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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Flexicare (Group) Limited, Mid Glamorgan, GB;
Rohinton D. Toddywala, Somerset, NJ (US);
Vijay Shukla, Somerset, NJ (US);
K. Mosaddeq Hossain, Somerset, NJ (US);
Flexicare (Group) Limited, Mid Glamorgan, GB;
Abstract
A breath-actuated jet nebulizer is provided, having a body enclosing a gas jet that creates a Venturi effect. The Venturi requires a baffle in close proximity to the gas jet. The baffle is movable in response to the inhalation of the patient, such that the baffle has a default (resting) position distal to the gas jet such that no Venturi effect is created, and no nebulization occurs. During the inhalation phase of a breathing cycle, a diaphragm flexes and pushes the baffle into close proximity with the Venturi gas jet, such that a Venturi effect is created that causes a low pressure zone in proximity to one or more liquid orifices that draw a drug solution into the Venturi, where the solution is nebulized. Also disclosed is an exhalation filter to prevent infectious particles from the patient from escaping and endangering nearby caregivers.