Patent ID: 6435175
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A61M,A63B,B05B,G16H

Abstract:
A pulmonary drug delivery device comprising:an electronic control unit, said electronic control unit including: a controller; a cartridge reader; a display; a hand piece connected to said electronic control unit via a cable; a cartridge having a lumen therethrough, the cartridge being detachably engaged with said hand piece, said cartridge including a drug storage container including a drug stored therein, an electrically chargeable nozzle and a discharge electrode disposed within the lumen of the cartridge, a pump for pumping the drug out of the electrically chargeable nozzle, and an information storage element disposed on the cartridge; wherein the controller controls the pump and the charge of the nozzle and the charge on the discharge electrode in accordance with instructions stored in the information storage element.