110 results about "Inhalation Devices" patented technology

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).

An inhaler according to one embodiment can house a capsule containing a functional substance and includes a housing with an open first end, a mouthpiece with at least a portion protruding from the first end, a needle coupled to the mouthpiece and extending toward the capsule housed in the housing, and a retraction mechanism for retracting the mouthpiece into the housing, the retraction mechanism being able to change the position of the mouthpiece between a first state in which at least a portion of the mouthpiece protrudes from the first end and a second state in which the mouthpiece is inserted into the housing.

This invention belongs to the field of medical device technology, specifically relating to a nebulized inhalation device for treating pediatric pneumonia. The device includes a main body connected to a spray tube; an oxygen supply section including an oxygen cylinder, the outlet of which is connected to the spray tube; a spray section including a compressor, the outlet of which is connected to a mixing tank, which is connected to the spray tube; a feeding section including a medication cartridge connected to a delivery tube, which is connected to the mixing tank; and an adjustment section including a guide rod with a sealing plug at its lower end, a lifting rod inside the guide rod, and a U-shaped plug fixedly connected to its lower end, positioned above the delivery tube. This invention enables rapid mixing of medication and oxygen with the medication mist, allows for quick assembly and disassembly of the medication cartridge, and allows for flexible control of the dynamic and directional release of a specific medication during treatment, ensuring the comfort of the child during treatment.

There is provided a holder (300) for an inhaler article (200), the holder (300) comprising an inhalation volume estimator (350) and an air flow passage (322). The inhalation volume estimator (350) comprises a turbine (352) and an indicator coupled to the turbine (352) for indicating inhalation volume information relating to a volume of an air flow through the air flow passage (322). In use, the turbine (352) is configured to rotate in response to air flow through the air flow passage (322) and alter the inhalation volume information indicated by the indicator. An inhalation system (100) comprising the holder (300) is also provided.

This application relates to an inhalation device and a drug delivery system. The inhalation device includes a mixer, an ultrasonic nebulizer, and a heated nebulizer. The mixer has a mixing chamber; the ultrasonic nebulizer has a first nebulization chamber and a first nebulization channel communicating with the first nebulization chamber, the first nebulization channel communicating with the mixing chamber, and the first nebulization chamber is used to hold a first liquid; the heated nebulizer has a second nebulization chamber and a second nebulization channel communicating with the second nebulization chamber, the second nebulization channel communicating with the mixing chamber, the second nebulization chamber is used to hold a second liquid, the second liquid being a solvent for the first liquid. The above-mentioned inhalation device can improve drug droplet solubility, control particle size distribution, adjust the drug nebulization and solvent mixing ratio in real time, and reduce the likelihood of large droplet drug residues in the throat.

There is provided an inhalation device for delivering a deliverable agent in the form of an aerosol or vapor to a user. The device comprises a solid, porous carrier material having a defined porosity, and a deliverable agent located within the pores of the carrier material. The device is operable to heat the carrier material and vaporize the deliverable agent. Deliverable agents that may be delivered to the user include nicotine. Suitable materials for the porous carrier material include chemically bonded ceramic materials and geopolymeric materials.

An inhaler according to an embodiment comprises: a main body comprising a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface and provided with a mouthpiece, and having formed therein a channel in a longitudinal direction, the channel facing the second surface on the first surface; a cartridge which is coupled to the first surface of the main body to be in communication with the channel and contains inhalable powder; and a plurality of baffles arranged in the channel, wherein, when inhaling force is applied to the mouthpiece, the baffles can restrict the particle size of the inhalable powder that is shifted to the mouthpiece.

An inhaler system includes a housing defining a housing cavity, a sleeve extending along a sleeve longitudinal axis and positioned within the housing cavity, a capsule contained within the sleeve, and a piercing element comprising only a single shaft extending along a piercing element longitudinal axis from a fixed end to a pointed end. The piercing element longitudinal axis is parallel to the sleeve longitudinal axis. The piercing element has a piercing element diameter in a range of 0.5 to 0.9 mm. The single piercing element pointed end has only a single cutting plane, and defines a cutting plane angle between the longitudinal axis of the piercing element and the single cutting plane. The cutting plane angle is in a range of about 25 degrees to about 35 degrees.

An example of a nitric oxide (NO) generating system includes an NO generating formulation, having: a stable NO donor / adduct; a hydrophilic binder; and an additive. The additive is to control a rate of release of NO from the stable NO donor / adduct after the formulation is exposed to an effective amount of water, water vapor, or blue or ultraviolet (UV) light. This example NO generating system further includes an inhalation device in operative contact with the NO generating formulation.

