Patent ID: 8151794

Claim:
A ventilator assembly for use in a ventilator circuit for administering medication to a patient, the ventilator assembly comprising: a housing defining an interior space; an inhalation port positioned at a first location of the housing, the inhalation port defining an inhalation passageway in communication with the interior space; an exhalation port positioned at a second location of the housing, the exhalation port defining an exhalation passageway in communication with the interior space; a patient port positioned at a third location of the housing spaced from the first location of the housing, the patient port defining a patient passageway in communication with the interior space; and a receptacle positioned on the housing and in communication with the interior space, the receptacle operative to receive a container comprising an aerosolized medication, wherein the housing defines a continuously open fluid flow path between the receptacle and the patient port.