1032 results about "Inhalation Devices" patented technology

The present invention provides an inhaler comprising a housing which contains a blister strip having a plurality of blisters which contain powdered medicament for inhalation, a mouthpiece mounted to the housing through which the medicament is inhaled by a user, an indexing and opening mechanism for indexing the blister strip and for opening the blisters which is operated by an actuator, wherein the blister strip is indexed by forward motion of the actuator from a first position to a second position, such as by opening a cover, and is also indexed in the same direction by reverse motion of the actuator from the second positon to the first position, such as by closing the cover.

The present invention provides an inhaler comprising a housing which contains a blister strip having a plurality of blisters which contain powdered medicament for inhalation; a mouthpiece through which the medicament is inhaled by a user; an indexing wheel for indexing the blister strip; an opening mechanism for opening the blisters; an actuator which is movable between a first position and a second position in order to operate the indexing wheel and the opening mechanism; and a coupling mechanism for coupling the actuator to the indexing wheel so that the indexing wheel rotates together with the actuator during part of the motion of the actuator; characterized in that the coupling mechanism comprises a shuttle that rotates on the same axis as, and translates axially relative to, the indexing wheel.

Compositions which are fragrant and contain at least a member set culled from a library of compositions, each being comprised of sub-combinations of selected terpenes. Fragrances that mimic that of various states of organic and synthetic aromatics including products, processes and those from non-combusted plant products, among other things, uniquitous products, processes, medicinals, and related moieties leverage databases of all known terpene groupings are offered for consideration, and have been provided, according to the instant teachings.

An inhaler article includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis from a mouthpiece end to a distal end. A capsule cavity may be within the body bounded downstream by a mouthpiece. An air inlet at the distal end and an air outlet at the mouthpiece end. A first mouthpiece air channel may extend from the distal air inlet, through the capsule cavity to the mouthpiece air outlet. A second mouthpiece air channel may extend from a point downstream of the separator to the mouthpiece air outlet. The second mouthpiece air channel may be separate from the first mouthpiece air channel. A coating layer of flavour may be disposed on a surface of the second mouthpiece air channel and a protective layer may be disposed on the coating layer of flavour.

Systems and methods of an electronic cessation system. The system can include a mobile platform and a hand-held inhalation device including a flow sensor, aerosol sensing density and temperature sensors, a first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers, a rescue button, a power source, and a controller circuit comprising a hardware controller coupled to the power source, the sensors, the first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers, and the rescue button. The hardware controller is configured to perform a smoking cessation program that includes receiving input signals from the sensors, and the rescue button, and individually controlling the three aerosolizer drivers to provide aerosolizer generation signals to control a first, second and third aerosolizers of the aerosolizer pod to dynamically generate individually tailored aerosol mixtures from three substances in the aerosolizer pod based at least on the received input signals and the smoking cessation program information.

The invention 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.

The invention discloses a medicine powder measuring rod, a medicine powder measuring rod assembly and a medicine powder measuring system. The medicine powder measuring rod comprises a rod body, an operation section located at the near end of the rod body, and a measuring section located at the far end of the rod body; the dosage groove is formed in the circumferential surface of the measuring section and used for containing a preset amount of medicine powder, and when the rod is transferred to be in butt joint with a simulation inhalation device through the operation section, the dosage groove is used for containing the preset amount of medicine powder. The dosage groove is communicated with a cavity inlet of the simulation inhalation device, so that airflow carries medicine powder in the dosage groove to be guided from the cavity inlet to a cavity outlet of the simulation inhalation device, and test operation is completed.

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.

An inhaler kit is described comprising an inhaler (10) and a sensor unit (40) replaceably attachable to the inhaler (10) for detecting use of the inhaler (10). The inhaler (10) is designed as a powder inhaler and has a housing (12) with a delivery opening (14) designed as a mouth and with a plurality of intake openings (20, 22), in which the powder to be inhaled is stored on the inside of the inhaler (10) prior to discharge, said powder being atomized by means of an air flow resulting from inhalation from the intake openings (20, 22) to the delivery opening (14) and conveyed to the delivery opening (14). The sensor unit (40) is provided for attachment to the inhaler (10), the sensor unit being attachable to the inhaler (10) such that the at least one first air inlet opening (20) is covered by the sensor unit (40) in the attached state and the at least one second air inlet opening (22) is not covered by the sensor unit (40) in the attached state. The sensor unit (40) comprises at least one suction sensor (82) for detecting an air flow through the first air inlet opening (20).

A heating system is provided for an inhaler device, such as an e-cigarette or a personal vaporizer device, for generating an aerosol or a vapour from a liquid to be heated. The system comprises: at least one supply channel for conveying a liquid to be heated from a supply reservoir under capillary action or surface tension forces within the at least one channel; and heating means arranged at an outlet of the at least one supply channel and configured to heat the substance as it emerges from the outlet of the at least one channel. The heating means preferably comprises at least one heating element which extends across a width or an outlet opening of the supply channel and is typically confined to the outlet of the supply channel.

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.

A drug product includes a multidose dry powder inhalation device. The device has a medicament chamber and a desiccant chamber adjacent to the medicament chamber, and a pharmaceutical composition therein. The pharmaceutical composition includes a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tanimilast. The desiccant chamber is filled with molecular sieves.

