COMPLIANCE MONITORING MODULE FOR A BREATH-ACTUATED INHALER

    公开(公告)号:US20170340844A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-30

    申请号:US15681126

    申请日:2017-08-18

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00

    摘要: A compliance monitoring module for a breath-actuated inhaler comprising: a miniature pressure sensor, a sensor port of said sensor being pneumatically coupled to a flow channel through which a user can inhale; a processor configured to: receive a signal originating from a dosing mechanism of the inhaler indicating that medication has been released; receive data from a sensing element of the sensor; and based on said signal from said dosing mechanism and said data from said sensing element, make a determination that inhalation of a breath containing medication through said flow channel complies with one or more predetermined requirements for successful dosing; and a transmitter configured to, responsive to said determination, issue a dosing report.

    AEROSOL DEVICE
    77.
    发明申请
    AEROSOL DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170189630A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-06

    申请号:US15309538

    申请日:2015-05-13

    摘要: The present invention provides an aerosol device for delivering a pharmaceutical formulation by inhalation via the mouth to the lungs or to the nostril in metered doses comprising: a pressurised aerosol canister including a vial containing a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an active ingredient, a propellant and, optionally, a co-solvent, the aerosol canister further comprising a metering valve having a valve stem; and an actuator for the aerosol canister, the actuator including a delivery outlet and a stem block, the stem block having a receptacle into which the valve stem of the metering valve of the aerosol canister is received and axially located and being displaceable relative to the vial of the aerosol canister to actuate the metering valve of the aerosol canister, a sump extending below the receptacle, the stem block further defining a discharge orifice arranged to direct the pharmaceutical formulation through the delivery outlet, a transfer tunnel having an input opening and an output opening through which a dispensed dose of the pharmaceutical formulation is able to pass from the sump to the discharge orifice, and a land length defining the distance from between the input opening and output opening, wherein the input opening and the output opening have cross-sectional areas of from 0.002 to 0.8 mm2 and the cross-sectional area of the input opening is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the output opening, and wherein the land length is from 0.5 mm to 10 mm.