Invention Application
- Patent Title: INHALATION DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A DRUG AEROSOL
- Patent Title (中): 用于生产药物气溶胶的吸入装置
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Application No.: PCT/US0332803Application Date: 2003-10-16
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Publication No.: WO2004050139A3Publication Date: 2005-09-15
- Inventor: CROSS STEPHEN , HODGES CRAIG C , HALE RON L , LLOYD PETER M , MYERS DANIEL J , QUINTANA REYNALDO J , RABINOWITZ JOSHUA D , TOM CURTIS , WENSLEY MARTIN J
- Applicant: ALEXZA MOLECULAR DELIVERY CORP
- Assignee: ALEXZA MOLECULAR DELIVERY CORP
- Current Assignee: ALEXZA MOLECULAR DELIVERY CORP
- Priority: US42958602 2002-11-27; US42977602 2002-11-27; US44238503 2003-05-20
- Main IPC: A61M11/00
- IPC: A61M11/00 ; A61M11/04 ; A61M15/00 ; A61M15/06 ; A61M16/00 ; A61M16/10 ; A62B7/00 ; F23D11/00 ; F23D14/00 ; F24J3/00 ; H05B3/00
Abstract:
A device for delivering a drug by inhalation is disclosed. The device includes a body defining an interior flow-through chamber having upstream and downstream chamber openings, and a drug supply unit contained within the chamber for producing, upon actuation, a heated drug vapor in a condensation region of the chamber. Gas drawn through the chamber region at a selected gas-flow rate is effective to form drug condensation particles from the drug vapor having a selected MMAD between 0.02 and 0.1 MMAD or between 1 and 3.5 gm. A gas-flow control valve disposed upstream of the unit functions to limit gas-flow rate through the condensation region to the selected gas-flow rate. An actuation switch in the device activates the drug-supply unit, such that the drug-supply unit can be controlled to produce vapor when the gas-flow rate through the chamber is at the selected flow rate.
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