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35 results about "Abdominal surface" patented technology

Abdominal surface anatomy can be described when viewed from in front of the abdomen in 2 ways: divided into 9 regions by two vertical and two horizontal imaginary planes divided into 4 quadrants by single vertical and horizontal imaginary plane...

System and method for abdominal surface matching using pseudo-features

InactiveUS8781186B2Enhanced informationFacilitates extensive pre-procedural planningImage enhancementImage analysisAbdominal surfaceAbdomen
A system and method for using pre-procedural images for registration for image-guided therapy (IGT), also referred to as image-guided intervention (IGI), in percutaneous surgical application. Pseudo-features and patient abdomen and organ surfaces are used for registration and to establish the relationship needed for guidance. Three-dimensional visualizations of the vasculature, tumor(s), and organs may be generated for enhanced guidance information. The invention facilitates extensive pre-procedural planning, thereby significantly reducing procedural times. It also minimizes the patient exposure to radiation.
Owner:PATHFINDER THERAPEUTICS +1

Artificial stoma and method of use

ActiveUS20060052752A1Rigid enoughReduces and minimizes traumaSurgeryDilatorsStomaAbdominal surface
A device for creating a channel between the stomach lumen and the abdominal surface of a patient. The device includes a tube and a first bolster. The tube has a proximal end, a distal end, and a wall, the wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and each end having an opening therein. The first bolster is attached to the distal end of the tube and the tube is adapted to slidably receive a feeding device having a shaft, wherein at least a portion of the outer diameter of the shaft of the feeding device is substantially the same size as that of the inner wall of the tube. The first bolster is adapted to sealingly engage with the patient so as to minimize or avoid fluid leakage about the tube. The present invention is also directed to a method of using an artificial stoma.
Owner:AVENT INC

System and method for abdominal surface matching using pseudo-features

InactiveUS20110274324A1Enhanced guidance informationFacilitates extensive pre-procedural planningImage enhancementImage analysisAbdominal surfaceOrgan surface
A system and method for using pre-procedural images for registration for image-guided therapy (IGT), also referred to as image-guided intervention (IGI), in percutaneous surgical application. Pseudo-features and patient abdomen and organ surfaces are used for registration and to establish the relationship needed for guidance. Three-dimensional visualizations of the vasculature, tumor(s), and organs may be generated for enhanced guidance information. The invention facilitates extensive pre-procedural planning, thereby significantly reducing procedural times. It also minimizes the patient exposure to radiation.
Owner:PATHFINDER THERAPEUTICS +1

Artificial stoma and method of use

ActiveUS7582072B2Rigid enoughReduces and minimizes traumaSurgeryDilatorsStomaMedicine
A device for creating a channel between the stomach lumen and the abdominal surface of a patient. The device includes a tube and a first bolster. The tube has a proximal end, a distal end, and a wall, the wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, and each end having an opening therein. The first bolster is attached to the distal end of the tube and the tube is adapted to slidably receive a feeding device having a shaft, wherein at least a portion of the outer diameter of the shaft of the feeding device is substantially the same size as that of the inner wall of the tube. The first bolster is adapted to sealingly engage with the patient so as to minimize or avoid fluid leakage about the tube. The present invention is also directed to a method of using an artificial stoma.
Owner:AVENT INC

Apparatus for measuring body fat

InactiveUS7283869B2Improve accuracy of of subjectEasy to installPerson identificationSensorsPower flowEngineering
An apparatus has a first electrode group (1) including at least one electrode and arranged on the abdominal surface of a subject (human) with the navel of the subject serving as a reference position, a second electrode group (2) including at least one electrode and arranged on the back surface of the subject, a third electrode group (3) including at least two electrodes and arranged on the surface of the subject at an intermediate position between the first and second electrode groups (1, 2), and a controller (8) to supply a current between an electrode selected from the first electrode group (1) and an electrode selected from the second electrode group (2), measure a voltage generated between two electrodes of the third electrode group (3), and compute an abdominal fat quantity of the subject according to the measured voltage.
Owner:KAO CORP

Method for identifying quality of Chinese mitten crabs based on hyperspectral image technology

