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NEBULIZER APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 20170007781A1
  • Filed: 05/18/2016
  • Published: 01/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A breath-actuated nebulizer comprising:

  • a housing having a horizontal section defining an upper airway and an air outlet for transporting an aerosol to a patient, and a vertical section defining a fluid reservoir;

    a pressurized gas inlet adjacent a fluid orifice, the pressurized gas inlet positioned to direct pressurized gas from the vertical section in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal section;

    an actuating assembly horizontally movable relative to the pressurized gas inlet in response to breathing of the patient through the horizontal section, wherein the actuating assembly is movable to a nebulizing position in response to an inhalation of the patient and wherein the actuating assembly is movable to a non-nebulizing position in response to exhalation of the patient.

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