# US 2013/0152925 A1 · Device and system for delivery of an aerosol to a patient on ventilatory support > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0152925 A1 - Document ID: US20130152925A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/813,669 - Filed: 2011-08-08 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-08-09 - Assignees: Takeda GmbH - Inventors: Daniela Rahmel; Friedemann Taut; Christian De Muynck; Peter Iwatschenko; Wolfgang Koch; Gerhard Pohlmann; Horst Windt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152925A1 ## CPC - A61M 16/0666: {Nasal cannulas or tubing (devices for improving normal breathing through the nose A61F5/08; nose filters A62B23/06; outside holding devices A61M25/02)} - A61M 16/1065: {in the expiratory path} - A61M 16/12: by mixing different gases - A61M 16/14: by mixing different fluids, one of them being in a liquid phase - A61M 11/00: Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes (in general B05B; {aerosol containers B65D83/14}) - A61M 16/0672: {Nasal cannula assemblies for oxygen therapy} - A61M 16/0683: {Holding devices therefor} - A61M 16/16: Devices to humidify the respiration air {(A61M16/1045 takes precedence)} - A61M 2202/0208: Oxygen - A61M 2240/00: Specially adapted for neonatal use - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A device and system for delivering an aerosol to a patient on ventilatory support comprise a contact component 10 to be positioned in contact with a respiratory organ. The contact component 10 comprises a lumen 18a, 20a, 24 through which breathing gas and an aerosol are delivered to lungs of a patient. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for connection of the airways of a patient on ventilatory support with a source of a breathing gas and a source of an aerosol, said device comprising a contact component adapted to be positioned in contact with the airways, the contact component comprising: one or two tubes each comprising a first lumen through which breathing gas and aerosol can be delivered to the airways of the patient; a second lumen which is in fluid connection with the first lumen or lumens of the tube or the two tubes and having a longitudinal axis extending substantially perpendicularly to longitudinal axis or axes of the first lumen or lumens; and a port through which aerosol can be introduced into said second lumen and arranged such that the aerosol and a breathing gas can be mixed in the second lumen; the device being characterized by a third lumen being connected to a device for generating a flow of breathing gas, wherein the second lumen is positioned proximal to, and is in fluid connection with, said third lumen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the contact component is removably connected to a contact component holder which comprises the third lumen. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the contact component is a nasal prong. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the tube or tubes can be inserted into the patient's airways, in particular into a nostril or both nostrils. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, characterized in that one of said tubes is longer than the other of said tubes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection of the third lumen to the device for generating a flow of breathing gas is via two tubes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the port is configured to direct the aerosol into said second lumen coaxially with or at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the lumen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that said port through which aerosol can be introduced into said second lumen is configured to introduce the aerosol essentially perpendicularly or essentially coaxially to the longitudinal axis of the tube or one of the tubes into said lumen. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the contact component comprises an inlet lumen adapted to receive a contact component holder lumen, wherein the inlet lumen is in fluid connection with the second lumen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A combination of the contact component according to claim 1, a contact component holder and optionally a means to secure the contact component to the contact component holder, characterized in that: the contact component comprises a lumen, the contact component holder comprises a lumen, and when the contact component holder holds the contact component, the lumens of the contact component and the contact component holder, respectively, are in fluid connection. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A system for administration of an aerosol to a patient on ventilatory support, the system comprising a device for connection with the patient's airways according to claim 1, a device for generating a flow of breathing gas, means for generating said aerosol, wherein flows of breathing gas and aerosol are introduced into said contact component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A system according to claim 11, comprising a holder and characterized in that said holder and said contact component are detachably connectable. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A system according to claim 12, characterized in that the holder comprises a lumen in fluid connection with the second lumen of the contact component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A system according to claim 12, characterized in that the contact component comprises a flexible strap which is detachably connectable at said holder. ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the tube or tubes can be inserted into the patient's nostril or both nostrils.