US 11,918,731 B2
Aerosol delivery system and method
Shaun Porter, Dangan (IE); Louise Sweeney, Dangan (IE); Ronan MacLoughlin, Dangan (IE); Jim Fink, San Mateo, CA (US); Aidan Duffy, Dangan (IE); Claire Lillis, Dangan (IE); Conor Duffy, Dangan (IE); and Fran Keating, Dangan (IE)
Assigned to Stamford Devices Ltd., Dangan (IE)
Filed by Stamford Devices Ltd., Dangan (IE)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,694.
Application 17/333,694 is a division of application No. 15/933,219, filed on Mar. 22, 2018, granted, now 11,027,077.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/475,603, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/475,618, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/475,635, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283345 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/14 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); B05B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 11/005 (2013.01) [A61M 11/001 (2014.02); A61M 15/0085 (2013.01); A61M 15/08 (2013.01); A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/022 (2017.08); A61M 16/026 (2017.08); A61M 16/0465 (2013.01); A61M 16/0488 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0672 (2014.02); A61M 16/0816 (2013.01); A61M 16/14 (2013.01); B05B 17/0646 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0018 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0033 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0039 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0042 (2013.01); A61M 16/04 (2013.01); A61M 16/16 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0488 (2013.01); A61M 2205/17 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/332 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2209/045 (2013.01); A61M 2209/084 (2013.01); A61M 2230/40 (2013.01); A61M 2230/432 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/63 (2013.01); A61M 2240/00 (2013.01); B05B 12/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing aerosolized fluid to a patient, comprising:
detecting a breath cycle using at least one breath sensor of an aerosolization device;
predicting the start of an inhalation, using the aerosolization device, by monitoring signals from the at least one breath sensor over one or more breath cycles of the patient;
determining a duration of inhalation of the breath cycle;
preloading fluid onto a vibratable member of the aerosolization device with a pump; and
vibrating the vibratable member to aerosolize the fluid at a predetermined time prior to the start of a predicted inhalation, wherein the predetermined time comprises a time period between 1% and 30% before the start of the predicted inhalation with respect to the duration of inhalation.