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Apparatus for induction of inhaled pharmacological agent by a pediatric patient

  • US 5,937,852 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1997
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for inducing a pediatric patient to inhale a fluid pharmacological agent through a face mask, comprising:

  • a. a fluid conduit having a first end and a second end and no ports in communication with the ambient environment, said first end capable of being coupled to a source of fluid pharmacological agent and said second end capable of being coupled to a face mask sized to fit a pediatric patient such that fluid pharmacological agent flowing through said conduit can enter a face mask, said conduit having sufficient diameter to allow fluid pharmacological agent to flow through said conduit at a sufficient flow rate to be inhaled by a pediatric patient; and

    b. a visual patient stimulator coupled to said conduit such that the inspiratory or expiratory flow of a patients breath through said conduit causes said stimulator to change color, said stimulator being positioned such that its color change is visible to a pediatric patient breathing through a face mask connected to said second end of said conduit.

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