523

Curtail™ is a trademark of Respiratory Products, Inc., Patent pending

KODAK® is a registered trademark of the Eastman Kodak Company