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US 6,543,443 B1Granted
Methods and devices for nebulizing fluids
AssigneeAerogen, Inc.
InventorsMichael Klimowicz, Richard Stevens, Paul Uster, Joseph Maxwell, Markus Flierl
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Abstract
A nebulizing device having two or more nebulizing elements. The nebulizing device may be used to deliver two or more fluids to the patient or may be used for enhanced fluid flow of a single fluid. The nebulizing elements are preferably vibrating elements with holes therein through which the fluid is expelled when the vibrating elements are vibrated.
Claims22
A method of nebulizing a substance, comprising the steps of:
- providing a device having a housing, a first nebulizer, and a second nebulizer, the first and second nebulizers being mounted within the housing;
- delivering fluid to the first and second nebulizers, the fluid delivering step being carried out with a fluid cartridge mounted to the housing, the fluid being delivered to both the first and second nebulizers from the cartridge, the fluid delivering step being carried out with the fluid cartridge having a first fluid container containing a first fluid and a second fluid container containing a second fluid, the first fluid container supplying the first fluid to the first nebulizer and the second fluid container supplying the second fluid to the second nebulizer;
- activating the first and second nebulizers thereby nebulizing the fluid.
A method of nebulizing a substance, comprising the steps of:
- providing a device having a housing, a first nebulizer, and a second nebulizer, the first and second nebulizers being mounted within the housing;
- delivering fluid to the first and second nebulizers, the fluid delivering step being carried out with a fluid cartridge mounted to the housing, the fluid being delivered to both the first and second nebulizers from the cartridge;
- activating the first and second nebulizers thereby nebulizing the fluid, the activating step being carried out with the first and second nebulizers being activated at the same time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.