Inhalator device, in particular a pocket inhalator

Patent 5134993 Issued on August 4, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 11, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

Nebulization system
Patent #: 4094317
Issued on: 06/13/1978
Inventor: Wasnich

Apparatus for ultrasonic nebulization
Patent #: 4109863
Issued on: 08/29/1978
Inventor: Olson , et al.

Hand held ultrasonic nebulizer
Patent #: 4113809
Issued on: 09/12/1978
Inventor: Abair , et al.

Ultrasonic pocket atomizer
Patent #: 4877989
Issued on: 10/31/1989
Inventor: Drews, et al.

Ultrasonic nebulizer Patent #: 4976259
Issued on: 12/11/1990
Inventor: Higson, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 449705 filed on 12/11/1989

US Classes:

128/200.14, LIQUID MEDICAMENT ATOMIZER OR SPRAYER128/200.16, Ultrasonic128/200.23Pre-pressurized container holding medicament

Examiners

Primary: Burr, Edgar S.
Assistant: Lewis, Aaron J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Lerner; Herbert L., Greenberg; Laurence A.

Foreign Patent References

531640 BE. 09/13/2012
0258637 EP. 03/13/1988
1103522 DE. 03/13/1961
2524862 DE. 12/13/1975
3339180 DE. 05/13/1985
2285930 FR. 04/13/1976
2444504 FR. 07/13/1980

International Class

A61M 011/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1988-12-13 EP

Abstract

An inhalator device includes a housing in which an ultrasonic atomizer is disposed. A device delivers a medication to the ultrasonic atomizer. A mouthpiece is disposed downstream of the ultrasonic atomizer in flow direction of the medication defining a space between the ultrasonic atomizer and the mouthpiece. The housing has an air inlet opening formed therein communicating with the space downstream of the ultrasonic atomizer.