Apparatus and method for delivery of an aerosol

Details Apparatus and method for delivery of an aerosol Apparatus and method for delivery of an aerosol

2007-06-29

2010-06-08

Nasser, Robert L (Department: 3735)

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Respiratory

C600S529000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07731666

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for measuring lung ventilation, comprising: a pressure device to measure volume of air flow; an aerosol-generating device that provides aerosol particles to be released at a determined point in a breathing cycle; a mouthpiece with a detector that measures the concentration of aerosol particles for a given volume during the breathing cycle; and a computing device configured to provide lung ventilation data as a function of time constants.

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