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Multiple dose condensation aerosol devices and methods of forming condensation aerosols

US8333197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · US

Inventors

Stephen 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	May 29, 2009
Grant date	Dec 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B2203/021
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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