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US 6,615,825 B2Granted
Pulmonary drug delivery device
AssigneeSensormedics Corporation
InventorAlex Stenzler
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Abstract
A pulmonary drug delivery device includes a hand piece that is electrically connected to a control unit. A cartridge is engagable with the hand piece and includes a drug reservoir, a pump connected to the drug reservoir, an electrically chargeable nozzle connected to the pump, a discharge electrode, and an information storage element. The control unit controls the pump and the electrical charge of the nozzle and discharge electrode in accordance with instructions stored within the information storage element.
Claims14
A pulmonary drug delivery device comprising:
- a hand piece electrically connected to a control unit;
- a cartridge engagable with the hand piece, the cartridge comprising:
- a drug reservoir,
- a pump connected to the drug reservoir;
- an electrically chargeable nozzle connected to the pump;
- a discharge electrode;
- and
- an information storage element;
- wherein the control unit controls the pump and the electrical charge of the nozzle and discharge electrode in accordance with instructions stored within the information storage element.
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A method of delivering a drug to a patient comprising the steps of:
- providing a pulmonary drug delivery device having a hand piece electrically connected to a control unit;
- providing a cartridge containing a drug in a drug reservoir, a pump connected to the reservoir, an electrically chargeable nozzle coupled to the pump, and a discharge electrode, and an information storage element;
- engaging the cartridge with the hand piece;
- retrieving data stored in the information storage element using the control unit, the data including instructions for pumping the drug and charging the electrically chargeable nozzle and the discharge electrode;
- and
- delivering the drug to the patient in accordance with the data stored in the information storage element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.