Lung aerosol collection device

US8821409B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · US
• Georgia Tech Research Corporation · US

Inventors

• David N. Ku · Atlanta, US
• Larry J. Anderson · Blue Springs, US
• Prem Midha · Rolla, US
• Harris Bergman · Atlanta, US
• Tamera Lee Scholz · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2010/0087
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for collecting material from lung aerosols. The device functions by collecting aerosols from the lower airway separated from material in the by collecting air from the upper airway in a chamber that when full causes the remaining exhaled aerosols from the lungs to be captured by a filter. The filter collects sample of material from the separated lung aerosols.