Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090025718 | Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Consistency for Aerosol Drug Delivery Treatments - An aerosol drug delivery apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a reservoir constructed to contain a predetermined dose of a liquid drug, an aerosol generator in communication with the reservoir, and a power source arranged to deliver power to the aerosol generator in order to produce an aerosolized form of the dose that can be administered to a patient. The apparatus may maintain consistent aerosol drug delivery treatments, for example, by way of a breath measuring mechanism that monitors the patient's breathing pattern during the administration of the dose and a controller configured to vary the power level at which the power source during the administration of the dose based on the monitored breathing pattern. | 01-29-2009 |
20120143073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOTELY MONITORING AND/OR MANAGING THE TREATMENT OF A PLURALITY OF SUBJECTS WITH AEROSOLIZED MEDICAMENT - Therapy regimes of a plurality of subjects are remotely monitored and/or managed, wherein the therapy regimes include reception of aerosolized medicament. This enables users such as medical care providers, researchers, clinic administrators, and/or other users to monitor and/or manage the therapy regimes of the plurality of subjects through a centralized access point. This reduces physical requirements of proximity for the users and/or the subjects, alleviates the administrative the burden placed on the users to manage and/or monitor individual therapy regimes, and/or provides other enhancements over convention systems. | 06-07-2012 |
20120216800 | MEDICATION DELIVERY APPARATUS INCLUDING A MEDICATION METERING SYSTEM - A medication delivery apparatus ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120240923 | COLOR IDENTIFICATION FOR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - A monitoring device includes a housing that is constructed and arranged to be removably attached to a drug delivery device for an inhaled drug. A color detector is operatively associated with the housing and constructed and arranged to detect an identifying color of at least a portion of the drug delivery device when the housing is attached to the drug delivery device and to output color information for use by a processor to, based on the detected color, identify information about the inhaled drug. | 09-27-2012 |
20120266870 | DRUG DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A nebulizer ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120285236 | METHOD OF USING A TEMPERATURE-BASED AEROSOL DETECTOR - An aerosol delivery system (e.g., MDI or nebulizer for delivering aerosolized medication to a patient) includes a temperature sensor in an aerosol output pathway of the system. A controller determines that an aerosol generator of the system has released aerosol when the sensor senses a predetermined temperature change in the pathway. The temperature sensor may also comprise a thermal flow sensor that includes a heater and upstream and downstream temperature sensors. The controller compares the upstream and downstream temperatures to determine the presence, direction, and/or magnitude of fluid flow in the pathway. The controller may use the aerosol detection and/or flow detection to monitor compliance with desired use of the system and/or provide real-time instructions to a user for proper use of the system. The controller may record the aerosolization and flow data for later analysis. | 11-15-2012 |
20120291779 | FLOW SENSOR AND AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE - An aerosol delivery system (e.g., MDI or nebulizer for delivering aerosolized medication to a patient) includes a temperature sensor in an aerosol output pathway of the system. A controller determines that an aerosol generator of the system has released aerosol when the sensor senses a predetermined temperature change in the pathway. The temperature sensor may also comprise a thermal flow sensor that includes a heater and upstream and downstream temperature sensors. The controller compares the upstream and downstream temperatures to determine the presence, direction, and/or magnitude of fluid flow in the pathway. The controller may use the aerosol detection and/or flow detection to monitor compliance with desired use of the system and/or provide real-time instructions to a user for proper use of the system. The controller may record the aerosolization and flow data for later analysis. | 11-22-2012 |
20120304987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY OF AEROSOLIZED MEDICAMENT TO A PLURALITY OF SUBJECTS TO BE MONITORED - A server is configured to be communicatively linked with drug delivery devices used by a plurality of different subjects to receive aerosolized medicament as part of a therapy regime. The server provides a user with a user interface that enables the user to access therapy information related to the therapy of a plurality of different subjects. This may facilitate the monitoring of therapy received by the plurality of subjects. | 12-06-2012 |
20130186392 | AEROSOL DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURE-BASED AEROSOL DETECTOR - An aerosol delivery system (e.g., MDI or nebulizer for delivering aerosolized medication to a patient) includes a temperature sensor ( | 07-25-2013 |
20140000599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOTELY MONITORING AND/OR MANAGING THE TREATMENT OF A PLURALITY OF SUBJECTS WITH AEROSOLIZED MEDICAMENT | 01-02-2014 |
20150034076 | APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A NEBULIZER AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A NEBULIZER - 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. | 02-05-2015 |