Patent ID: 8875706
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A ventilator assembly for use in a ventilator circuit for administering medication to a patient, the ventilator assembly comprising: a housing defining an inhalation interior space and an exhalation interior space separate from the inhalation interior space; a ventilator port positioned at a first location of the housing, the ventilator port defining a first passageway in communication with the inhalation interior space and the exhalation interior space; a patient port positioned at a second location of the housing, the patient port defining a second passageway in communication with the inhalation interior space and the exhalation interior space; a one-way inhalation valve positioned in the housing adjacent one of the first or second locations to permit one-way flow from the ventilator port to the patient port through the inhalation interior space; a one-way exhalation valve positioned in the housing adjacent the one of the first or second locations adjacent the position of the one-way inhalation valve to permit one-way flow from the patient port to the ventilator port through the exhalation interior space; and a receptacle positioned on the housing and in communication with the inhalation interior space, the receptacle operative to receive a container comprising an aerosolized medication.