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US 6,187,291 B1Granted
Method and device for facilitating combined aerosol and oral treatments for diabetes mellitus
OwnerRobert Weinstein, Allan Weinsteininventors
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Abstract
A dispensing container which incorporates an aerosolizable topical insulin preparation, at least one oral hypoglycemic agent, and indicia and instructions for their coordinated use as a single therapeutic regimen for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in a human, and a method for treating diabetes mellitus which employs such a device.
Claims15
A diabetes mellitus treatment device comprising:
- a dispenser for housing
- multiple dosages of aerosolizable insulin;
- multiple dosages of at least one oral hypoglycemic medication;
- indicia operably associated with said dispenser for distinguishing said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral hypoglycemic medication;
- and
- instructions operably associated with said dispenser for coordinating administration of said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral hypoglycemic medication as a regimen.
3 more elements
A diabetes mellitus treatment device comprising:
- a dispenser housing
- (a) multiple dosages of aerosolizable insulin;
- (b) multiple dosages of at least one oral medication selected from the group consisting of sulfonylureas, biguanides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, and thiazolidinediones;
- (c) indicia operably associated with said dispenser for distinguishing said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral medication;
- and
- (d) instructions operably associated with said dispenser for coordinating administration of said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral medication as a regimen.
3 more elements
A method for treating diabetes mellitus in a human, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a dispenser which contains multiple dosages of aerosolizable insulin, multiple dosages of at least one oral hypoglycemic medication, indicia for distinguishing said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral hypoglycemic medication, and instructions for coordinating administration of said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral hypoglycemic medication as a regimen;
- and
- (b) administering said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral hypoglycemic medication according to said indicia and said instructions.
A method for treating diabetes mellitus in a human, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a dispenser which contains multiple dosages of aerosolizable insulin, multiple dosages of at least one oral medication selected from the group consisting of sulfonylureas, biguanides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, and thiazolidinediones, indicia for distinguishing said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral medication, and instructions for coordinating administration of said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral medication as a regimen;
- and
- (b) administering said multiple dosages of said aerosolizable insulin and said multiple dosages of said at least one oral medication according to said indicia and said instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.