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US 2003/0146300 A1Published application
Nebulizer metering chamber
AssigneeProfile Drug Delivery Limited
InventorsJonathan S.H. Denyer, Anthony Dyche
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Abstract
A nebulizer includes nebulization device for nebulizing a substance and a reservoir having a metering chamber arranged so as to feed a substance to be nebulized to the nebulization device and a second chamber arranged to hold and retain any of this substance in excess of the volume held in the metering chamber.
Claims21
A nebulizer including:
- a nebulization device for nebulizing a substance;
- and
- a reservoir having 1) a metering chamber arranged so as to feed a substance to be nebulized to the nebulization device, and 2) a second chamber arranged to hold and retain any of the substance in excess of the volume held in the metering chamber.
A method of loading a nebulizer having a nebulization device comprising the steps of:
- pouring a substance to be nebulized into a reservoir of the nebulizer;
- and
- retaining any of the substance in the reservoir in excess of what is required to that it will not be fed to the nebulization device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.