Patent ID: 9144650
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of administering a medicament to a patient, the method comprising inhaling a dose of an aerosolized medicament by the patient, wherein said dose of the aerosolized medicament is provided by an aerosol accumulation chamber having a central vertical axis, an upper end and a lower end, the chamber having a major dimension of at least 10 cm, the upper end comprising a nebulizer port and a patient interface port, the lower end comprising an air inlet port, wherein the air inlet port is oriented to be non-aligned with said central vertical axis, said air inlet port further comprising a valve, an outer shell, substantially surrounding the at least said lower end of the aerosol accumulation chamber, the outer shell having one or more air inlet passages about a periphery thereof wherein said one or more air inlet passages is above said air inlet port, said patient interface port fluidically coupled to a patient interface device, and an aerosolized exhaust port intermediate to said patient interface device and to said patient interface port; a vibrating mesh nebulizer that is fluidically coupled to said nebulizer port; and a liquid medicament for aerosolization to generate said dose of the aerosolized medicament via the vibrating mesh nebulizer, wherein said liquid medicament comprises at least one of amikacin, vancomycin and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of either of the foregoing.