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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Carlos Schuler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steve Paboojian, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Derrick J. Tuttle, San Mateo, CA (US);
Adrian E. Smith, Belmont, CA (US);
Dennis R. Rasmussen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aneesh Bakshi, Belmont, CA (US);
Andrew Clark, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Brian R. S. Ward, Los Altos, CA (US);
William W. Alston, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin S. Nason, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nektar Therapeutics, San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for aerosolizing a pharmaceutical formulation. According to one method, respiratory gases are prevented from flowing to the lungs when attempting to inhale. Then, respiratory gases are abruptly permitted to flow to the lungs. The flow of respiratory gases may then be used to extract a pharmaceutical formulation from a receptacle and to place the pharmaceutical formulation within the flow of respiratory gases to form an aerosol.