Inhalation device for producing a drug aerosol

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7913688
APP PUB NO 20040099266A1
SERIAL NO

10442385

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A device for delivering a drug by inhalation is disclosed. The device includes a body defining an interior flow-through chamber having upstream and downstream chamber openings, and a drug supply unit contained within the chamber for producing, upon actuation, a heated drug vapor in a condensation region of the chamber. Gas drawn through the chamber region at a selected gas-flow rate is effective to form drug condensation particles from the drug vapor having a selected MMAD between 0.02 and 0.1 MMAD or between 1 and 3.5 μm. A gas-flow control valve disposed upstream of the unit functions to limit gas-flow rate through the condensation region to the selected gas-flow rate. An actuation switch in the device activates the drug-supply unit, such that the drug-supply unit can be controlled to produce vapor when the gas-flow rate through the chamber is at the selected flow rate.

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ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS INC2091 STIERLIN CT MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cross, Stephen Alamo, US 9 424
Hale, Ron L Woodside, US 72 5378
Hodges, Craig C Walnut Creek, US 24 2178
Lloyd, Peter M Walnut Creek, US 55 5799
Myers, Daniel J Mountain View, US 52 3133
Quintana, Reynaldo J Redwood City, US 20 1744
Rabinowitz, Joshua D Mountain View, US 167 12353
Tom, Curtis San Mateo, US 32 1899
Wensley, Martin J San Francisco, US 41 3529

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