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US 7,077,126 B2Granted
Inhalation therapy mask and device for animals
AssigneePARI GmbH Spezialisten für effektive Inhalation
InventorsFrank Kummer, Martin Luber, Markus Mornhinweg
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Abstract
To increase the accuracy of the administration of doses of inhalation therapies for animals, the invention proposes a two-part inhalation mask for animals in which each mask part (9) comprises an aerosol chamber (1) and an adaptation chamber (2). The two chambers are separated by a dividing wall (3) with an opening for the aerosol so that during the inhalation phases, the aerosol passes together with the respiratory air out of the aerosol chamber (1) into the adaptation chamber (2).
Claims16
Inhalation therapy mask for an animal, the mask comprising:
- two mask parts with each mask part being designed to be arranged over one of the animal's respiratory openings and each mask part comprising:
- a. an aerosol chamber for receiving an aerosol generated by an aerosol generator comprising an inhalation opening with an inhalation valve through which the respiratory air enters the aerosol chamber during the inhalation phases
- b. an adaptation chamber
- i. which is designed for the adaptation of the mask part to the external surface of the animal's body surrounding a respiratory opening,
- ii. with an opening directed toward the animal's respiratory opening provided with a circumferential inwardly curved sealing lip on its edge, and
- iii. with an exhalation opening with an exhalation valve through which respiratory air from the adaptation chamber escapes during the exhalation phases, and
- c. a dividing wall between the aerosol chamber and the adaptation chamber with a through-opening through which an aerosol present in the aerosol chamber enters the adaptation chamber together with the respiratory air from the aerosol chamber during the inhalation phases.
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