Patents Assigned to Medix Limited
  • Nebuliser and nebuliser control system
    Patent number: 5551416
    Abstract: A nebulizer for use in administering a medicament to a patient undergoing treatment for example, comprises an ultrasonic piezo-electric transducer (60) and a transducer drive system (D) which is caused to drive said transducer at or near its anti-resonant frequency. There is also provided means to optimize nebulized fluid particle size and transfer to the patients lungs for example, by operating at an anti-resonant frequency in the range of 1.36 to 1.56 MHz and having a single outlet baffle and relatively short outlet tube (24) arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Medix Limited
    Inventors: Philip G. Stimpson, Andrew D. Hopkins