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公开(公告)号:US20230133932A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-04
申请号:US18061564
申请日:2022-12-05
发明人: Ronan MACLOUGHLIN , Shaun PORTER , Conor DUFFY , John POWER
摘要: A gas therapy system (1) has a flow line (3, 2), a coupler (6) to a gas source, and an aerosol generator (4) for aerosol delivery, and a patient interface such as a nasal interface (2). A controller (10) is configured to modulate gas flow and aerosol delivery in real time. The controller changes gas flow rate and dynamically reduces aerosol delivery during upper gas flow rates such as 60 LPM, and activates aerosol delivery during lower gas flow rates of for example 10 LPM. The control may also include sensors to detect breathing, so that there is a bias towards increased aerosol delivery during inhalation in addition to during lower level gas flow.
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公开(公告)号:US20180256829A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15762387
申请日:2016-09-22
发明人: Joseph GREHAN , Michael CASEY , Shaun PORTER , Niall SMITH
IPC分类号: A61M11/00
摘要: A digital processor of a nebulizer controller controls and monitors drive current (I) applied to an aperture plate. The drive current is detected as a series of discrete values at each of multiple measuring points, each having a particular drive frequency The processor in real time calculates a slope or rate of change of drive current with frequency and additionally determines a minimum value for drive current leading up to the peak value. The processor uses both the value of the minimum drive current during the scan and also the maximum slope value to achieve reliable prediction of end of dose, when the aperture plate becomes dry.
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