Patent ID: 7971588
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61K,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a patient with a pulmonary disease, the method comprising: delivering a dose of aerosolized medicament intermittently to a ventilator circuit coupled to the respiratory system of the patient, wherein the intermittent delivery of the aerosolized medicament includes generating aerosolized medicament during a portion of each inhalation phase of a respiratory cycle of the patient, the portion being less than the entire inhalation phase; wherein the intermittent delivery of the aerosolized medicament includes starting the generation of aerosolized medicament in each inhalation phase of a respiratory cycle of the patient, and stopping generation of aerosolized medicament at a point in each exhalation phase of the respiratory cycle after exhalation has begun.