The invention discloses a method for identifying the quality of Chinese mitten crabs based on a hyperspectral image technology. The method comprises: 1, acquiring a Chinese mitten crab sample comprising a plurality of female Chinese mitten crabs and a plurality of male Chinese mitten crabs, 2, identifying the quality of the Chinese mitten crabs according to the Chinese mitten crab sensory indexesof the agricultural standard NY-5064-2001, 3, acquiring and correcting hyperspectral images, 4, acquiring spectral information of the region of interest, 5, extracting abdominal spectral feature variables and back image feature variables, carrying out PCA analysis on the obtained crab shell hyperspectral images and abdominal surface spectral information to obtain first 3 principal components suchas back image texture feature information and abdominal spectrum information capable of characterizing the original information of the sample and 6, constructing an identification model which is a LS-SVM model and identifying the quality of Chinese mitten crabs through the identification model. The method overcomes the shortcomings of slow manual identification and subjective influence, and improves the intelligent detection level of Chinese mitten crabs.
Owner:JIANGSU UNIV

Uterine contraction sensing system and method

ActiveUS7862521B1Preventing zero shiftSmall differencePerson identificationUterine pressure measurementElectricityUterine muscle
The present invention provides a system for enabling the sensing of changes in pressure in response to uterine muscle tone changes relating to contractions, and for enabling the evaluation of contractions based thereon. The system enables a portion thereof to effectively and efficiently project at least partially below the non-compressed abdominal surface, and provides electrical isolation of the system elements. It enables ease of use and enhanced patient comfort. It also enables maximized sensitivity and minimized system loading retention pressure.
Owner:PARKER INTANGIBLES LLC

Method and an apparatus for recording bladder volume

A non-invasive method and apparatus for monitoring the bladder volume in humans or animals. The monitoring measurements are based on the analysis of ultrasound signals from at least two individual ultrasound transducer arrays. Each one individual ultrasound transducer array has a contact face, which is arranged in order to transmit an ultrasonic signal through an abdominal surface of an individual being monitored. The method and apparatus includes the arranging of each individual transducer array on the abdominal surface around an axis which extends from a point on the abdominal surface through a point on or within the urinary bladder. The method and apparatus further comprises that each individual transducer array is arranged to scan the bladder using a two-dimensional scan plane which extends radially from the transducer array through the bladder.
Owner:URODAN

Uterine contraction sensing system and method

The present invention provides a system for enabling the sensing of changes in pressure in response to uterine muscle tone changes relating to contractions, and for enabling the evaluation of contractions based thereon. The system enables a portion thereof to effectively and efficiently project at least partially below the non-compressed abdominal surface, and provides electrical isolation of the system elements. It enables ease of use and enhanced patient comfort. It also enables maximized sensitivity and minimized system loading retention pressure.
Owner:PARKER HANNIFIN CORP

Image guided registration system for abdominal surgery interventional operation, and related device

The invention discloses an image guided registration system for abdominal surgery interventional operation, and a related device. An image guided registration method for the abdominal surgery interventional operation comprises the steps that firstly, the registration result of a physical space and a preoperative image space is obtained; then abdominal characteristic point sets corresponding to abdominal surface images when a patient is in different respiration states are obtained, a depth camera is utilized to conduct corresponding processing on the abdominal surface images and preoperative abdominal surface images, and thus multiple intraoperative characteristic point sets and multiple preoperative abdominal characteristic point sets are obtained; and finally, according to the registration result of the physical space and the preoperative image space, a reference system of the intraoperative characteristic point sets is transformed into an intraoperative image space, in the intraoperative image space, deformable registration is conducted on the intraoperative characteristic point sets and the multiple abdominal characteristic point sets, thus the purpose of real-time registrationof the intraoperative image space of the patient in the different respiration states and the physical space is achieved during operation, and the precision of image registration in the abdominal surgery interventional operation process is improved.
Owner:安徽福晴医疗装备有限公司

Human thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory single-cycle prediction method based on variance calculation

