US 12,380,811 B2
System and method for simulating a respiratory system
Yang Wang, Rolla, MO (US); Weixing Hao, Rolla, MO (US); and Yue-Wern Huang, Rolla, MO (US)
Assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by Yang Wang, Rolla, MO (US); Weixing Hao, Rolla, MO (US); and Yue-Wern Huang, Rolla, MO (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/323,698, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0306874 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/497 (2006.01); G09B 23/30 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/30 (2013.01) [G01N 33/497 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for simulating a respiratory system, the system comprising:
an aerosol generator generating an aerosol;
a series of filter media including—
one or more first filter media simulating an extrathoracic region of the respiratory system,
one or more second filter media simulating a tracheobronchial region of the respiratory system, and
one or more third filter media simulating an alveolar region of the respiratory system; and
a conduit defining a path for the aerosol from the aerosol generator through the series of filter media.