Multiple dose condensation aerosol devices and methods of forming condensation aerosols

US7540286B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Steven D. Cross · Alamo, US
• Mathieu Herbette · Sunnyvale, US
• Andrew J.G. Kelly · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel J. Myers · Mountain View, US
• William W. Shen · Stanford, US
• Ryan Timmons · Mountain View, US
• Curtis Tom · San Mateo, US
• Justin Virgili · Fremont, US
• Martin J. Wensley · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05B2203/021
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods of entraining a substance within an airflow are disclosed. Condensation aerosol delivery devices and methods of consistently producing multiple doses of a substance, such as a drug, having high purity, high yield, characterized by a particle size distribution appropriate for pulmonary delivery, and which can be administered to a user in a single dose are also disclosed.