The invention discloses a human thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal period prediction method based on variance calculation, and belongs to the technical fields of oncology, precision instruments, engineering technologies, mathematics and the like. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an ideal single-cycle respiratory signal, then carrying out cycle continuation to obtain an ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, finally, carrying out cycle extraction on the ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, and carrying out the whole extraction process based onvariance calculation of each imaginary cycle. The method can accurately extract the cycle of the ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, and lays a simulation experiment foundation for accurately predicting respiratory movement.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

3D Fourier transform-based thoracico-abdominal surface measurement method

A 3D Fourier transform-based thoracico-abdominal surface measurement method belongs to the technical field of structured light 3D measurement. The method comprises the following steps: projecting three stripe images of different frequencies onto a thoracico-abdominal surface doing breathing exercise, using a camera to collect the stripe images, and carrying out 3D Fourier transform on the three stripe images separately; after 3D Gaussian filtering of the transform results, carrying out Fourier inverse transform, and extracting a package phase; unwrapping the phase to get an absolute phase; and finally, converting the absolute phase into height information based on the trigonometry principle. According to the invention, a stripe pattern sequence of a thoracico-abdominal surface changing with time is taken as a whole, spatial images and a time sequence are combined, and a 2D-FFA method is expanded into a 3D-FFA method by adding a time dimension, so that the interference signal frequency component in the time dimension is removed, and the accuracy of package phase extraction is improved; and further, by using a three-frequency phase unwrapping method, the reliability of package phase unwrapping is improved, and the anti-interference ability of 3D surface measurement is improved.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal cycle prediction method based on single-period and double-period hybrid judgment

The invention discloses a thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal period prediction method based on single-period and double-period hybrid judgment, and belongs to the technical fieldsof oncology, precise instruments, engineering technologies, mathematics and the like. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an ideal single-cycle respiratory signal, then carrying out cycle continuation to obtain an ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, and finally, carrying out cycle extraction on the ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, the whole extraction process being carried out in two imaginary cycles of which the data volume is doubled, and completing cycle extraction in two cycles. The method can accurately extract the period of the ideal multi-period respiratory signal, and lays a simulation experiment foundation for accurately predicting respiratory movement.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Human thoracico-abdominal surface area respiratory single-cycle prediction method in radiotherapy

The invention discloses a human thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal period prediction method in radiotherapy, and belongs to the technical fields of oncology, precision instruments,engineering technologies, mathematics and the like. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an ideal single-cycle respiratory signal, then carrying out cycle continuation to obtain an ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, finally, carrying out cycle extraction on the ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, carrying out the whole extraction process based on data and calculation of an imaginary cycle, and completing cycle extraction in one cycle. The method can accurately extract the period of the ideal multi-period respiratory signal, and lays a simulation experiment foundation for accurately predicting respiratory movement.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

System and method for detecting contractions

A method of detecting contractions in a user, the method may include providing alternating current with a determined frequency, through a first path in an abdominal tissue, between at least a first pair of electrodes positioned apart from each other over a first abdominal surface of the user. The method may further include repeatedly measuring a response of the abdominal tissue to excitation by the alternating current passing between at least a pair of electrodes, identifying at least one muscle contraction according to the changes in the response, and determining occurrence of uterine contractions based on at least one characteristic of the at least one muscle contraction. A system for detecting contractions in a user may include an alternating current generator, at least two electrodes, and a processor, operatively coupled to the at least two electrodes.
Owner:HERA MED

Thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal period prediction method combining three-cycle judgment

The invention discloses a thoracic and abdominal surface area respiration signal period prediction method combining three-period judgment, and belongs to the technical fields of oncology, precision instruments, engineering technologies, mathematics and the like. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an ideal single-cycle respiratory signal, then carrying out cycle extension to obtain an ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, finally, carrying out cycle extraction on the ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, carrying out the whole extraction process in three imaginary cycles with the same data volume, and completing the cycle extraction in three cycles. The method can accurately extract the period of the ideal multi-period respiratory signal, and lays a simulation experiment foundation for accurately predicting respiratory movement.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Thoracico-abdominal surface breathing movement signal super-resolution circuit

