NEBULIZER FOR USE IN MECHANICAL RESPIRATORY VENTILATION THERAPY
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1. A nebulizer for use in conjunction with apparatus providing mechanical respiratory ventilation therapy to a patient, the nebulizer comprising:
- a container having a volume sufficient to hold a therapeutically effective amount of a liquid medicament and to enable aerosolizing therein of the medicament upon the inflow thereto of a respiratory gas, the container comprising;
a first port adapted for attachment to a source of a respiratory gas,a second port adapted for attachment to the apparatus providing respiratory ventilation to the patient,a third port adapted for inserting the medicament into the container without causing interruption to the respiratory ventilation therapy being provided to the patient; and
a fourth port adapted for draining residual liquid from said nebulizer without causing interruption to the respiratory ventilation therapy being provided to the patient.
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Abstract
A nebulizer for use in mechanical respiratory therapy that allows for the introduction of medicaments in the form of aerosols into the system without causing interruption to the therapy being provided to the patient.
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1. A nebulizer for use in conjunction with apparatus providing mechanical respiratory ventilation therapy to a patient, the nebulizer comprising:
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a container having a volume sufficient to hold a therapeutically effective amount of a liquid medicament and to enable aerosolizing therein of the medicament upon the inflow thereto of a respiratory gas, the container comprising; a first port adapted for attachment to a source of a respiratory gas, a second port adapted for attachment to the apparatus providing respiratory ventilation to the patient, a third port adapted for inserting the medicament into the container without causing interruption to the respiratory ventilation therapy being provided to the patient; and a fourth port adapted for draining residual liquid from said nebulizer without causing interruption to the respiratory ventilation therapy being provided to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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