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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Microdose Therapeutx, Inc., Ewing, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Weitzel, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Anand V. Gumaste, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Philip Chan, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
MicroDose Therapeutx, Inc., Ewing, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/68 (2006.01); G01F 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/002 (2014.02); A61M 15/001 (2014.02); A61M 15/0045 (2013.01); A61M 15/0051 (2014.02); A61M 15/0085 (2013.01); G01F 1/68 (2013.01); G01F 11/003 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0036 (2013.01); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides an inhalation device using an electrically driven vibratory element for releasing a drug dose into a flow channel, and a controller for activating/deactivating the vibratory element. A sensor arrangement is able to differentiate between inhalation flow and exhalation flow through the flow channel, to assist in forming a model of the breathing pattern of the user. The device can detect reliably inhalation flow patterns from patients of all ages.