Patents Assigned to ST.UNM
  • Methods and systems for dosing and coating inhalation powders onto carrier particles
    Patent number: 8962063
    Abstract: A method of method of coating powdered medical agent onto a carrier particle for use in a dry powder inhaler may include applying ultrasonic energy to agglomerated powdered medical agent to deaggregate and aerosolize particles of the medical agent into particles having a desired average particle size, and coating at least one carrier particle with a desired amount of the deaggregated and aerosolized particles of the medical agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ST.UNM
    Inventors: Hugh D. C. Smyth, Martin J. Donovan