METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VAPORIZATION AND INHALATION OF ISOLATED SUBSTANCES
First Claim
1. A method of delivering to a user an active agent from a dose unit comprised in a dose unit dispenser having a plurality of individual dose units, comprising:
- dispensing an individual dose unit from said dose unit dispenser into a use position of an inhaler, said dose unit having an individually embedded electrically resistive heating element;
applying a current to said electrically resistive heating element of said dose unit;
heating said active agent causing at least a portion of said active agent to vaporize; and
passing airflow through said dose unit out to an output aperture, thereby delivering said vaporized active agent from said dose unit to said user.
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Abstract
A dose unit comprising at least one isolated bioactive agent applied on a carrier material in thermal contact with an electrically heating element configured to vaporize a pre-determined amount of the agent for pulmonary delivery thereof is provided herein, as well as devices for effecting vaporization and pulmonary delivery of the isolated agent, and methods for preparing the dose unit, controllably releasing the agent therefrom, methods for pulmonary delivery thereof and methods of treatment of medical conditions treatable by pulmonary delivery of the isolated bioactive agent.
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1. A method of delivering to a user an active agent from a dose unit comprised in a dose unit dispenser having a plurality of individual dose units, comprising:
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dispensing an individual dose unit from said dose unit dispenser into a use position of an inhaler, said dose unit having an individually embedded electrically resistive heating element; applying a current to said electrically resistive heating element of said dose unit; heating said active agent causing at least a portion of said active agent to vaporize; and passing airflow through said dose unit out to an output aperture, thereby delivering said vaporized active agent from said dose unit to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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