688 results about "Inhalation Devices" patented technology

The invention provides a medication monitoring device and a medication monitoring method, relates to the field of medical apparatuses and instruments, and solves the technical problem that whether a capsule rotates to release medicines or not is difficult to monitor in a capsule type dry powder inhalation used in a transversely placed inhaler. The medication monitoring device comprises a shell and a photoelectric sensor, the photoelectric sensor is arranged on the shell, and a light path of the photoelectric sensor is configured to penetrate through the air inlet of the inhaler and the medicine bin, so that the rotation state of the capsule in the medicine bin is judged by detecting the change of the light path; the photoelectric sensor and the air inlet of the inhaler are arranged in a spaced mode in space so as to allow the inlet air flow to pass through. The rotation state of the capsule in the medicine bin is judged by detecting the change of the light path, whether the capsule rotates or not can be directly monitored, the problems that in the prior art, whether the capsule rotates or not cannot be known, and medicine taking failure caused by improper posture of the capsule cannot be judged are solved, effectiveness of medicine taking monitoring is ensured, and medicine taking guidance is facilitated.

The utility model provides an aerosol inhalation device, and relates to the technical field of aerosol inhalation devices, the aerosol inhalation device comprises an atomizer, through the arrangement of an anti-blocking device, during treatment, a sliding rod and a plurality of dredging rods can be pulled outwards to slide out of a first sliding hole and a spray hole respectively, and after the dredging rods are completely pulled out of the spray hole, the atomization inhalation device can be used for atomization. The clamping block is loosened, one end of the protective cover can be clamped into the inner wall of the clamping hole block under the reset action of the spring, the opened protective cover is limited and fixed, protection on the spraying hole is relieved, atomization treatment is facilitated, and the spraying hole can be blocked through similar and reverse operation. The dust and impurities in the air are prevented from entering the spray hole to cause blockage and influence the use of the atomizer, if the spray hole is blocked accidentally, the protective cover and the dredging rod are pulled and inserted back and forth, the blocked spray hole can be dredged, the dredged dust can enter the interior of the atomizer, and the interior of the atomizer can be cleaned when the interior of the atomizer is cleaned.

The invention provides a voice reminding method, a voice setting method and a voice reminding system of a medicine inhaler, personalized voice reminding information of a user is recorded through a terminal, compressed and then transmitted to the inhaler, and the inhaler decompresses the personalized voice reminding information and stores the personalized voice reminding information locally. The inhaler can dynamically play customized voice guidance matched with the cognitive level of a patient according to the set medication reminding condition, the problem that in the prior art, static audio prompt is difficult to understand is solved, the acceptability and execution accuracy of patients with different cultural degrees and language habits on inhaler operation guidance are effectively improved, and the user experience is improved. And the use threshold of the inhaler by a patient is reduced.

The present disclosure relates to an inhaler component for producing a steam / air mixture or / and condensation aerosol in an intermittent and inhalation- or pull-synchronous manner, the inhaler component including: a housing; a chamber arranged in the housing; an air inlet opening for the supply of air from the surroundings to the chamber; an electrical heating element for evaporating a portion of a liquid material; and a wick having a capillary structure, which wick forms a composite structure with the heating element and automatically supplies the heating element with fresh liquid material after evaporation.

The present disclosure relates to an inhaler component for producing a steam / air mixture or / and condensation aerosol in an intermittent and inhalation- or pull-synchronous manner, the inhaler component including: a housing; a chamber arranged in the housing; an air inlet opening for the supply of air from the surroundings to the chamber; an electrical heating element for evaporating a portion of a liquid material; and a wick having a capillary structure, which wick forms a composite structure with the heating element and automatically supplies the heating element with fresh liquid material after evaporation.

