Patent Publication Number: US-2018036496-A1

Title: Medication Delivery System

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention  
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to medication devices and more particularly pertains to a new medication device for delivering an inhalable medication. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an electronic cigarette that may be sucked. A capsule is provided. The capsule is infused with a fluid Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) medication. The capsule is removably positioned within the electronic cigarette. Thus, the electronic cigarette delivers the fluid COPD medication when the electronic cigarette is sucked. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a medication delivery system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross sectional view taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 2  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new medication device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the medication delivery system  10  generally comprises an electronic cigarette  12  that may be sucked. The electronic cigarette  12  includes a mouth piece  14 , a tube  16  and a vaporizer  18 . The vaporizer  18  is removably positioned between the tube  16  and the mouth piece  14 . The mouth piece  14  includes a well  19  that is in fluid communication with the vaporizer  18 . The electronic cigarette  12  may be an electronic cigarette  12  of any conventional design. 
     The electronic cigarette includes a processor  20 . The processor  20  is positioned within the tube  16 . The processor  20  detects when air is drawn through the tube  16 . The processor  20  is electrically coupled to the vaporizer  18  when the vaporizer  18  is coupled to the tube  16 . Thus, the processor  20  turns the vaporizer  18  on when air is drawn through the tube  16 . 
     A tube  16  has a distal end  22  with respect to the vaporizer  18 . A light emitter  24  is coupled to the distal end  22 . A power supply  26  is positioned within the tube  16 . The power supply  26  is electrically coupled between the processor  20  and the light emitter  24 . Thus, the light emitter  24  is turned on when air is drawn through the tube  16 . The power supply  26  may comprise at least one battery  28 . 
     A capsule  30  is provided. The capsule  30  is comprised of a fluid permeable material. The capsule  30  is infused with a fluid chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medication  24 . The fluid COPD medication  32  may comprise tiotropium, salmeterol, formoterol, arformoteral, indacaterol, aclidinium of other long acting bronchodilator commonly used in a nebulizer for the treatment of COPD. 
     The capsule  30  is removably positioned within the electronic cigarette  12 . Thus, the electronic cigarette  12  delivers the fluid COPD medication  32  when the electronic cigarette  12  is sucked. The capsule  30  is positioned within the well  19  such that the capsule  30  is in thermal communication with the vaporizer  18 . The vaporizer  18  volatilizes the fluid COPD medication  32  when the electronic cigarette  12  is sucked. Thus, the volatilized fluid COPD medication  34  is inhaled without the use of a nebulizer or other inhaler. The combination of the fluid COPD medication  32  and the electronic cigarette  12  enhances privacy and efficiency of the treatment of COPD. 
     In use, the mouth piece  14  is removed from the electronic cigarette  12 . The capsule  30  is positioned in the well  20  and the mouth piece  14  is coupled to the electronic cigarette  12 . The mouth piece  14  is sucked when COPD symptoms are experienced. The vaporizer  18  volatilizes the fluid COPD medication  32  in the capsule  30  when the mouth piece  14  is sucked. Thus, the volatilized fluid COPD medication  34  is inhaled to relieve the symptoms of COPD. The electronic cigarette  12  replaces a nebulizer for the treatment of COPD symptoms. The electronic cigarette  12  is easily carried in a pocket or the like thereby enhancing efficiency of the treatment of COPD. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.