Patent ID: 6779521
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A combination mouthpiece for inhalation therapy devices, the mouthpiece being arranged to supply both a stream of air carrying an aerosolized drug and oxygen, and having a body (1) defining an aerosol duct (2) through which, in use, a stream of air carrying an aerosolized drug is supplied to a patient during inspiration; an inlet hole (4) through the body for receiving in a releasable and secure manner an oxygen tube adapter (5); wherein at least one partition (6) within the body (1) defining at least one oxygen duct (3), the oxygen duct being in a form such, that it extends generally parallel with the aerosol duct (2) and has a flow cross-section sized in order to guide a suitably large oxygen stream from the oxygen tube adapter (5) through the inlet hole (4) to the patient.