Intelligent inhaler providing feedback to both patient and medical professional
CA 2126331 C · Owner: Lanpher, Ted W. · Inventors: Lanpher, Ted W.; Lanpher, Gregory B.; Long, James
Overview
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An inhaler device ( 100) for aerosol delivery of medication employs a microprocessor (220) and electronic sensors (230) for measuring parameters indicative of a patient's inhalation of airborne medication. The sensors produce output signals representative of parameters which determine the proper delivery of medication to receptor sites in the patient's lungs such as,the rate of flow of air through the inhaler device to the patient's lungs the, duration of inspiration of the medication and the volume of medication, inhaled. The microprocessor is responsive to the output signals of the sensors and stores a record of inhalation events which can be retrieved remotely or by connecting the …
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- Filed December 18, 1992 and granted January 19, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 18, 2014.
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