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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Stefan Minocchieri, Rafz, CH;
Thomas Gallem, Munich, DE;
Martina Vogelmann, Wielenbach, DE;
PARI GmbH Spezialisten für effektive Inhalation, Starnberg, DE;
Abstract
For use in premature babies and infants, in particular for administering surfactant to the lungs, the inhalation therapy device described herein comprises an aerosol generating devicea respiratory air flow generating meansand a nebulising chamberinto which the generated liquid dropletsand the respiratory air floware supplied. The nebulising chambercomprises a tapering areawhich ends in a tubular intubation meansThe intubation meansis designed such that the intubation endcan be positioned in such a manner that the liquid droplet/respiratory air mixture conveyed via the intubation means is released behind those areas of the respiratory tract that filter out to a great extent the liquid droplets from the mixture.