Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Michael James Robbert Leppard

Anthony Dyche

Alphonsus Tarcisius Jozef Maria Schipper

Jonathan Stanley Harold Denyer

Klaas Jacob Lulofs

Jacob Roger Haartsen

Ian Thomas Petherbridge

Jaap Roger Haartsen

Jonathan S H Denyer

Ian Philip Rabbetts

Markus Hijlkema

Timothy Spencer

Charles David Hillier

Tony Dyche

There is provided a method of operating a nebulizer, the method comprising controlling an actuator in the nebulizer to operate in a pulsed operation mode; measuring the sound produced by the nebulizer during operation; and using the measurement of the sound as an indication of the performance of the nebulizer. A control unit for a nebulizer that is configured to perform this method is also described.

Nebulizer, a control unit for controlling the same and a method of operating a nebulizer

A nebulizer comprises a head detachably coupled to a body. The head comprises a nebulizer, an air channel and a flow sensor. A nebulized liquid is released in an air channel that ends in a mouth piece through which a user inhales and exhales. The inhaling and exhaling causes a flow in the air channel which is detected with the flow sensor. The nebulizer is controlled by a controller included in the body.

Nebulizer

There is provided a nebulizer (), comprising a first plate () configured to hold a transducer (); a second plate () having an aperture therein, the first plate being positioned on a first side of the second plate such that the transducer is adjacent the aperture; and a third plate () configured to hold a mesh plate through which liquid can pass to form droplets, the third plate being positioned on a second side of the second plate opposite the first side such that the mesh plate () is adjacent the aperture, with the aperture, transducer and mesh plate forming a cavity for holding liquid to be nebulized. A method for manufacturing such a nebulizer is also provided.

Nebulizer and a method of manufacturing a nebulizer

A nebulizer () comprises one or more removable components (), for example a mesh assembly (), mouthpiece, plunger assembly () and medication chamber (), each having an associated data carrier (). The data carrier () can be used to store information indicating the type of removable component () that is fitted to the nebulizer (). A removable component () may be from a set of such removable components. For example, a mouthpiece () fitted to the nebulizer () may be from a set of mouthpieces having different flow rates. The data carrier () may also be used to control operation of the nebulizer (). A data carrier () attached to a mesh () may be used to prevent the nebulizer () from being used when the mesh () has been used a predetermined number of times.

Drug delivery apparatus and method

There is provided a method of determining whether a first type of liquid is being used in a nebulizer, the method comprising obtaining a measurement of the time taken by the nebulizer to nebulize a specified volume of liquid that was held therein, comparing the time taken to nebulize the specified volume of liquid to an estimated value for the time required to nebulize the same volume of the first type of liquid, and determining whether the liquid nebulized by the nebulizer was the first type of liquid based on the comparison.

Apparatus for use with a nebulizer and a method of operating a nebulizer

A server is configured to be communicatively linked with drug delivery devices used by a plurality of different subjects to receive aerosolized medicament as part of a therapy regime. The server provides a user with a user interface that enables the user to access therapy information related to the therapy of a plurality of different subjects. This may facilitate the monitoring of therapy received by the plurality of subjects.

System and method for enabling therapeutic delivery of aerosolized medicament to a plurality of subjects to be monitored

A nebulizer comprises a head detachably coupled to a body. The head comprises the nebulizer, an air channel and a flow sensor. A nebulized liquid is released in an air channel that ends in a mouth piece through which a user inhales and exhales. The inhaling and exhaling causes a flow in the air channel which is detected with the flow sensor. The nebulizer is controlled by controls and sensors included in the body.

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Hunston, United Kingdom

Michael James Robbert Leppard