PendingCN111135480ASuper-resolution implementationOutput impactX-ray/gamma-ray/particle-irradiation therapyEngineeringAbdominal surface
The invention discloses a thoracico-abdominal surface breathing movement signal super-resolution circuit and belongs to the technical field of precise instruments and thoracico-abdominal radiotherapy.The circuit comprises a signal conversion module, a phase difference multi-output module, a resistance chain multi-phase generation module, a multi-phase sine square wave conversion module, a multi-phase fusion logic gate module and a secondary super-resolution module. The modules function as a whole and not a single one can be omitted, the purpose that breathing movement signals of a cycle are converted into square wave signals of multiple cycles is achieved together, that is, super resolution of thoracico-abdominal surface breathing movement signals is achieved, the result brings further technical advantages that in the process of multiple breathing cycles, variation of breathing frequency can be judged by judging variation of the frequency of the square wave signals, more importantly,since the cycle of super-resolution square waves is far smaller than a breathing movement cycle, variation of the breathing frequency can be judged within a shorter period of time, that is, within a time range smaller than a breathing cycle.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Uterine contraction sensing system and method

The present invention provides a system for enabling the sensing of changes in pressure in response to uterine muscle tone changes relating to contractions, and for enabling the evaluation of contractions based thereon. The system enables a portion thereof to effectively and efficiently project at least partially below the non-compressed abdominal surface, and provides electrical isolation of the system elements. It enables ease of use and enhanced patient comfort. It also enables maximized sensitivity and minimized system loading retention pressure.
Owner:PARKER HANNIFIN CORP

Method for testing three-dimensional Fourier-transform thoracico-abdominal surface measuring means

The invention relates to a method for testing a three-dimensional Fourier-transform thoracico-abdominal surface measuring means, which belongs to the technical field of structured light three-dimensional measurement. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, establishing a stripe pattern sequence intensity function model for stripe patterns photographed at different moments, adding an interference signal onto the stripe pattern sequence intensity function model, respectively performing one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional operations on the model without noise and with added noise, and comparing three obtained phase errors. The method for testing the three-dimensional Fourier-transform thoracico-abdominal surface measuring means can clearly display difference of results of the three-dimensional Fourier-transform thoracico-abdominal surface measuring method proposed by the research group compared to the traditional 1D-FFA and 2D-FFA.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal period prediction method combining double-period judgment

The invention discloses a thoracic and abdominal surface area respiratory signal period prediction method combining double-period judgment, and belongs to the technical fields of oncology, precision instruments, engineering technologies, mathematics and the like. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an ideal single-cycle respiratory signal, then carrying out cycle extension to obtain an ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, and finally carrying out cycle extraction on the ideal multi-cycle respiratory signal, the whole extraction process is carried out in two imaginary cycles with the same data volume, and the cycle extraction can be completed in the two cycles; the method can accurately extract the period of the ideal multi-period respiratory signal, and lays asimulation experiment foundation for accurately predicting respiratory movement.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

System and method for abdominal surface matching using pseudo-features

InactiveUS20150133770A1Enhanced informationFacilitates extensive pre-procedural planningImage enhancementImage analysisAbdominal surfaceOrgan surface
A system and method for using pre-procedural images for registration for image-guided therapy (IGT), also referred to as image-guided intervention (IGI), in percutaneous surgical application. Pseudo-features and patient abdomen and organ surfaces are used for registration and to establish the relationship needed for guidance. Three-dimensional visualizations of the vasculature, tumor(s), and organs may be generated for enhanced guidance information. The invention facilitates extensive pre-procedural planning, thereby significantly reducing procedural times. It also minimizes the patient exposure to radiation.
Owner:ANLOGIC CORP (US) +1

