公开(公告)号：US10702664B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US15676705

申请日：2017-08-14

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Nicola Jeanne Maynard ,  Hugh D. C. Smyth

IPC: A61M15/00 ,  A61M11/00 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US09731088B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14739738

申请日：2015-06-15

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Nicola Jeanne Maynard ,  Hugh D. C. Smyth

IPC: A61M11/00 ,  A61M15/00 ,  A61M16/00

CPC classification number: A61M15/0086 ,  A61M11/003 ,  A61M15/00 ,  A61M15/0006 ,  A61M15/0021 ,  A61M15/003 ,  A61M15/0035 ,  A61M15/009 ,  A61M2016/0015 ,  A61M2202/064 ,  A61M2205/0272 ,  A61M2205/8287 ,  A61M2206/16

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.