Pulmonary delivery of therapeutic agent
AssigneeAlliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
InventorsK. Michael Sekins, Thomas H. Shaffer, Marla R. Wolfson
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Abstract
An apparatus for producing a uniformly dispersed drug-containing phase within a continuous liquid delivery phase.
Claims19
A process for controlling, diagnosing or treating physiological conditions, diseases or abnormalities of a patient, said process comprising:
- providing a liquid medium comprising at least one solid or liquid therapeutic or diagnostic agent distributed in a breathable liquid carrier;
- and
- passing said liquid medium through at least a portion of said patient's pulmonary air passages.
A method for performing liquid lavage to control, diagnose or treat physiological conditions, diseases or abnormalities of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a liquid medium comprising at least one solid or liquid therapeutic or diagnostic agent distributed in a breathable liquid carrier;
- delivering said liquid medium into at least a portion of the patient's pulmonary air passages;
- and
- removing the liquid medium from said at least a portion of the patient's pulmonary air passages.
A method for performing liquid ventilation to control, diagnose or treat physiological conditions, diseases or abnormalities of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- dispersing a solid or liquid therapeutic or diagnostic agent in a fluorocarbon liquid to provide a bioactive liquid medium;
- administering said bioactive liquid medium into at least a portion of the patient's pulmonary air passages;
- and
- introducing a breathing gas into said at least a portion of the patient's pulmonary air passages whereby pulmonary gas exchange is maintained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.