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 utility model relates to the technical field of gas valves, and discloses a snap-on self-sealing medical gas terminal, comprising a mounting tube, a mounting seat and an inhaler connecting tube, the mounting tube is passed through and installed inside the mounting seat, an annular groove is provided in the middle of the inner part of the mounting tube, an annular mounting plate is installed on the lower side wall of the annular groove, an annular air bag is installed between the upper side of the annular mounting plate and the side wall of the annular groove, vertical mounting plates are installed on opposite sides of the side wall of the annular groove, an arc-shaped air bag is installed on one side of the vertical mounting plate, and mounting cylinders are installed on opposite sides of the lower part of the inhaler connecting tube. The advantage of the utility model compared with the prior art is that the inhaler connecting tube passes the mounting cylinder through the slide groove into the inner part of the annular groove, rotates the inhaler connecting tube, and the mounting cylinder squeezes the arc-shaped air bag, squeezes the gas in the arc-shaped air bag into the annular air bag, and makes the annular air bag expand upward and close to the lower end of the inhaler connecting tube, so as to facilitate the connection of the inhalation device with the bottle mouth of the gas cylinder.

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 relates to an ultrasonic mist inhaler (100), comprising: a mouthpiece (1) for inhaling the mist, a liquid reservoir structure (2) comprising a liquid chamber (21) adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber (22) in fluid communication with the liquid chamber (21), wherein at least part of the liquid reservoir structure (2) and the mouthpiece (1) form the sonication chamber (22).

A medication delivery assistance device includes a chamber housing that defines an interior space. A first input port is at a first end of the chamber housing, an output port is at a second end of the chamber housing, and a second input port is in the chamber housing. The first input port is configured to receive a portion of an inhaler that is configured to deliver medication into the interior space. The output port has a user interface that is configured to define a medication flow path from the first input port through the interior space and out the output port. The second input port is configured to receive at least a portion of an external fluid source that is configured to deliver a fluid into the interior space to accelerate movement of the medication along the medication flow path.

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.

To provide a capsule for electronic vapor inhalers that comprises a shell to contain a flavor-release medium and induction-heatable elements arranged to heat the flavor-release medium.SOLUTION: An electronic vapor inhaler 10 comprises: a housing 12 having a proximal end 14 and a distal end 16; a mouthpiece 18 at the proximal end 14 of the housing 12; and a chamber 24 for receiving a flavor-release medium 40 and an induction-heatable element. The electronic vapor inhaler 10 comprises an induction heating arrangement 50 at the distal end 16 of the housing 12. The induction heating arrangement 50 is arranged to inductively heat the induction-heatable element and thereby heat the flavor-release medium 40.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

An subject of the present invention is (S)-2-Methyl-5-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine for use in in a method for the treatment of nicotine dependence in an amount of 0.1-5% by weight, a pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)-2-Methyl-5-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine for use in a method for the treatment of nicotine addiction in an amount of 0.1-5% by weight per composition of oral, inhalation and dermal products for humans. It is also an subject of the present invention to use a composition comprising (S)-2-Methyl-5-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine in an amount of 0.1-5% by weight as a substitute for a nicotine composition in food products, inhalation and dermal products for humans, the composition being in liquid or solid form and selected from such as e-cigarettes, e-cigarette liquids, chewing tobaccos, oral pouches, chewing gums, candies, lollipops, strips, dragees, jelly beans, lozenges, tablets, snuffs, shisha-type smoking mixtures, toothpastes, inhalation mixtures, inhalers or skin patches.

The invention discloses an inhaler monitoring device with an integrated electronic module and an air inlet flow rate calculation method. The inhaler monitoring device comprises a shell and a base. A cavity space is formed between the shell and the base, a PCB is installed in the cavity space, an electronic module is arranged on the PCB and comprises a sensor system, and the shell is used for containing an inhaler and transmitting air pressure changes caused by the air inlet flow speed of the inhaler to the sensor system for measurement. The air pressure change caused by the air inlet flow speed of the inhaler can be conducted to the sensor system to be detected, so that parameters in airflow can be measured, the air pressure is detected, the air inlet flow speed of an air inlet of the inhaler is calculated, an inspiration flow curve is drawn at a client side, and accurate flow change data can be fed back in real time.

The invention discloses a soft fog inhaler control method and device, a soft fog inhaling device and a storage medium, the method comprises the steps that physical parameters of the soft fog inhaling device are obtained, and the physical parameters comprise the maximum dosage of output single medicine and the maximum flow speed of the output medicine; the single-time medicament dosage of the user in the current period is obtained, and the single-time medicament dosage of the user is smaller than the maximum output single-time medicament dosage; and adjusting the dosage output by the soft fog inhalation device at this time to be equal to the single dosage according to the single dosage of the user. In addition, according to the soft fog inhaler, the ventilation area adjustment amount and the ventilation change threshold value can be compared according to the physical parameters of the soft fog inhaler, the next period is selected to be directly entered according to the size relation, or the ventilation opening area of the next period is adjusted according to the ventilation area adjustment amount, or the soft fog inhaler stops working and gives an alarm. The gas delivery amount of each period can be accurately controlled, and the treatment effect is improved.

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.

A trigger assembly for an inhaler and an inhaler is provided. The trigger assembly includes: a first component; a second component, the first and second components being configured such that the second component is capable of moving away from the first component to a preloaded position in the case where the second component rotates relative to the first component in a first direction; and a backstop member, which is retractably arranged in the first component to block the rotation of the second component in a second direction opposite to the first direction in the case where the second component has been moved to the preloaded position; the second component is capable of moving from the preloaded position towards the first component to a triggered position.

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.