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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Applicants:
David N. Ku, Decatur, GA (US);
Larry J. Anderson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Prem A. Midha, Rolla, MO (US);
Harris L. Bergman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Tamera Scholz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
David N. Ku, Decatur, GA (US);
Larry J. Anderson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Prem A. Midha, Rolla, MO (US);
Harris L. Bergman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Tamera Scholz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/08 (2006.01); B65D 81/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/497 (2006.01); A61B 5/097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/097 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0087 (2013.01); G01N 33/497 (2013.01); A61B 5/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for collecting material from lung aerosols. The device functions by collecting aerosols from the lower airway separated from material in the by collecting air from the upper airway in a chamber that when full causes the remaining exhaled aerosols from the lungs to be captured by a filter. The filter collects sample of material from the separated lung aerosols.