The invention provides an inhalation medication auxiliary device, relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and solves the technical problem that a large force is needed when a puncture part of an inhaler is pressed to puncture a capsule. The inhalation medication auxiliary device comprises a shell and an automatic puncturing module, and the shell covers an inhaler and is used for fixing the inhaler; the automatic puncturing module is arranged on the shell and used for automatically puncturing the capsule placed in the inhaler. According to the embodiment of the invention, the automatic puncturing of the capsule in the inhaler is realized through the automatic puncturing module arranged on the shell, so that the technical problems that large force is needed when the puncturing part of the inhaler is pressed to puncture the capsule, a user with weak force is difficult to press, and the inhaler is not friendly to old and young users are solved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical equipment, and particularly relates to a portable tuberculosis drug aerosol inhalation device. The device comprises a medicine storage chamber, an outflow channel and a controller, the top of the medicine storage chamber is provided with a medicine tank groove with a conical pricking pipe, and one-step medicine filling through placing and pressing can be achieved; the respiratory rhythm of a user is identified through lip contact and a respiratory airflow sensor, and the atomizer is synchronously controlled to start and stop; the system has the functions of liquid medicine identity recognition, heating temperature control and self-adaptive power adjustment based on liquid medicine storage, efficient, safe and comfortable tuberculosis medicine inhalation treatment is achieved, and the medication compliance and the treatment effect are remarkably improved.

The invention discloses a tumor experiment medicine preparation device, and relates to the technical field of biomedicine, the tumor experiment medicine preparation device comprises an inhaler used for preparing and feeding a dry powdery tumor medicine, the inhaler comprises a shell, a partition plate is fixed in the shell, and the interior of the shell is divided by the partition plate to form a preparation cavity and a treatment cavity; and the configuration cavity is located above the treatment cavity, a suction pipe is fixed to the shell, and one end of the suction pipe is fixedly installed on the bottom of the partition plate. Aiming at lung tumor experiments, quantitative anti-tumor medicine is directly delivered to the lung tumor part of the human body through the configuration effect of the inhaler, and in the using process of the inhaler, through mutual cooperation of the cutting release assembly, the anti-overflow communicating assembly and the air inlet control assembly, the anti-tumor medicine can be directly delivered to the lung tumor part of the human body. The cut tumor experiment medicine is fully separated, partial overflow is inhibited, deviation of the actual suction volume of the anti-tumor medicine is avoided, and accurate preparation and use of the tumor experiment medicine are guaranteed.

An inhalation device that mimics smoking cigarettes but does not produce any smoke. The inhalation device includes a tubular body, one or more cartridges, and a mouthpiece. The tubular body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is closed and has multiple holes for air intake. The proximal end has an opening. The cartridge is between the mouthpiece and the tubular body. The air drawn through the mouthpiece enters through holes into the tubular body, passes through the cartridge, and into the mouthpiece.

The invention provides a powder inhaler. The powder inhaler comprises a shell assembly; the depolymerization mechanism is provided with a depolymerization cavity; the powder delivery mechanism is arranged in the shell assembly and provided with a plurality of capsule cavities, and the capsule cavities are used for storing powder capsules; the powder delivery mechanism can move relative to the depolymerization cavity, so that the plurality of capsule cavities are sequentially communicated with the depolymerization cavity; one of the shell assembly and the powder delivery mechanism is provided with a first limiting piece, and the other one of the shell assembly and the powder delivery mechanism is provided with a plurality of second limiting pieces; and when the capsule cavity is aligned with the depolymerization cavity, the first limiting piece is clamped with one second limiting piece. The powder inhaler can provide multiple doses of powder capsules; and moreover, the capsule cavity and the depolymerization cavity can be prevented from being misplaced, so that the proportional distribution of air inflow and the suction resistance and depolymerization effect are not influenced.

The invention provides a microstructured nozzle (1) for a device (100) for generating an inhalable aerosol of a medically active fluid (2), the microstructured nozzle having a main filter (21), an inlet (3) for unfiltered fluid and an outlet (4) for filtered fluid, the inlet and outlet defining a flow direction (X) of the fluid from the inlet to the outlet, the nozzle comprises a substantially flat base plate (5) and a cover plate (6) attachable thereto; a main filter zone (20) comprising a main filter (21); a filtrate outlet zone (30) arranged between the main filter and the outlet in the flow direction; and a fluid distribution zone (40) arranged in the flow direction between the inlet and the main filter zone wherein a second stage structure (41) is arranged in the fluid distribution zone, which second stage structure comprises a plurality of cylindrical built-in elements (42) extending transversely to the flow direction from the base plate and / or the cover plate. The invention also provides an inhalation device (100) for inhalation therapy comprising such a microstructured nozzle.

An inhaler is provided, including: a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and an airflow path extending from the inlet to the outlet; a capsule receptacle configured to receive a capsule including a composition for inhalation; a rupturing component configured to rupture the capsule received in the capsule receptacle; an aerosolization chamber configured to allow the composition to be entrained in airflow within the airflow path; and a retention component movable between a first position in which the capsule is prevented from moving from the capsule receptacle to the aerosolization chamber, and a second position in which the capsule is movable from the capsule receptacle to the aerosolization chamber, the retention component extending through the inlet when the retention element is in the first position.

