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Patent No.:

US 9494506 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2013

Apparatus for use with a nebulizer and a method of operating a nebulizer

Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Anthony Dyche, Hayling Island, GB;

Timothy Spencer, Chichester, GB;

Charles David Hillier, Chichester, GB;

Michael James Robbert Leppard, Hunston, GB;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Tan-Uyen (Jackie) T Ho

Assistant Examiner:

Mark Wardas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/02 (2006.01); G01F 3/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/02 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); B05B 7/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/02 (2013.01); A61M 11/005 (2013.01); A61M 15/0085 (2013.01); B05B 12/004 (2013.01); B05B 12/02 (2013.01); B05B 17/0615 (2013.01); G01F 3/00 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3379 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6009 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6018 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/70 (2013.01); B05B 7/0012 (2013.01); B05B 12/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a method of determining whether a first type of liquid is being used in a nebulizer, the method comprising obtaining a measurement of the time taken by the nebulizer to nebulize a specified volume of liquid that was held therein, comparing the time taken to nebulize the specified volume of liquid to an estimated value for the time required to nebulize the same volume of the first type of liquid, and determining whether the liquid nebulized by the nebulizer was the first type of liquid based on the comparison.

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