US 11,672,925 B2
Inhaler device for inhalable liquids
Greg Rowland, Scoresby (AU); Edward Linacre, Abbotsford (AU); Glenn Gilbert, Scoresby (AU); and Viktor Legin, Abbotsford (AU)
Assigned to MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Scoresby (AU)
Filed by Medical Developments International Limited, Scoresby (AU)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/29,451.
Application 17/029,451 is a continuation of application No. 15/745,876, abandoned, previously published as PCT/AU2016/050636, filed on Jul. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015902864 (AU), filed on Jul. 20, 2015; and application No. 2015902881 (AU), filed on Jul. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0001060 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 16/01 (2006.01); A61P 29/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/002 (2014.02) [A61K 9/0073 (2013.01); A61K 31/08 (2013.01); A61M 11/04 (2013.01); A61M 15/0013 (2014.02); A61M 15/0018 (2014.02); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 15/0035 (2014.02); A61M 15/0086 (2013.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A61P 29/00 (2018.01); A61M 16/01 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0241 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inhaler device for the delivery of an inhalable liquid to a patient, said device comprising an elongated body wherein the elongated body comprises:
(1) a base end;
(2) a mouthpiece end comprising a mouthpiece chamber;
(3) an air intake chamber comprising a passive evaporation support material for receiving the inhalable liquid from an external liquid storage container and at least one air inlet hole;
(4) a liquid inlet hole for delivering the inhalable liquid from the external liquid storage container into the air intake chamber and onto the passive evaporation support material;
(5) an air exit chamber comprising an air filter within the elongated body and comprising at least one air outlet hole; and
(6) an internal shelf to partially divide the elongated body along its longitudinal axis from the base end and terminating at the mouthpiece chamber to form a floor of the air intake chamber and a roof of the air exit chamber.