Patent ID: 7059320

Claim:
Inhalation therapy apparatus comprising: a. an oscillatable membrane ( 1 ) for nebulising a liquid ( 3 ), b. an oscillation generating device ( 6 , 7 ) operably connected to said membrane ( 1 ), said oscillation generating device ( 6 , 7 ) having at least one connecting means ( 8 , 9 ) for supplying an activation signal and by means of which said membrane ( 1 ) is caused to oscillate when the activation signal is supplied such that a liquid disposed on one side of said membrane is nebulised through the membrane and is present on the other side of said membrane as an aerosol, and c. a control means ( 10 ), from which the activation signal can be supplied to the at least one connecting means ( 8 , 9 ) of the oscillation generating device ( 6 , 7 ) so that said oscillation generating device ( 6 , 7 ) causes the membrane ( 1 ) to oscillate, wherein the oscillation generating device ( 6 , 7 ) provides an output signal caused by the respiration of a patient at the at least one connecting means ( 8 , 9 ) of the oscillation generating device ( 6 , 7 ) is supplied to the control means ( 10 ) for controlling the inhalation therapy apparatus.