The utility model discloses a portable simulation oxygen inhalation teaching demonstration device belongs to medical teaching appliance technical field. The device includes installation support, oxygen inhaler, micro air pump, venturi booster pipe and compensation bottle. The installation support is constituted by base, support rod and support assembly, and the oxygen inhaler, micro air pump, venturi booster pipe and compensation bottle are all installed on the support assembly. The airflow generated by micro air pump enters venturi booster pipe, and utilizes venturi effect to form negative pressure at the throat and communicates with compensation bottle, and finally inputs the stable airflow to oxygen inhaler. The utility model solves the problems of the existing oxygen inhaler, such as relying on fixed high pressure gas source, lacking support after being separated from wall surface and unstable oxygen bag gas supply pressure, realizes the portability of oxygen inhalation operation teaching and the simulation of flow regulation, and is suitable for nursing teaching and practical operation examination.

This information processing device includes: a communication unit that sends control information to be used by an inhalation device and receives a use history which is information indicating the history of use of the control information by the inhalation device, the inhalation device heating an aerosol source to generate aerosol, in which the control information defines a parameter relating to a temperature at which the aerosol source is heated; a storage unit that stores the control information sent by the communication unit and the use history received by the communication unit; and a control unit that calculates, on the basis of the use history stored in the storage unit, a reward given to a user having contributed to the generation of the control information.

The present disclosure describes a capsule inhaler. The capsule inhaler includes a main body including an inner cavity, a mouth section coupled to or integral with the main body and in fluid communication with the inner cavity, an actuator coupled to the main body, at least four longitudinally spaced apart nozzles residing within the main body positioned and configured to direct airflow into the inner cavity, and a cover coupled to the main body. The inner cavity is sized and configured to receive a capsule containing a dry powder formulation. One or more of the inner cavity, elongate member, and cover each are configured to engage with the capsule when inserted into the inner cavity and assist in separating the capsule to release the dry powder formulation into the inner cavity of the inhaler for inhalation by a subject. At least two of the nozzles are positioned and configured to direct airflow received from the at least one air intake port into separated segments of the capsule and at least another two of the nozzles are positioned and configured to direct bypass airflow received from the at least one air intake port into the inner cavity. Methods of using a capsule inhaler are also described herein.

An inhaler article includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis from a mouthpiece end to a distal end, a mouthpiece air outlet and a distal air inlet, and a capsule cavity within the body and bounded downstream by a mouthpiece. A separator is between the capsule cavity and the mouthpiece including at least one aperture to form an air flow path from the distal air inlet through the capsule cavity, through the mouthpiece to the mouthpiece air outlet. A coating layer of flavour is disposed on an interior surface of the mouthpiece and a protective layer disposed on the coating layer of flavour.

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

A power supply unit of an inhalation device that generates an aerosol from an aerosol source, the power supply unit including: a positive terminal (90a), a negative terminal (90b), and a temperature terminal (90c), which are examples of connection portions, to which a power source unit (111) configured to store power and configured to be detachable from the power supply unit is connected; and a control unit (116) that performs a predetermined operation check when the power source unit (111) connected to the connection portions is replaced, and controls an operation of the power supply unit based on a result of the operation check. In the operation check, the control unit (116) obtains information on the replaced power source unit (111), and based on the information, the control unit (116) detects an error of the replaced power source unit (111), and / or detects an error of the positive terminal (90a), the negative terminal (90b), or the temperature terminal (90c), which are examples of the connection portions connected to the replaced power source unit (111).

[Problem] To provide an arrangement capable of properly managing battery packs. [Solution] A battery pack supply device for replaceably supplying a battery pack to each of a plurality of inhalation devices having a heating unit for heating an aerosol source to generate an aerosol, the battery pack being detachably connected to each inhalation device, and the battery pack supply device comprising: a connection portion electrically connected to the battery pack; and a control unit for determining the state of the battery pack based on information obtained via the connection portion from the battery pack connected to the connection portion, wherein, when it is determined that the battery pack has deteriorated, the control unit controls processing to notify information associated with the battery pack indicating that the battery pack has deteriorated.

A terminal device including a control unit that controls processing for: setting, on the basis of information regarding generation of an aerosol acquired from an inhalation device that heats an aerosol source contained in a substrate to generate an aerosol, an evaluation period during which a smoking taste evaluation for the aerosol generated by the inhalation device can be set; and receiving the setting for a smoking taste evaluation by a user during the set evaluation period.

A flavor inhaler is provided, comprising a receiving portion for receiving a flavor source, a heating element for heating the flavor source, a power path portion arranged around an outer surface of the receiving portion for supplying power to the heating element, and electrodes, wherein the electrodes are configured to be pressed into contact with the power path portion.

