Patent ID: 7204245

Claim:
An aerosol enhancement device, comprising: a mouthpiece; a spacer member fluidly attached to said mouthpiece through a mouthpiece port, said spacer member having interior walls which define an interior volume, said interior volume comprising a mixing chamber; an inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving a medicated aerosol from an exterior source into said mixing chamber; an air inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving air into said mixing chamber; wherein said interior walls which define said interior volume comprise a plurality of generally planar wall segments and angled transition zones are disposed between adjacent ones of said wall seaments; and an adapter disposed in said inlet port for receiving a medicated aerosol, said adapter comprising a universal fitting which is capable of attaching said spacer member to either a nebulizer or a metered dose inhaler (MDI); wherein said adapter is reversible, being disposable in a first orientation for attachment of said spacer member to a nebulizer, and being disposable in a second orientation for attachment of said spacer member to an MDI.