Human thoraco-abdominal surface motion prediction method for radiotherapy

The invention provides a human thoraco-abdominal surface motion prediction method for radiotherapy, relating to the technical field of precision measurement, tumor medical science, statistical mathematics and the like. The human thoraco-abdominal surface motion prediction method includes the steps: collecting the thoraco-abdominal surface respiratory motion data, then filtering the noise during the process of collecting data of other motions except for the respiratory motion of a human body and the data of the thoraco-abdominal surface motion by using a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter respectively, acquiring feature data as a training set, and predicting the next set of feature data according to the feature data, and finally predicting the thoraco-abdominal surface respiratory motion data according to the given time. The human thoraco-abdominal surface motion prediction method for radiotherapy adopts a mode of predicting the feature quantity and the occurrence time separately, and combines the relationship between the feature quantity and the occurrence time and the occurrence time of the unknown quantity to realize the prediction of the unknown quantity, thus making full use of the orderliness and inertia of the feature quantity to achieve a more accurate prediction of the unknown quantity, and being beneficial to improvement of the radiotherapy effect of the malignanttumor of the digestive system.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Remote fetal monitoring method and system

Provided are a remote fetal monitoring method and system. The remote fetal monitoring method comprises the following steps that pregnant woman abdominal surface image data are acquired and transmitted to a central station; the central station receives the image data and performs centralized processing on a plurality of pregnant woman abdominal surface image data and sends marked data of one or more positions guiding an operator to place a fetal monitoring detection probe to a remote fetal monitor; the fetal monitor places the fetal monitoring detection probe according to marked position points to obtain fetal monitoring signals and screens out a best-quality fetal monitoring signal and the fetal monitoring detection probe placement position point corresponding to the signal; the fetal monitoring detection probe is placed on the position point to perform continuous fetal monitoring. The remote fetal monitoring method and system conducts intelligent placement guidance on the fetal monitoring detection probe, the accuracy of the fetal monitoring detection probe placement position is greatly improved, accordingly a high-quality fetal monitoring signal can be obtained, the monitoring quality of the remote fetal monitoring system is improved, and the operating efficiency of the system is improved.
Owner:SHENZHEN BIOCARE BIO MEDICAL EQUIP CO LTD

Method and an apparatus for recording bladder volume

A non-invasive method and apparatus for monitoring the bladder volume in humans or animals. The monitoring measurements are based on the analysis of ultrasound signals from at least two individual ultrasound transducer arrays. Each one individual ultrasound transducer array has a contact face, which is arranged in order to transmit an ultrasonic signal through an abdominal surface of an individual being monitored. The method and apparatus includes the arranging of each individual transducer array on the abdominal surface around an axis which extends from a point on the abdominal surface through a point on or within the urinary bladder. The method and apparatus further comprises that each individual transducer array is arranged to scan the bladder using a two-dimensional scan plane which extends radially from the transducer array through the bladder.
Owner:DANISH MEDICAL RES IVS

A phase-staggered super-resolution method for respiration motion signals on the thoracoabdominal surface

The invention relates to a phase-staggered super-resolution method for respiratory motion signals on the surface of the chest and abdomen, which belongs to the technical field of precision instruments and thoracoabdominal radiotherapy; the method first converts the respiratory motion signal into a periodic signal through a signal conversion module, and then through a phase difference multi-output module , forming three outputs with equal phase difference with a phase difference of π / 2, and then forming five outputs with equal phase difference with a phase difference of π / 5 through the resistance chain multiphase generating module, and then forming a square wave through a multiphase sine square wave conversion module, And through the multi-phase fusion logic gate module to form the out-of-phase super-resolution square wave output, that is, to realize the transformation of one cycle of respiratory motion signal into a multi-cycle out-of-phase square wave signal, and the phase error phase super-resolution square wave output signal quarter cycle of .
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Diaphragm prediction system and method based on PCA and TSSM models

The invention discloses a diaphragm prediction system and method based on PCA and TSSM models. The implementation thought of the diaphragm prediction system and method is as follows: reconstructing breathing time phase data obtained by 4DCT scanning into a human body three-dimensional image of each phase; segmenting a diaphragm image from the human body three-dimensional image, and calculating diaphragm displacement; segmenting a thoracic-abdominal surface image from the human body three-dimensional image, and calculating thoracic-abdominal surface displacement; carrying out principal component analysis on the diaphragm displacement and the thoracic and abdominal surface displacement respectively to reduce dimensions of the diaphragm displacement and the thoracic and abdominal surface displacement and map the diaphragm displacement and the thoracic and abdominal surface displacement into respective d-dimensional subspaces; and calculating a transformation matrix of diaphragm displacement mapped from the thoracic and abdominal surface displacement of the d-dimensional subspace to the d-dimensional subspace by ridge regression optimization. The method has the advantages that less harm is caused to a patient, the selected diaphragm mass center is more accurate, and the anti-interference performance is better.
Owner:XIDIAN UNIV

