Patents by Inventor Martin J. Telko

Martin J. Telko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dry powder aerosol generator
    Patent number: 8205612
    Abstract: Dry powder aerosol generators and related methods are provided. The dry powder aerosol generator includes a dispersion chamber having an internal cavity therein capable of receiving a dry powdered drug. The dispersion chamber includes a dosing port defined therein that is in fluid communication with the internal cavity. A dosing chamber for receiving a test subject is attachable to the dosing port, such that, when an airflow is created within the internal cavity, any dry powdered drug contained therein may fluidize and travel into the dosing chamber to provide opportunity for inhalation of the dry powdered drug by a test subject contained within the dosing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    Inventors: Anthony J. Hickey, Hugh D. C. Smyth, Martin J. Telko
  • Dry powder aerosol generator
    Publication number: 20080223364
    Abstract: Dry powder aerosol generators and related methods are provided. The dry powder aerosol generator includes a dispersion chamber having an internal cavity therein capable of receiving a dry powdered drug. The dispersion chamber includes a dosing port defined therein that is in fluid communication with the internal cavity. A dosing chamber for receiving a test subject is attachable to the dosing port, such that, when an airflow is created within the internal cavity, any dry powdered drug contained therein may fluidize and travel into the dosing chamber to provide opportunity for inhalation of the dry powdered drug by a test subject contained within the dosing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony J. Hickey, Hugh D. C. Smyth, Martin J. Telko