[Problem] To provide an arrangement that improves the quality of user experience. [Solution] An information processing apparatus includes a control unit for generating control information for use by an inhalation device that generates an aerosol by heating an aerosol source based on the control information, the control information defining a time-series transition of parameters corresponding to the temperature at which the aerosol source is heated, wherein the control unit extracts multiple feature values ​​from a first image and generates the control information based on the extracted multiple feature values.

This invention provides an adapter device for powering a portable inhalation device, characterized by comprising: a power-side connector configured to connect to a power source; a device-side connector configured to connect to the portable inhalation device; and a power adapter configured to adjust electrical energy received from the power source so that the electrical energy can be used by the portable inhalation device, wherein the portable inhalation device uses the adjusted electrical energy from the power adapter, rather than chemical battery energy, to vaporize an inhaled substance. This adapter device enables the portable inhalation device to eliminate the need for a battery, thereby reducing device weight, simplifying device structure, reducing manufacturing costs, and eliminating environmental problems associated with battery disposal.

The utility model relates to nuclear power station maintenance technical field provides a kind of for nuclear facility pool cleaning inhaler, the inhaler is used to connect with the suction mouth of suction cleaner, the inhaler includes suction main pipe and suction inlet component, the suction main pipe and suction inlet component are connected, and the suction inlet component is configured to be closely attached with nuclear facility pool. The first suction inlet is welded in the four-corner area of the positioning plate of the inhaler, directly connected with the suction mouth of the suction cleaner, which can directly clean the corners of the pool, without the need to change position multiple times, and can efficiently complete the cleaning of the corners of the pool. The positioning tube is configured as a hollow structure to reduce the resistance when the inhaler is lowered. Since it is arranged at the four corners of the positioning plate, it can be closely attached to the side wall of the pool.

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, a top end of the vacuum channel is connected to the nozzle. The fluid inhalation device may also include a filling port, fluidly connected to the fluid reservoir; and / or one or both of an air duct valve, and the fluid-air channel valve.

An inhaler system includes: a housing defining a housing cavity; a sleeve extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve and positioned within the housing cavity; a capsule contained within the sleeve, the capsule having a capsule longitudinal axis; and a piercing element having only a single axis extending from a fixed end to a tip along the piercing element longitudinal axis, the piercing element longitudinal axis being parallel to and offset relative to the capsule longitudinal axis. The piercing element forms only a single pore in the capsule.

An inhalation device (100B) includes a communication unit (115B) communicatively connected with an external device, a heating unit (121B) that generates an aerosol by heating a stick-type base material (150) that contains an aerosol source, a control unit (116B) that controls operation of the heating unit by using prescribed data, and a storage unit (114B) that includes a first storage area and a second storage area for storing the prescribed data. The control unit (116B) executes processing for storing first prescribed data stored in the first storage area in the second storage area according to a prescribed request.

Provided is a flavor inhaler. This flavor inhaler comprises: a replaceable battery having two ends and a side surface by which the ends are coupled together, and having a first electrical connection part that is electrically connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery; and an assembly supplied with electrical power from the battery, and having a second electrical connection part that is electrically connected to the first electrical connection part. The first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part are connected to each other at the side surface of the battery.

A computer implemented method of calculating an indication dose of a substance delivered to a patient from an inhaler device, the method comprising detecting an inhalation signal 702 from an airflow r

-42 Provided are an aerosol generation device, etc., the aerosol generation device being configured such that when battery voltage temporarily drops due to power consumption by a heater, limitation of power supply can be avoided.A device that is a flavor inhaler or an aerosol generation device comprising a heating unit configured to heat a flavor source and / or an aerosol source, a power supply, and a control unit configured to control the supply of power from the power supply to be limited on the basis of determining that the voltage of the power supply is below or equal to a preset voltage, except for a preset period of time, characterized in that the aforesaid preset period of time includes at least a part of the period of time during which the heating by the heating unit is performed by the power from the power supply.

A flavor inhaler is provided. The flavor inhaler includes a body portion having an interior space and a sliding portion attached to be slidable relative to the body portion in a first direction between a first position and a second position. The sliding portion has a first magnet and a second magnet disposed spaced apart from each other along the first direction. The body portion has a securing member positioned at least partially between the first magnet and the second magnet and configured to receive an attractive force from the first magnet and the second magnet.

Apparatus for providing a dose of aerosolisable material to a container of a consumable unit for use with an inhalation device is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a hopper for receiving aerosolisable material, the hopper comprising an opening in a lower end of the hopper; and a doser disposed below the hopper, the doser comprising a dosing cavity. The doser is movable between a first position in which the dosing cavity is aligned with the opening such that aerosolisable material is movable from the hopper into the dosing cavity, and a second position in which the dosing cavity is aligned with a container such that the aerosolisable material is movable from the dosing cavity into the container. A method of providing a dose of aerosolisable material to a container of a consumable unit for use with an inhalation device is also disclosed.