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7373938 Disposable aerosol generator system and methods for administering the aerosol  
A disposable aerosol generator for use with an inhaler device which includes a heater adapted to volatilize fluid stored in the disposable aerosol generator and method of using the inhaler. The...
7350721 Aromatic fragrance dispenser  
A fragrance dispenser comprises a receptacle for receiving an aromatic substance to be heated; and a heat exchanger connected to the receptacle for heating air upstream of the receptacle, the heat...
7347203 Heat and moisture filter exchanger and method  
A heat and moisture exchanger for both conducting a stream of air produced by a ventilator to a moisturizing medium and internally bypassing the moisturizing medium if aerosolized medication is...
7322566 Device for heating and moistening breathing air  
A device for conditioning breathing air includes a housing ( 1 ) provided with an inlet ( 5 ) for non treated breathing air and an outlet ( 6 ) for the treated breathing air. The housing ( 1 )...
7306205 Humidification system  
Breathing assistance apparatus including humidifier ( 4 ) and heated conduit ( 6 ) adapted to deliver humidified gases at desired and accurate level of humidity to patient. Humidifier includes...
7302949 High flow humidifier for delivering heated and humidified breathing gases  
An improved humidifier which may be used with a nasal cannula for high-flow respiratory gas therapy wherein a sterilized liquid is drawn from a sterilized liquid container by a high-flow driving...
7246617 Inhalers  
An inhaler comprises a pump 17 , a drug dosing device 15 and a cyclone 1 which delivers an aerosol of powdered medicament from the drug dosing device 15 into a chamber 11 when the pump 17...
7186958 Inhaler  
There is an apparatus having a housing, a heating element, a heating element switch, a heating chamber, a heating chamber cover, and a controller. The housing is handheld. The heating element is...
7163014 Disposable inhaler system  
A disposable aerosol generator for use with an inhaler device, which includes a heater adapted to volatilize liquid stored in the disposable aerosol generator and a method of using the inhaler, is...
7143766 Temperature controlling device for aerosol drug delivery  
A portable air temperature controlling device useful for warming air surrounding an aerosolized drug formulation. Warming the air of an aerosol makes it possible to reduce the diameter of aerosol...
7140367 Conduit overheating detection system  
This invention relates to respiratory humidifiers and heated breathing conduits used to couple a patient to the humidifier. A conduit overheating detection system for a conduit having heating wire...
7137388 Air pressure signal monitoring in apparatus for treating sleep disordered breathing  
A humidifier is provided including a first humidifier part, a second humidifier part connectable with the first humidifier part, and a sealing gasket disposed between the first and second...
7121276 Personal oxygen concentrator  
An oxygen separator for separating oxygen from ambient air utilizing a vacuum swing adsorption process has a mass of less than 2.3 kg. A carrier is mountable on a person to support the oxygen...
7117867 Aerosol generator and methods of making and using an aerosol generator  
An aerosol generator includes a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet, a heater arranged relative to the flow passage for heating the flow passage, a source of material to be volatilized in...
7096864 Device for supplying respiratory gas  
An apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas includes a blowing device for delivering the respiratory gas, a housing device having a bottom region, a top surface region and a side region extending...
7077130 Disposable inhaler system  
A disposable aerosol generator for use with an inhaler device which includes a heater adapted to volatilize fluid stored in the disposable aerosol generator and method of using the inhaler. The...
7047970 Mask  
A heat generating unit is incorporated in a mask in order to actively supply warm steam, and also drug vapor, to the nose and throat, and moisturize the upper respiratory tract. It is preferable...
6997184 Cool air inhaler  
A cool air inhaler for use in treating croup, having a body having at least one side wall and a bottom wall forming an enclosed space open at an upper portion of the body wherein the upper portion...
6988497 Apparatus for equalizing air pressure in air respiratory system  
A humidifier apparatus for operating at an air pressure is disclosed for use with a respiratory therapy breathing apparatus that provides a breathable gas supply to patients requiring higher...
6945247 Method of treating cardio pulmonary diseases with no group compounds  
Treatment of pulmonary disorders associated with hypoxemia and/or smooth muscle constriction and/or inflammation comprises administering into the lungs as a gas compound with an NO group which does...
6941945 Device for collecting liquid from exhalation gas from a patient  
The invention refers to a device for collecting liquid from exhalation gas from a patient. The device includes a first pipe conduit ( 5, 8 ) for the supply of inhalation gas to the patient, a...
6918389 Breathing assistance apparatus  
A humidifier and humidity sensor for use with a breathing assistance apparatus. The humidity sensor senses absolute humidity, relative humidity and/or temperature at both the patient end and...
6883516 Method for generating an aerosol with a predetermined and/or substantially monodispersed particle size distribution  
A method is provided for generating an aerosol. The method includes preparing a solution formed of a first component in a liquid component such that after volatilization of the liquid component by...
6877510 Unit for adjusting humidification  
To provide a unit for adjusting humidification capable of improving inconveniences that may otherwise be caused to occur due to damages, while sustaining the humidifying ability and other...
6845771 Essential oil vaporizer  
An apparatus for the inhalation of a vaporized essential oil includes a container where the essential oil is adapted to be disposed. A conduit is exposed to ambient air at one end and is disposed...
6807964 Cold weather breathing device  
A cold weather breathing device and method. Exhaled air warmed by the lungs of a user is flowed into contact with a heat exchange medium to heat the heat exchange medium. The heat exchange medium...
