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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Mannkind Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Benoit Adamo, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
John M. Polidoro, Coventry, CT (US);
Dennis Overfield, Fairfield, CT (US);
Carl R. Sahi, Coventry, CT (US);
Brendan Laurenzi, New Milford, CT (US);
Chad C. Smutney, Watertown, CT (US);
P. Spencer Kinsey, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
MannKind Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Abstract
An inhalation simulation system is provided for use with inhalers in particular breath-powered dry powder inhalers. The simulation system can recreate a patient's inhalation profile obtained with an inhaler adapted with a sensing and monitoring device for the detection of characteristic signals generated from the inhaler in use, which signals are transmitted to a computer with an algorithm which is configured to analyze the signals and generate new signals via a transmitter to actuate the inhalation simulation system component parts so that a subject's inhalation profile is replicated simultaneously or in real-time, or stored for later use. Methods of measuring the performance of inhalers are also provided.