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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Dietmar Enk, Coesfeld, DE;
Inventor:
Dietmar Enk, Coesfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Cook Critical Care Incorporated, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nebulizer uses air or preferably oxygen to aerate and transport an anesthetic for providing topical anesthesia to the airway passages of a patient undergoing analysis or treatment by any of several medical instruments used to traverse the airway passages. The nebulizer is preferably applied in connection with fiberoptical diagnostic and therapeutic instruments, such as bronchoscopes, endoscopes and laryngoscopes, and many variations of these instruments. Other liquid, aerosol, and gaseous drugs may also be administered with the nebulizer.