Nebulizer adapter system for premature babies
OwnerJean Ann Marshinventor
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Abstract
A medication nebulizer adapter system for administering aerosol treatments for newborn and pediatric patients. The nebulizer adapter system of the invention includes an adapter for positioning in the mouth of the infant. The adapter serves to depress the tongue of the infant and to deliver nebulized medication to the rearward area of the infant's throat, where the medication may be subsequently inhaled into the lungs of the infant. By directing the medication to the infant's throat, as opposed to through the nose of the patient, the filtering effect of the nasal passageways may be avoided, thereby more efficiently delivering nebulized medication to the lungs of the patient.
Claims20
A nebulizer system for use with infants and small children, said nebulizer system comprising:
- a medication nebulizing means;
- a conduit for transferring nebulized medication to a dispensing end;
- and
- said dispensing end having an adapter for insertion into a baby's mouth for transferring said nebulized medication to a rearward area of an infant's throat for subsequent inhalation.
A method of delivering nebulized medication to a patient, said method comprising:
- nebulizing medication;
- transferring said nebulized medication to the patient's mouth via a conduit;
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- bypassing the patient's tongue by transferring said nebulized medication to a rearward area of the patient's mouth by channeling said nebulized medication through an adapter having an orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.