Patent Application
20210346637
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The disclosure relates to nebulizer devices and more particularly pertains to a new nebulizer device for nebulizing an infant or toddler.
The prior art relates to nebulizer devices including a package system that has a plurality of tearable panels for easy access to contents of the package system. The prior art discloses a bellows for manually ventilating a patient. The prior art also discloses an albuterol nebulizer that includes a nebulizer and a mask for wearing on a patient. The prior art discloses a nebulizer kit that includes a nebulizer, a pre-measured amount of a liquid medication and a mask for inhaling the nebulized fluid medication. The prior art discloses a portable nebulizer that employs ambient air to nebulize a fluid medication for inhalation.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an oxygen hose and a nebulizer containing a fluid medication. The nebulizer engages the oxygen hose to nebulize the fluid medication into oxygen for delivering outwardly through the outlet. A tee fitting releasably engages the nebulizer to receive the nebulized fluid medication and the oxygen. A mouthpiece is attachable to the tee fitting to receive the nebulized fluid medication and the oxygen for inhalation by a patient. A rifled barrel is attachable to the elbow fitting when the mouthpiece is not attached to the tee fitting to receive the nebulized fluid medication and the oxygen. In this way the rifled barrel enhances delivery to a pediatric patient that may not be capable of inhaling through the mouthpiece.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A tee fitting 24 is included that has an input 26 and a pair of outputs 28 that is each in fluid communication with the input 26. The input 26 engages the outlet 20 of the nebulizer 14 to receive the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen. Each of the outputs 28 is oriented to extend along a line that is oriented perpendicular to a line extending through the input 26. Moreover, the outputs 28 are positioned on opposite ends of the tee fitting 24 from each other. A cap 30 is removably attachable to a respective one of the outputs 28 on the tee fitting 24 for closing the respective output 28. In this way the cap 30 inhibits the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen from passing through the respective output 28.
A pinch mount 32 is provided and the pinch mount 32 includes a ring 34 that is pivotally coupled to a pair of pinchers 36. Each of the pinchers 36 is biased toward each other to grip a support for retaining the pinch mount 32 on the support. The tee fitting 24 is extendable through the ring 34 thereby facilitating the nebulizer 14 and the tee fitting 24 to be mounted to the support. The support may be a child car seat, a bassinette or any other carrier for an infant or toddler.
A mouthpiece 40 is included that is attachable to the tee fitting 24 to receive the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen for inhalation by a patient. The mouthpiece 40 has an input 42 that engages a respective one of the outputs 28 on the tee fitting 24. Additionally, the mouthpiece 40 may be a nebulizer mouthpiece of any conventional design. An elbow fitting 44 is attachable to the tee fitting 24 when the mouthpiece 40 is not coupled to the tee fitting 24 to receive the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen. The elbow fitting 44 has an inlet 46 that is oriented perpendicular to an outlet 48. The inlet 46 of the elbow fitting 44 engages a respective one of the outputs 28 on the tee fitting 24.
A rifled barrel 50 is provided and the rifled barrel 50 is attachable to the elbow fitting 44 when the mouthpiece 40 is not attached to the tee fitting 24 receive the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen. The rifled barrel 50 tapers to a blunt point to increase pressure of the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen with the Venturi effect. Moreover, the rifled barrel 50 is internally rifled to induce rotation into the flow of the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen. In this way the rifled barrel 50 enhances delivery to a pediatric patient that may be not be capable of sucking on the mouthpiece 40. Thus, an infant can be nebulized to treat a breathing emergency.
A storage bag 52 is provided and the oxygen hose 12, the nebulizer 14, the tee fitting 24, the cap 30, the pinch mount 32, the mouthpiece 40, the elbow fitting 44 and the rifled barrel 50 are stored in the storage bag 52. Additionally, the storage bag 52 is colored and structured to match existing oxygen safe storage bags. A ventilator can be coupled to the tee fitting 24 to manually ventilate the patient if the patient is not capable of inhaling on their own. In this way the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen can be delivered to a patient that is in danger of suffocating due to severe allergic reactions or other biological processes that impede breathing.
In use, oxygen hose 12 is coupled to the nebulizer 14 and the nebulizer 14 is coupled to the tee fitting 24. The mouthpiece 40 is coupled to the tee fitting 24 when the patient is old enough to inhale through the mouthpiece 40 without assistance. The rifled barrel 50 is coupled to the tee fitting 24 when the patient is an infant or toddler that cannot inhale through the mouthpiece 40 without assistance. In this way the rifled barrel 50 facilitates an infant to be more effectively nebulized in a breathing emergency as compared to existing nebulizers that are designed for older children and adults. The pinch mount 32 can be attached to the support thereby facilitating the tee fitting 24 and the nebulizer 14 to be mounted to the support. In this way a caregiver does not have to use both hands to administer the nebulized fluid medication 22 and the oxygen.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
