Patent ID: 7836885
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A semi-automatic emergency medication dose nebulizer comprising: a vertically extending housing having a nebulizer chamber to receive liquid containing medication; an opening in a bottom of said housing to receive compressed air from a compressor for nebulizing said medication; a horizontally extending breather above said nebulizer housing joined to said housing through a connecting tube extending up vertically from said housing for receiving nebulized medication; said breather having a mouthpiece for use by a patient to receive said nebulized medication; an apparatus for recharging said nebulizing chamber with medication mounted on said breather; said apparatus comprising a recharging tube containing a capsule storage chamber aligned with said connecting tube for receiving a vertically oriented medication dosage capsule containing a liquid medication; and means comprising a horizontally extending cutting blade for completely severing said vertically oriented liquid medication dosage capsule by slicing through a side of said capsule causing removal and relocation of a lower portion of said capsule; said blade having a follower paddle mounted behind said horizontally oriented blade to push a severed portion of said vertically oriented capsule out of the line of flow of said medication, allowing liquid medication to flow downward when released from said capsule, to flow under the influence of gravity into said nebulizing chamber.