US 11,865,250 B2
Inhalator device and method
John R Collins, Provo, UT (US); and Ed Dittmar, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Assigned to John Collins, Provo, UT (US)
Filed by John R. Collins, Provo, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/562,625.
Application 16/562,625 is a continuation of application No. 15/370,180, filed on Dec. 6, 2016, granted, now 10,406,305.
Application 15/370,180 is a continuation of application No. 14/205,106, filed on Mar. 11, 2014, granted, now 9,555,201, issued on Jan. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/776,330, filed on Mar. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0054845 A1, Feb. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/0098 (2014.02) [A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 15/0013 (2014.02); A61M 15/0018 (2014.02); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/13 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/582 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8212 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of administering medication to a patient, comprising:
providing a hand-held, portable inhalator device to the patient, the device comprising:
a chamber;
a medication source in fluid communication with the chamber;
an aperture configured to permit egress of fluid out of the chamber;
a trigger configured to dispense medication from the medication source into the chamber;
placing the mouth of the patient about a mouthpiece in fluid communication with the chamber and exhaling into the mouthpiece and out of the aperture for a predetermined period of time at a threshold level of positive pressure to achieve a qualifying breath; and
dispensing a quantity of medication into the chamber after the qualifying breath and after a second level of positive pressure is detected in the chamber.