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Drug delivery mask for animals

  • US 6,510,818 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2001
  • Issued: 01/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A drug delivery device for removable fixture to an animal, comprising:

  • A. an airborne medicament interface adapter adapted to couple to a medicament dispenser in a sealed manner;

    B. an animal interface adapter adapted to establish a substantial seal between the animal interface adapter and the animal; and

    C. a relatively flexible sleeve extending along an axis between the medicament interface adapter and the animal interface adapter, and having a cross sectional monotonically increasing between the medicament interface adapter and the animal interface adapter, wherein the relatively flexible sleeve comprises at least two sections extending along the axis, each of the sections including a relatively inflexible ring defining an associated first contour, and a relatively flexible skirt extending from the ring to a distal edge defining an associated second contour, wherein the rings are nestable, forming a succession of monotonically decreasing sized rings from a largest ring to a smallest ring, and wherein the second contour of the skirt of each ring in the succession, is substantially the same as, and is joined to, the first contour of the next smaller ring in the succession;

    wherein the medicament interface adapter extends from the distal edge of the skirt of smallest ring; and

    wherein the animal interface adapter extends from the largest ring.

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