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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Nathaniel Gerald Portney, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel Gerald Portney, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/0028 (2013.01); A61M 11/00 (2013.01); A61M 15/0045 (2013.01); A61J 1/035 (2013.01); A61M 15/004 (2014.02); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 15/0035 (2014.02); A61M 15/0038 (2014.02); A61M 15/0048 (2014.02); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01); B65D 83/0454 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and capsular medication delivery and inhalation device is used with a medication capsule. The capsule is free-standing in a capsule chamber and not secured in a fixed position. The capsule is moved with a moveable back wall and other cooperative structure into an opener which releases the medication inside the capsule. The device may include an aerosol stream for facilitating medication delivery. The device works with capsules of varying sizes and shapes.