An inhalation device that generates an aerosol from a base material including an aerosol source, includes: a heating unit configured to heat the base material to generate the aerosol; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the inhalation device. The control unit is configured to perform: first heating control for controlling a temperature of the heating unit with a temperature lower than a lowest temperature at which the aerosol is generated being set as a target temperature, and second heating control for controlling the temperature of the heating unit with a temperature higher than the lowest temperature being set as the target temperature. The first heating control is performed when authentication processing related to availability of the inhalation device is being performed, and the first heating control is ended and the second heating control is performed when the authentication processing is completed.

A fluid inhalation device, comprises a casing having therein a fluid reservoir, a fluid-air outlet connected to a top end of the fluid reservoir, a vacuum channel, having a bottom end connected to a bottom end of the fluid reservoir, an air duct, having an air inlet at a first air duct end, and a nozzle connected to a second air duct end through a nozzle throat, and connected to the fluid reservoir through a nozzle exit. The nozzle throat is narrower than the nozzle exit, and a top end of the vacuum channel is connected to the nozzle.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to an inhalation device for monitoring drug concentration in real time and a dose regulation and control method.The inhalation device comprises a bottom plate and a dry powder storage tank installed on the bottom plate, a fixing block is installed at the top end of the dry powder storage tank, and an inhalation pipe connected into the dry powder storage tank is embedded into the fixing block; a gas storage tank is installed on one side of the top end of the bottom plate, a connecting pipeline is connected between the gas storage tank and the dry powder storage tank, a gas inlet pipe connected to the rear end of the suction pipe is embedded in the top end of the gas storage tank, and a gas pump is installed on the side, close to the fixing block, of the top end of the dry powder storage tank. The air guide pipe is connected to a flow dividing pipe at the inner end of the fixing block, a plurality of injection pipes extending to the inner pipe wall of the suction pipe are embedded in the flow dividing pipe, an air bag cavity is formed in the suction pipe, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs are fixedly connected to the inner end of the air bag cavity. The pipe diameter of the suction pipe is enlarged, and concentration is reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of powder inhalation inhalers, in particular to a monitoring device for a capsule type powder inhalation inhaler. The monitoring device comprises a shell, the inhaler is installed on the shell, the shell is provided with a photoelectric sensor, the photoelectric sensor comprises an emitter and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are arranged at the positions of two air inlets of the inhaler respectively, a set distance is reserved between the emitter and the air inlets, and a set distance is reserved between the receiver and the air inlets. The centers of the emitter, the receiver, the air inlet and the inhaler are positioned on the same straight line; the distance between the emitter and the air inlet and the distance between the receiver and the air inlet range from 0.99 mm to 8 mm. According to the invention, the airflow velocity can be indirectly obtained by directly monitoring the rotation state of the capsule, and meanwhile, the interference to normal air intake of the inhaler is reduced, so that the reliability and effectiveness of medication monitoring are improved.

A flavor source filling container includes a bottom wall forming a bottom portion, and a susceptor element. The flavor source filling container contains a filling including a flavor source and an aerosol source therein. The filling has an exposed surface that is a surface exposed to an inner space in the flavor-filled container and intersecting with a direction in which a generated aerosol is drawn by inhalation of a user. The susceptor element is disposed so as to be placed in contact with the exposed surface of the filling and cover at least a part of the exposed surface.

An example inhalation device (100) for an aerosol generating apparatus includes: a power supply unit (111) configured to supply power to a heater unit (60) for heating the aerosol source; a main body side plate unit (90) on which an MCU (1161) controlling the power supply to the heater unit (60) is mounted; and a housing (housing 20) having a power supply receiving portion (200) and a plate receiving portion (210). The housing (20) includes a connecting portion (connecting portion 20x) and a regulating portion (regulating portion 29) to which the power supply unit (111) is connected, and the regulating portion restricts the power supply unit (111) from encroaching into the plate receiving portion (210). When viewed from the power supply receiving portion (200), the regulating portion (29) is arranged at least between the power supply receiving portion (200) and the mounting section of the MCU (1161). The power supply unit (111) has a battery (1111) and a protection circuit including a protection IC (1114) and a switching circuit (1113), and is removably arranged in the power supply housing (200).

