发明申请
US20220296823A1 DELIVERY OF SMALL DROPLETS TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM VIA ELECTRONIC BREATH ACTUATED DROPLET DELIVERY DEVICE
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基本信息:
- 专利标题: DELIVERY OF SMALL DROPLETS TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM VIA ELECTRONIC BREATH ACTUATED DROPLET DELIVERY DEVICE
- 申请号:US17619960 申请日:2020-06-29
- 公开(公告)号:US20220296823A1 公开(公告)日:2022-09-22
- 发明人: John H. Hebrank , Charles Eric Hunter , Matthew Culpepper , Judson Sidney Clements
- 申请人: Pneuma Respiratory, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US NC Boone
- 专利权人: Pneuma Respiratory, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Pneuma Respiratory, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US NC Boone
- 国际申请: PCT/US20/40132 WO 20200629
- 主分类号: A61M11/00
- IPC分类号: A61M11/00 ; A61M11/02
摘要:
An ejector mechanism, droplet delivery device and related methods or delivering small droplets to the respiratory system of a users disclosed. The ejector mechanism comprises a piezoelectric actuator and an aperture plate, the aperture plate having and a plurality of openings formed through its thickness, wherein at least the fluid entrance side of one or more of said openings is configured to provide a surface contact angle of less than 90 degrees and the piezoelectric actuator is operable to oscillate the aperture plate at a frequency to thereby generate an ejected stream of droplets during use. The droplet delivery device is automatically breath actuated by a user when the differential pressure sensor senses a predetermined pressure change. The ejector mechanism is then actuated to generate a plume of droplets having an average ejected particle diameter within the respirable size range having a diameter of less than about 4 um so as to target the respiratory system of the user.