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The Pivot Breath Sensor is a breath carbon monoxide monitor intended for single-user use by cigarette smokers as an educational and motivational tool to inform the user about how breath carbon monoxide levels are affected by smoking behavior. The device is not intended to be used with other combustible, inhaled products.

The Pivot Breath Sensor is a personal, portable, lithium ion battery powered breath carbon monoxide ("CO") monitoring device that measures the level of CO in an individual's exhaled breath. It is intended for single-user over-the-counter ("OTC") use by cigarette smokers (users) to measure CO levels in their exhaled breath. This parameter correlates closely with carboxyhemoglobin levels and with cigarette smoking behavior. Hence, the more a person smokes, the higher are their exhaled breath CO levels. The user submits a breath sample by exhaling (blowing) into the mouthpiece of the Pivot Breath Sensor which is directed over electrochemical sensors to quantify the CO level in the breath. The sensor has two buttons - a front, center button and a side button - to help with user inputs and navigation. It also has a rechargeable battery that can be charged using a micro-USB cable by plugging into USB compatible charging sources such as a computer, USB adapter for power outlet, or car USB port. The calculated CO concentration/ level of the exhaled breath is displayed to the user in whole number parts-per-million ("ppm") on the LCD screen of the sensor. The Pivot breath sensor measures and displays CO concentrations from 0 to 100 ppm. Each of the breath sample results is shown to the user with a corresponding color and a number. The color is intended to aid in giving context to the quantitative CO value, aligning with the predicate device's color coding and scientific literature. The sensor can display multiple samples as the CO log and helps to graphically show the user their relative levels of exhaled breath CO throughout the day and between days. Hence, periodic measurements of CO levels may provide users with feedback regarding their smoking exposure, thus helping them to become educated and motivated to quit smoking, as supported by reference literature.