Patent ID: 11904088
Assignee: PROVERIS SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of determining usage instructions for an inhaler or nasal device comprising a drug formulation, said method comprising:
a) monitoring or measuring one or more shake parameters of shaking said inhaler or nasal device;
b) actuating said inhaler or nasal device, thereby emitting a spray of said drug formulation, when said one or more shake parameters have been met;
c) measuring a spray pattern of said spray of said drug formulation, wherein said spray of said drug formulation comprises an emitted dose of a drug;
d) determining dose content uniformity (DCU) performance of said inhaler or nasal device by using a correlation with said spray pattern; and
e) determining said usage instructions when said DCU performance of said inhaler or nasal device is within 15% of a target dose content over the life of said inhaler or nasal device, wherein said usage instructions comprise said one or more shake parameters.