Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dry powder nebulizer
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Application No.: US14739738Application Date: 2015-06-15
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Publication No.: US09731088B2Publication Date: 2017-08-15
- Inventor: Nicola Jeanne Maynard , Hugh D. C. Smyth
- Applicant: STC.UNM
- Applicant Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Assignee: STC.UNM
- Current Assignee: STC.UNM
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Albuquerque
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61M11/00
- IPC: A61M11/00 ; A61M15/00 ; A61M16/00

Abstract:
A dry powder delivery device may be configured to provide micronized dry powder particles to airways of a user. The device may include a cylindrical container delimiting a chamber containing at least one magnetically-responsive object, a motor external to said chamber, a magnet external to the chamber and rotatably coupled with the motor, and an outflow member configured to direct airflow to a user. The magnetically-responsive object may be coated with micronized dry powder particles, and the motor may be operable to rotate the magnet about an axis. Rotation of the magnet creates a magnetic field that causes the magnetically-responsive object to move in response to the magnetic field and collide with a side wall of the container to deaggregate the dry powder particles and aerosolize the dry powder in the chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150343158A1 DRY POWDER NEBULIZER Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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