Patent ID: 6725858
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A valved aerosol Tee adapter assembly for directing aerosol from a nebulizer therethrough comprising:a housing member comprising a cylindrical outer wall and a cylindrical inner wall and a passageway interiorly of said inner wall for directing aerosol therethrough; an enclosed annular chamber formed between said inner wall and said outer wall, and a valve seat formed along an upper edge of said housing member; a spring positioned in said enclosed annular chamber; and a valve reciprocally movable in said housing comprising a valve actuator having an annular wall slidably received in said enclosed annular chamber and having an upper surface for engaging said spring, whereby said annular wall, said inner wall and said outer wall cooperate to substantially isolate said enclosed annular chamber from said passageway and whereby said spring therein is substantially unexposed to aerosol from said passageway, and a valve member secured to said valve actuator.