Tool and method for customized inhalation
First Claim
1. A method for designing and/or customizing the treatment or for treating by inhalation of a patient suffering from a respiratory or non-respiratory disease comprising the steps of:
- a) presenting a patient suffering from said disease,b) determining the kind of disease of said patient,c) prescribing at least one drug and/or gas and at least one kind of device to be used for administrating said drug or gas, based on the determination done in step b),d) inputting into processing means, data chosen among said drug and/or gas prescribed in step c) and drug particle size obtained with the device prescribed in step c),e) inputting into the processing means at least one patient characteristics of the said patient,f) inputting into processing means at least one morphology and/or ventilatory condition of said patient,g) running a code in said processing means using the input data and conditions of step d), e) and f), thereby calculating a flow and/or deposition characteristics customized to said patient.
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Abstract
A method for designing and/or customizing the treatment or for treating by inhalation of a patient suffering from a respiratory or non-respiratory disease including the steps of presenting a patient suffering from the disease; determining the kind of disease of the patient; prescribing at least one drug and/or gas and at least one kind of device to be used for administrating the drug or gas; inputting into a processing element, data chosen among the drug and/or prescribed gas and drug particle size obtained with the prescribed device; inputting into the processing element at least one patient characteristics of the patient; inputting into processing element at least one morphology and/or ventilatory condition of the patient; running a code in the processing element using the input data and conditions thereby calculating a flow and/or deposition characteristics customized to the patient.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for designing and/or customizing the treatment or for treating by inhalation of a patient suffering from a respiratory or non-respiratory disease comprising the steps of:
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a) presenting a patient suffering from said disease, b) determining the kind of disease of said patient, c) prescribing at least one drug and/or gas and at least one kind of device to be used for administrating said drug or gas, based on the determination done in step b), d) inputting into processing means, data chosen among said drug and/or gas prescribed in step c) and drug particle size obtained with the device prescribed in step c), e) inputting into the processing means at least one patient characteristics of the said patient, f) inputting into processing means at least one morphology and/or ventilatory condition of said patient, g) running a code in said processing means using the input data and conditions of step d), e) and f), thereby calculating a flow and/or deposition characteristics customized to said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A medical device for establishing and/or designing and/or customizing the treatment by inhalation of a patient suffering from a respiratory or non-respiratory disease comprising:
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input/output means interactive with the processing means; for inputting into processing means; data chosen among a prescribed drug and/or gas and a drug particle size obtained with a prescribed inhalation device, at least one patient characteristics and at least one morphology and/or ventilatory condition of said patient, and for outputting customized flow and/or deposition characteristics, storing means for storing a code comprising a digital memory that is adapted to store algorithms translating algebraic formulas describing the physics of aerosol kinetics and fluid motion in human respiratory systems for various ventilatory conditions, processing means cooperating with the storing means and the input means for running the code stored by the storing means and using the input data, and displaying means for displaying customized flow and/or deposition characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for designing the exposure by inhalation of a laboratory test animal used as a human surrogate in pharmacological and/or toxicological experiments, comprising the steps of:
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h) presenting a selected laboratory test animal that is chosen to mimic a given human disease, i) choosing at least one drug and/or gas to be inhaled by the test animal based on the selection done in step i), j) choosing a device to be used for the inhalation by the test animal of the drug and/or gas chosen in step i), k) determine operating conditions for the device chosen in step j) so that gas and/or particles of chosen sizes are produced so as to selectively deposit in the test animal; l) inputting into processing means, data chosen among said gas and/or drug to be tested chosen in step i) and the drug particle size determined in step k), m) inputting the morphology of the test animal, n) inputting into processing means at least one ventilatory condition of said test animal, o) running a code in said processing means using the input data and condition of step l), m) and n), thereby calculating a flow and/or deposition characteristics customized to said test animal. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for designing the exposure by inhalation of a human volunteer in toxicological experiments, comprising the steps of:
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p) presenting a human volunteer, q) choosing at least one substance to be inhaled by the human volunteer, r) choosing a device to be used for the inhalation by the human volunteer of the substance chosen in step q), s) determine operating conditions for the device chosen in step r) so that gas and/or particles of chosen sizes are selectively deposit in the human volunteer, t) inputting into processing means, data chosen among said substance to be tested chosen in step t) and the substance particle size determined in step s), u) inputting into the processing means at least one human volunteer characteristics, v) inputting into processing means at least one morphology and/or ventilatory condition of said human volunteer, w) running a code in said processing means using the input data and condition of step t), u) and v), thereby calculating a flow and/or deposition characteristics customized to said human volunteer.
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