Semi-automatic emergency medication dose nebulizer

A semi-automatic emergency medication dose nebulizer comprising:

• a vertically extending housing having a nebulizer chamber containing medication;
• an opening in a bottom of said housing to receive compressed air from a compressor for nebulizing said medication;
• a breather above said nebulizer housing joined to said housing through a connecting tube extending up from said housing for receiving nebulized medication;
• said breather having a mouthpiece for use by a patient to receive said nebulized medication;
• an apparatus for recharging said nebulizing chamber with medication mounted on said breather;
• said apparatus comprising a recharging tube containing a capsule storage chamber aligned with said connecting tube for receiving a medication dosage capsule;
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• means for severing said medication dosage capsule by slicing through a side of said capsule causing removal and relocation of a lower portion of said capsule while in said capsule storage chamber for releasing medication by gravity into said nebulizing chamber;
• said severing means comprises a cutting assembly mounted to said recharging tube, said cutting assembly including a serrated cutting blade with an angled leading edge for severing and opening said capsule;
• a plunger guide, a plunger slidable in said plunger guide, and said serrated blade mounted on a leading edge of said plunger to sever said capsule when said plunger is advanced into said recharging tube;
• said plunger having a plunger flow aperture behind said serrated blade to allow flow of medication behind said blade after said capsule is severed by said serrated blade;
• said plunger having a follower paddle mounted behind said blade to push a severed portion of said capsule out of the line of flow of said medication.