Thoracic and abdominal surface respiratory movement signal super-resolution method

ActiveCN111281396ASuper-resolution implementationOutput impactDiagnostic signal processingSensorsSquare waveformRESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS
The invention discloses a thoracic and abdominal surface respiratory movement signal super-resolution method, and belongs to the technical field of precise instruments and thoracic and abdominal radiotherapy; then a signal conversion module is used to convert a respiratory movement signal into a periodic signal; a phase difference multi-output module is used to form an equal-phase-difference three-output with a phase difference of pi / 2; an equal-phase-difference ten-output with a phase difference of pi / 10 is formed through a resistance chain multi-phase generation module; a square wave is formed through a multi-phase sine square wave conversion module; quasi-phase super-resolution square wave output and wrong-phase super-resolution square wave output are formed through a multi-phase fusionlogic gate module; and finally, a secondary super-resolution module is used for further super-resolution by using the phase difference between the quasi-phase super-resolution square wave output andthe wrong-phase super-resolution square wave output, and converting the respiratory movement signal of one period into square wave signals of multiple periods.
Owner:HARBIN UNIV OF SCI & TECH

A wearable device for monitoring labor during child birth

The invention relates to a system for monitoring labor of a person during child birth. The system of the invention comprises a first sensor, a second sensor, a processing unit and a data transmission unit. A first sensor is provided for detecting lactic acid in the sweat from the body of a person. A second sensor is provided for detecting muscular movement of the abdominal surface of the body of a person. Processing unit of the system determines the fatigue level and the descent of the fetus and of the respective patterns thereof, based on the corresponding and respective signals from the first sensor and second sensor, received and transmitted by data transmission unit. The invention also relates to a sensor for detecting lactic acid, a sensor for detecting muscular movement, and to a method for monitoring labor of a person during child birth.
Owner:KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV

Image navigation and registration system and related devices for abdominal surgical intervention

The invention discloses an image guided registration system for abdominal surgery interventional operation, and a related device. An image guided registration method for the abdominal surgery interventional operation comprises the steps that firstly, the registration result of a physical space and a preoperative image space is obtained; then abdominal characteristic point sets corresponding to abdominal surface images when a patient is in different respiration states are obtained, a depth camera is utilized to conduct corresponding processing on the abdominal surface images and preoperative abdominal surface images, and thus multiple intraoperative characteristic point sets and multiple preoperative abdominal characteristic point sets are obtained; and finally, according to the registration result of the physical space and the preoperative image space, a reference system of the intraoperative characteristic point sets is transformed into an intraoperative image space, in the intraoperative image space, deformable registration is conducted on the intraoperative characteristic point sets and the multiple abdominal characteristic point sets, thus the purpose of real-time registrationof the intraoperative image space of the patient in the different respiration states and the physical space is achieved during operation, and the precision of image registration in the abdominal surgery interventional operation process is improved.
Owner:安徽福晴医疗装备有限公司

Aerosol drug delivery apparatus and method

InactiveCN102421474BSolve the problem of wasting drugs and making dosages variableTracheal tubesAnaesthesiaTip positionAbdominal surface
A drug delivery device (5, 5', 5", 5"') for delivering an aerosol comprising a drug to a patient, comprising an aerosol generator (45, 50 , 55, 60) and a mouthpiece assembly (30, 30', 30", 30"') configured to be inserted into a patient's mouth. The mouthpiece assembly is operatively connected to the aerosol generator for receiving and delivering the aerosol to the patient. The mouthpiece assembly has an abdominal surface (85, 85', 85") configured to face the patient's tongue (100) when the mouthpiece assembly is inserted into the patient's mouth, and may include a tongue tip positioning element ( 90, 90', 90"', 105). The abdominal surface and, if present, the tongue tip positioning element are configured to engage the patient's tongue tip (95) to properly position the tongue during use of the drug delivery device.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
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