iPEP®

The iPEP® with PocketPEP® is a prescription two-in-one device that combines incentive spirometry with oscillating positive expiratory pressure therapy (OPEP), the only two-in-one product on the market.

iPEP®

Incentive Positive Expiratory Pressure Therapy and Incentive Spirometry

  • Patented combination of OPEP and Incentive Spirometry
  • Proven superior expiratory flow bias, a key predictor of secretion clearance
  • iPEP® is the only metrics-based OPEP that measures lung volume so you know when your patient is inhaling properly
  • Great all-in-one clinician tool
    • Lung expansion
    • Treatment of atelectasis
    • Secretion clearance
  • Removable PocketPEP®, part of the iPEP® device, is half the size of other OPEP products. 
    • Ideal portability for home care and cystic fibrosis patients
    • Helps reduce risk of post-operative readmissions

The iPEP® device is used for:

  • COPD
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary emphysema (breathlessness)
  • Asthma
  • Nonproductive cough
  • Smoker’s cough
  • Treatment of atelectasis (collapsed lung)

It also assists in teaching patients how to take slow, deep breaths when recovering from lung surgery or illness, such as Covid-19 or pneumonia.

Contraindications of  iPEP®:
  • Patients not able to tolerate the increase work of breathing
  • High pressure in the brain (intracranial pressure more than 20 mm Hg)
  • Unstable blood pressure (hemodynamic instability)
  • Recent face, mouth or skull surgery or trauma
  • Acute sinusitis
  • Nose bleed
  • Surgery on the throat
  • Nausea
  • Current bleeding from the lungs
  • Untreated collapsed lung
  • Possible ruptured eardrum or similar ear problems

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