A holder for an inhaler article that includes a sleeve positioned within a housing cavity, a piercing element, and a lockout mechanism. The sleeve comprises a sleeve cavity arranged to receive the inhaler article. The sleeve is movable within the housing cavity between a first and second position. The piercing element is arranged to pierce the inhaler article received within the sleeve when the sleeve is moved from the first position to the second position. The lockout mechanism comprises a guide, a follower member coupled to the sleeve, and a retaining section. The follower member is arranged to move along the guide into the retaining section as the sleeve moves from the second position and back to the first position. The retaining section is arranged to hold the follower member when the sleeve has returned back to the first position, thus retaining the sleeve in the first position.

An inhalation device (100) which is an example of a power supply unit for an aerosol-generating device comprises a power source unit (111), and a control unit (116). The power source unit (111) is configured to be capable of supplying power to a heating unit for heating an aerosol source and to be chargeable by means of power received from an external power source (PS). The control unit (116) acquires a temperature of the power source unit (111) and is configured to be capable of controlling charging of the power source unit (111) based on the temperature of the power source unit (111). The control unit (116) then varies a current value of a charging current for charging the power source unit (111) within a predetermined range in accordance with the temperature of the power source unit (111) when the temperature of the power source unit (111) is included in a first temperature zone, which is a temperature zone below a threshold temperature, and meanwhile makes the current value of the charging current even smaller than a lower limit value of the range when the temperature of the power source unit (111) is included in a second temperature zone, which is a temperature zone at or above the threshold temperature.

The utility model relates to a medicine bottle for a soft fog inhaler and a soft fog inhaling device.The medicine bottle comprises a bottle body, a plunger is arranged in the bottle body, and an inner cavity of the bottle body is divided into a sealed space for storing liquid medicine through the plunger; a filter element and an atomization chip are sequentially arranged at the outlet end of the bottle body, the filter element is located between the sealed space and the atomization chip, and the atomization chip is fixedly assembled at the outlet position of the bottle body; an elastic piece is arranged on the outer side of the atomization chip, a supporting piece is arranged on the outer side of the elastic piece, and the supporting piece is fixedly connected with the outlet end of the bottle body; when external force is applied to push the plunger, liquid medicine enters the atomization chip through the filter element and is atomized by the atomization chip to form fog drops to be sprayed out. According to the soft fog inhalation device, the medicine bottles in the soft fog inhalation device can be rapidly replaced, the atomization requirements of different particle sizes can be met, the cross contamination problem caused by different liquid medicine of an atomization chip is avoided, and the soft fog inhalation device can solve the problems that a soft fog generation driving device is high in operation difficulty, high in manufacturing cost, poor in working stability and the like.

A control method of a power supply unit for an inhalation device that can generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol source, said control method comprising: detection steps (606-609) in which a power supply unit (606-609) for supplying power to the inhalation device, said power supply unit (606-609); detecting another inhalation device based on a first signal received from the other inhalation device satisfying each of a plurality of prescribed conditions; a transmission step (613) in which a second signal requesting the establishment of the communication connection is transmitted to the other inhalation device on the basis of the detection result with respect to the other inhalation device; a determination step (614) in which it is determined that the communication connection with the other inhalation device has been successful, based on a response signal to the second signal having been received from the other inhalation device; and a transition step (615) in which, on the basis of having determined that the communication connection has been successful, a transition to a state in which prescribed data relating to the heating of the aerosol source can be transmitted and received.

The invention relates to a method for mixing a first and a second pharmaceutical powder substance (S1, S2) in an inhalation device (2), by means of which a pharmaceutical substance is delivered by suction of air, the first and the second substance (S1, S2) being accommodated in a container (1) having two separate chambers (K1, K2), the chambers (K1, K2) also being arranged one behind the other along a longitudinal axis (z) of the container (1), and the first and the second substance (S1, S2) being arranged in the container (1). In a first step, a chamber (K1, K2) of the container (1) is opened by piercing, forming a piercing opening (37), the opening by piercing being carried out on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal axis (z), and in a further step, the container (1) is rotated about an axis of rotation (u) in a receiving chamber (6) of the inhalation device (2) during the inhalation process, which receiving chamber extends transversely to the longitudinal axis (z), according to the invention, the substance (S1, S2) from each chamber (K1, K2) is discharged radially outward from the container (1), and mixing of the two substances (S1, S2) thus discharged is carried out.

