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US 4,739,754 AGranted
Suction resistant inhalator
OwnerWilliam T. Shanerinventor
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A medicinal inhalator utilizing a restriction chamber to mix pressurized medication with air drawn through a filter in a supply duct and to create a flow resistance necessarily causing the medication and air mixture to be drawn into the lungs of the user. The inhalator includes a supply duct which receives a pressurized container of medication, the medication being released upon depression of the container against a surface of a boss formed in the supply duct. The pressurized medication flows through a transmission passage and is mixed with incoming air in a restriction chamber containing a rotating turbine which is in fluid communication with a mouthpiece incorporating a venturi increasing air flow velocity. The restriction chamber can include one or a plurality of rotating turbines in series providing desired predetermined resistance to suction during use of the inhalator.
A medicinal inhalator comprising a medicinal supply duct adapted to receive a pressurized container of medication, said supply duct having inner surfaces designed to prevent accumulation of dried and caked medication interfering with air flow during subsequent use of said inhalator, means in said supply duct supporting said container and being configured to engage said container causing release of medication when said container is depressed against said supporting means, a medication transmitting passage in said supporting means receiving pressurized medication from said container, a restriction chamber having an inlet in fluid communication with said supply duct downstream thereof, impeller means rotatably mounted in said restriction chamber, said impeller means creating a predetermined suction resistance, said medication transmission passage directing pressurized medication into said impeller means, said restriction chamber having an outlet downstream of said impeller means and a mouthpiece including a venturi passage attached to said outlet whereby depressing the medication container against said supporting means discharges medication into said restriction chamber inlet while said impeller creates a resistance requiring a person inhaling to breathe deeply to cause rotation of said impeller and draw air therethrough resulting in transmission of the medication further into the lungs of the user than normally would occur while rotation of said impeller means also more completely mixes the medication with inhaled air.
A medicinal inhalator comprising a supply duct receiving a pressurized container of medication, a supporting boss molded integrally with said supply duct walls and extending axially to said container within said supply duct, said boss containing a transmission passage receiving pressurized medication from said container and discharging it at a predetermined location in said supply duct when depressed against said boss, a restriction chamber of an enlarged cross-sectional area connected to said supply duct in a substantially normal relationship so that said boss transmission passage discharges fluid axially toward said restriction chamber, two turbine rotors rotatably and serially mounted within said restriction chamber, fixed turbine stators mounted within said restriction chamber adjacent each inlet of said turbine rotors, an aperture provided in an exterior wall of said supply duct in axial alignment with said restriction chamber, a wall closing the interior end of said supply duct adjacent said supporting boss preventing suction of air around an installed pressurized medication container, and a mouthpiece secured to the downstream end of said restriction chamber, said mouthpiece containing a venturi increasing the velocity of flow of fluid therethrough whereby said aperture containing said filter and said turbines in said restriction chamber create a predetermined resistance to a mixed fluid exiting said resistance chamber such that the user by necessity must breathe more strenuously than normal, drawing and distributing the medication into the furtherest depths of the lungs.
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