I have zero music background so don't understand any of it, but in reading
the comments on the first link a person posted this.  Is it true?

>>The solution is simple. Make a one note musical instrument with the same
basic design. Then cover the hole with your finger to get the same
vibrations as the lung flute. Anyone can design and make one and the FDA
would not be able to do a thing about it.

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http://www.popsci.com/bown/2009/innovator/pied-piper-mucus