Lancaster Colony Corp.

Battelle Memorial Institute

Zivena, Inc.

Michael B Mosholder

Michael E Placke

William C Zimlich

James R Lockwood

Michael J Brooker

John E Frye

Paul T Kotnik

Robert E Lightle

Douglas F Busch

A pulmonary dosing system and method for supplying to a patient a predetermined amount of respirable therapeutically active material. The system comprises a patient interface to introduce the material into the patient's lungs. The patient interface is connected to a flexible inhalation tube and a flexible exhalation tube. The exhalation tube is connected to a filter having an outlet connected to atmosphere. The inhalation tube is connected to an apparatus for providing pulsed amounts of the material entrained in filtered atmospheric air. A control unit operates the pulmonary dosing system in accordance with operator inputs regarding the number of patent exhales between pulses, and pulse length. The exhaust filter and the apparatus for providing pulsed amounts of the therapeutically active material may be enclosed in a containment case and the patient's interface may comprise a mouth tube-mask combination when the therapeutically active material comprises at least one toxic drug.

Pulmonary dosing system and method

Splash guard for automotive vehicle

A spray controlling system is provided for vehicles that includes, for a wheel-set, a splash guard and a side shield positioned at the rear and side of a wheel set, respectively. The guard comprises a panel having a plurality of rows of conical projections and a plurality of upstanding ribs formed on a wheel-facing surface thereof in a spaced parallel relationship. Both projections and ribs are disposed in an inverted-V configuration oriented on a vertical centerline of the panel with six rows of projections interposed between adjacent ribs. The projections are disposed closely adjacent in the rows to form water flow channels between rows and ribs with the ribs being about twice the height of the projections. Vertically extending flanges are formed at each side of the panel in outwardly spaced relationship to the ends of the rows of projections and ribs forming channels to divert outwardly and downwardly flowing water from the ribs and projections for discharge in relatively large streams downwardly toward the roadway. Each side shield is of a length to extend forwardly from the splash guard to a point forward of the front of the wheel-set and a vertical height to extend downwardly from the vehicle body to a point below the top of the wheel. Each shield comprises a panel having an inwardly facing surface provided with a plurality of vertically extending, spaced parallel ribs for directing air and water flow downwardly at the side of the wheel set.

Spray controlling system and splash guard for automotive vehicles

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Columbus, OH, United States of America

Michael B Mosholder