Patent ID: 6796303
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A61M,B05B

Abstract:
A pulmonary aerosol delivery device, comprising:a housing of such size that the housing can be held in a user's one hand, the housing having an exit opening for directing an aerosol to a user's mouth; a containment vessel holding a liquid to be aerosolized; an electrohydrodynamic apparatus for aerosolizing the liquid and delivering the aerosolized liquid to the exit opening; a power supply for providing sufficient voltage to the electrohydrodynamic apparatus to aerosolize the liquid; and a dispensing system for delivering the liquid to be aerosolized from the containment vessel to the electrohydrodynamic system, the containment vessel, the electrohydrodynamic apparatus, the power supply, and the dispensing system being enclosed within the housing.