Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic breath actuated in-line droplet delivery device with small volume ampoule and methods of use
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Application No.: US16762101Application Date: 2018-11-08
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Publication No.: US11771852B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: John H. Hebrank , Christopher W. Maurer , Charles Eric Hunter , Chengjie Li , Louis Thomas Germinario
- Applicant: PNEUMA RESPIRATORY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Boone
- Assignee: PNEUMA RESPIRATORY, INC.
- Current Assignee: PNEUMA RESPIRATORY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Boone
- Agency: POLSINELLI PC
- International Application: PCT/US2018/059874 2018.11.08
- International Announcement: WO2019/094628A 2019.05.16
- Date entered country: 2020-05-06
- Main IPC: A61M15/00
- IPC: A61M15/00

Abstract:
A droplet delivery device with a small volume drug ampoule and related methods for delivering precise and repeatable dosages to a subject for pulmonary use is disclosed. The droplet delivery device is configured to facilitate the ejection of small, e.g., single use, volumes of a therapeutic agent. The droplet delivery device includes a housing, a mouthpiece, a small volume drug ampoule, an ejector mechanism, and at least one differential pressure sensor. The delivery device is automatically breath actuated by the user when the differential pressure sensor senses a predetermined pressure change within housing. The droplet delivery device is then actuated to generate a plume of droplets having an average ejected particle diameter within the respirable size range, e.g, less than about 5-6 μm, so as to target the pulmonary system of the user. The small volume drug ampoule may include a reservoir which comprises an internal flexible membrane separating two internal volumes, a first background pressure fluid volume and a second drug volume.
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