Patent ID: 8322338
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering a dry powder medication for inhalation therapy, comprising the steps of: providing a dry powder inhaler having a first chamber for containing said dry powder and a second chamber in direct communication with the first chamber through a passageway and wherein the first chamber is closed except for the passageway to the second chamber; and coupling a vibrator to said first chamber to vibrate the first chamber to aerosolize the dry powder in air in the first chamber and drive the dry powder back and forth in the passageway from the first chamber to the second chamber as an aerosolized dry powder in the form of a series of slugs of air containing said aerosolized dry powder, wherein said aerosolized dry powder is driven from said first chamber into said second chamber by synthetic jetting, and delivered from said second chamber to a user.