LIQUID FEED SYSTEMS FOR AN AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240216624A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18608501

    申请日:2024-03-18

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00 A61M15/06

    摘要: The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device that includes a housing including a power source and a control component, a reservoir configured to contain a liquid composition, a liquid delivery component including a micropump, and an atomizing assembly including a vibrating component and a mesh plate. The micropump is configured to be controlled by the control component to deliver at least a portion of the liquid composition to the atomizing assembly, the atomizing assembly is configured to be controlled by the control component to vaporize the portion of the liquid composition to generate an aerosol, and the micropump and the atomizing assembly are integrated together using a common element. In another implementation, the micropump comprises a biomimetic micropump. In some implementations, the biomimetic micropump may include a xylem model structure and a leaf model structure.

    DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF LIQUID IN A VIBRATING MEMBRANE NEBULIZER

    公开(公告)号:US20240058556A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18268079

    申请日:2021-12-15

    发明人: Yannic WEISER

    IPC分类号: A61M15/00 A61M16/00

    摘要: The present invention provides a breath-actuated inhalation device comprising: an aerosol generator comprising a vibrator and a membrane; and a reservoir for liquid to be aerosolized which is in fluid communication with the membrane. A method for operating the device is also provided. The vibrator is driven intermittently so that the aerosol generator has periods of aerosol generation during a patients inhalations and periods of little or no aerosol generation preceding and/or succeeding the inhalations Scans are performed in which an electrical parameter of the vibrator is measured as the membrane is vibrated at a plurality of frequencies. The spectrum obtained from a scan during an inhalation is compared with a spectrum obtained from a scan during the period preceding or succeeding that inhalation in order to determine whether liquid is present in the reservoir.

    Internal cannula mounted nebulizer

    公开(公告)号:US11878115B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-23

    申请号:US17032751

    申请日:2020-09-25

    申请人: Vapotherm, Inc.

    发明人: Scott A. Leonard

    摘要: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for providing respiratory therapy to a patient using a nasal cannula comprising a cannula body, first and second inlet tubes, and a nasal prong for the delivery of a flow of breathing gas to the patient. Configured with the cannula is a nebulizer having an aerosol generator positioned to emit aerosolized medicament along a longitudinal axis of the nasal prong. A flow director is configured to direct the flow of breathing gas into the nasal prong such that the breathing gas flows along the longitudinal axis, such that the flow of aerosolized medicament is contained within the flow of breathing gas as it moves along the longitudinal axis of the nasal prong for delivery to the patient.

    Protection of aperture plate during aerosol generation

    公开(公告)号:US11839891B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US16621604

    申请日:2018-08-23

    摘要: An aerosol delivery system has an aerosol generator with a vibrating aperture plate (10) and an actuator (11, 16, 17, 19), a controller (18, 19). The controller in real time monitors (201) the aerosol generator as it is driven for vibration of the aperture plate, and detects (202) a change in an electrical characteristic in response to a transition from a wet state to a dry state of the aperture plate. It automatically modifies (203, 205, 206), during the transition, operation of the aerosol generator in response to the detected change. The modification includes reducing applied power (203). The controller continues (204) to monitor during the transition, including monitoring the aperture plate for presence of residual liquid on the aperture plate first surface. The controller monitors at a number of drive frequencies and maintains data representing trends in a combination of the electrical characteristic signals at the different frequencies, and identifies a start of a transition if a calculated value rises above a threshold. There is one threshold for triggering a check scan for residual volume and a higher threshold to trigger an immediate shut down.