6805119 Device for controlling a breathing gas flow  
A device for controlling the breathing gas flow is provided including a breathing gas block ( 2 ), a cover ( 4 ) and a valve plate ( 3 ) as well as a heating device. Condensation effects are...
6779522 Method and apparatus for treating breathing gases  
A method of making thin-walled permeable tubing using air blown extrusion, and of using the tubing in a device which enables a substantial humidification or drying of patient breathing gases in the...
6776158 System for anesthetizing laboratory animals  
A method and apparatus for anesthetizing one or more laboratory animals is provided. An anesthetic component is introduced into a pressurized gas stream for delivery to laboratory animals. In one...
6772757 Concentric controlled temperature profile fluid vaporizing device  
A fluid vaporizing device includes two concentric, electrically conductive tubes, the tubes being electrically and physically connected near a distal end of the tubes, and the tubes each having...
6769431 Expiratory limit for a breathing circuit  
A breathing circuit component includes an inlet, an outlet and an enclosing wall. The enclosing wall defines a gases passageway between the inlet and the outlet. At least a region of the enclosing...
6761164 Herbal vaporizer  
A fire-resistant housing forming a heat generating compartment having an access opening and at least one elongated heating element which is coupled to a support element in said compartment to...
6718973 Evaporation chamber for a respiratory gas humidifier  
An evaporator chamber for mixing water vapor with respiratory gas has a supply opening for the respiratory gas, an inlet opening for the water vapor and an outlet opening for the humidified...
6701922 Mouthpiece entrainment airflow control for aerosol generators  
An aerosol generator includes a housing, a heater and a mouthpiece wherein the heater volatilizes liquid material within a flow passage and forms an aerosol in the mouthpiece. Mixing ambient air...
6701921 Aerosol generator having heater in multilayered composite and method of use thereof  
An aerosol generator includes a fluid passage arranged between a first and a second layer wherein the first and second layers at least partially define the fluid passage. A liquid supply is...
6694977 Mixed-mode liquid ventilation gas and heat exchange  
A novel technique for ventilation and heat exchange is disclosed called Mixed-mode Liquid Ventilation (MMLV). This technique uses an endotracheal catheter to add and remove liquid from the lungs...
6681998 Aerosol generator having inductive heater and method of use thereof  
An aerosol generator includes an induction heating arrangement to vaporize fluid contained in a fluid passage. The vapor is then expelled from the fluid passage into the air creating a mist that...
6681769 Aerosol generator having a multiple path heater arrangement and method of use thereof  
An aerosol generator includes a heater arrangement having multiple heating sections and corresponding flow paths for volatilization of a fluid in liquid form. The flow paths can include first and...
6622720 Using capillary wave driven droplets to deliver a pharmaceutical product  
An inhaler that uses capillary effects to output droplets of pharmaceutical product is described. The inhaler includes transducers and lenses to generate focused acoustic waves. The frequency and...
6571793 Optimization of an electrostatically dosed dry powder inhaler  
A method and a process are disclosed for optimizing an electrostatically dosed dry powder inhaler (EDPI) for utilization of a prepared pre-metered electro-dose consisting of a electro-powder. An...
6558618 Anti-infection formulation and delivery method  
A method of dispersing, in water vapor, an anti-infective therapeutic composition ( 10 ) into the air in a room ( 36 ), in order to treat or prevent transmission of upper respiratory infections,...
6557552 Aerosol generator and methods of making and using an aerosol generator  
An aerosol generator includes a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet, a heater arranged relative to the flow passage for heating the flow passage, a source of material to be volatilized in...
6550476 Heat-moisture exchanger and nebulization device  
A heat-moisture exchanger (HME) and nebulization device for connection to a mechanical ventilator or anesthesia apparatus, to provide humidification or an aerosolized medication without...
6536429 Method of producing a breathing mixture and an apparatus for applying the method  
The gas mixture is fed in a circulating stream at a volume flow rate of 3-120 l/min, the mixture being cleaned and its temperature and qualitative and quantitative composition regulated. The gas...
6513524 Inhaler for production of aroma- and/or active substance-containing vapors of plant materials and/or fluids  
Process for inhalation and inhaler for production of aroma- and active-substance containing vapors of plant material and/or fluids via hot air. The previous apparatuses conceived for this—in...
6513521 Cryogenic mixed gas single phase storage and delivery  
A system and method for storage and delivery of a cryogenic mixed gas is disclosed, the storage apparatus including a compact and lightweight dewar for containing cryogenic temperature mixed gas at...
6481437 Enhanced isolation chambers for ascending-stream extractive vaporizer  
The present invention is a vaporizer apparatus ( 1 ) and method for uniformly extracting active ingredients of specimen of crude natural product, or inert particulate matrix impregnated with...
6397842 Fluid-treatment devices  
A catheter mount incorporates a filter pleated along its length in zig-zag fashion. Opposite edges of the filter are sealed between identical upper and lower parts of a housing between teeth...
6394084 Humidification unit, method of making same, and ventilatory system using such a humidification unit  
A humidification unit adapted to be disposed in a patient circuit for humidifying the flow of breathing gas delivered to the patient via the patient circuit by an artificial ventilator system. The...
6330883 Heat and moisture exchanger comprising hydrophilic nylon and methods of using same  
A heat and moisture exchanger including a gas-permeable element, preferably a fibrous media, adapted to be warmed and to trap moisture from a patient's breath during exhalation and to be cooled and...
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