The utility model discloses a DPI inhalation device training instrument which comprises a respiratory training assembly, an adjusting assembly used for adjusting gas flow is arranged at the bottom of the respiratory training assembly, and a protection assembly used for shielding and isolating local parts of the respiratory training assembly is arranged at the top of the respiratory training assembly. The protection assembly comprises a blocking cover rotationally connected to the upper portion of the surface of the respiratory training assembly, an opening allowing a local part of the respiratory training assembly to penetrate through is formed in one side of the surface of the blocking cover, and a baffle used for blocking the opening is movably connected to the blocking cover. The protective assembly capable of shielding and protecting the mouth is additionally arranged at the top of the respiratory training assembly, the protective assembly can be opened to expose the mouth for use by shifting a baffle and rotating a blocking cover, and after training is finished, the protective assembly is buckled on the mouth, so that a large amount of dust and bacteria in surrounding air can be prevented from being attached to the mouth, and the safety of the mouth is improved. Therefore, the pollution of the external environment to the mouth is reduced, and the use safety of subsequent patients is ensured.

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.

The invention relates to the technical field of respiratory medicine, in particular to a medicine inhalation device for the respiratory medicine, which comprises a breathing mask and a handheld cylinder connected to the breathing mask, and further comprises an auxiliary sputum excretion mechanism which is arranged on the breathing mask and connected with a sputum excretion collecting box through a sputum suction hose, and the sputum excretion collecting box is movably arranged on the side wall of the handheld cylinder. The problems that in the sputum excretion process, a pipeline needs to be disassembled frequently, operation is tedious, respiratory support continuity is damaged, infection risks are increased, an opening auxiliary structure is lacked, a sputum suction pipe is blocked when entering the throat, operation efficiency is low, the sputum suction pipe does not have an effective fixing mechanism, and sputum excretion cannot be carried out easily are solved. The problems that a patient unconsciously draws a tube, angle adjustment of an atomized liquid medicine barrel is limited, liquid medicine cannot be stably sucked when the body position of the patient changes, meanwhile, different devices need to be operated separately for atomization and sputum excretion, the workload of medical care is increased, adaptability is poor, and the use scene is limited are solved.

The invention discloses a depolymerization mechanism and a powder suction device. The depolymerization mechanism comprises a rotational flow piece, a rotating shaft and a rotating shaft, the flow guide part is matched with the rotational flow part to form a rotational flow cavity; wherein a powder inlet is formed in the top wall of the rotational flow cavity, a powder outlet is formed in the bottom wall of the rotational flow cavity, and the flow guide part is provided with a powder outlet channel communicated with the powder outlet. Through the arrangement, the powder can be better depolymerized in the rotational flow cavity of the depolymerization mechanism, the depolymerization effect of the powder and the emptying utilization rate of the powder are improved, and waste caused by not-in-place depolymerization of the powder is avoided.

An inhalation device (100B) comprises a communication unit (115B) that communicates with another inhalation device, a heating unit (121B) that heats a stick-shaped base material (150) that contains an aerosol source to generate an aerosol, and a control unit (116B) that controls the operation of the heating unit (121B). The communication unit (115B) transmits a transmission request for prescribed data to the other inhalation device and receives the prescribed data as transmitted from the other inhalation device in response to the transmission request. The control unit (116B) controls the operation of the heating unit (121B) using the prescribed data as received from the other inhalation device.

The present application relates to a method for inhaling water steam, usually mixed with volatile substances, by capturing the steam in immediate proximity of the hot free surface of the water-based liquid by means of a portable, handheld, mouth-inhaler. The inhalation occurring by means of an air tube having its lower opening in proximity of said hot liquid surface, at adjustable distance and inclination, for an optimal inhalation experience. According to the invention, pure water steam or water steam mixed with volatile substances can be inhaled, the latter originating from substances immersed in the water-based liquid. During inhalation no energy supply (batteries, network) is needed, thanks to high thermal insulation quality of the body of the inhaler. Fast heating of the water or water-based liquid occurs in-between inhalation periods, by placing the inhaler on its holder, the latter providing for energy supply. The inhalation is performed for health, well-being or pleasure purposes.

Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating flavor inhaler, the tobacco sheet including a fibrous material.