US2006021617A1PendingUtilityA1

Drug delivery device for animals

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jul 14, 2000Filed: Sep 27, 2005Published: Feb 2, 2006
Est. expiryJul 14, 2020(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Andrew Hoffman
A61M 15/009A61M 15/0016A61M 15/0023A61M 2205/0233A61M 15/0086A61D 7/04
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Abstract

The invention features a drug delivery device which contains a cup-shaped body for enclosing a single external nare of a mammal but does not extend into the nostril of the mammal. The device is used in methods to treat pulmonary diseases. e.g., exercise intolerance, cough, and asthma-like attacks in horses and other animals.

Claims

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1 . A drug delivery device for a mammal comprising a cup-shaped body for enclosing one external nare, wherein said device does not extend into the nostril of said mammal.  
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said device does not enclose a second external nare of said mammal.  
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said device does not enclose the mouth of said mammal.  
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said device comprises a patient-actuated inhalation valve.  
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein said valve is unidirectional.  
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said mammal is selected from the group consisting of a horse, a cow, a sheep, and a goat.  
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said mammal is a horse.  
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said cup-shaped body comprises a flexible interface for contacting the face said mammal.  
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said interface is angled.  
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said interface is straight.  
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said device comprises a spacer holding chamber, said chamber being in communication with said cup-shaped body.  
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein said chamber comprises a lumen for receiving a therapeutic agent.  
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein said lumen is adapted to receive an aerosol container.  
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein said aerosol container is a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) cannister.  
     
     
         15 . A method for preventing or treating a respiratory condition of a mammal, comprising contacting one nare of said mammal with the device of  claim 1  and delivering an effective dose of a therapeutic composition through said device in a single inhaled breath of said mammal.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said mammal is selected from the group consisting of a horse, a cow, a sheep, and a goat.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said mammal is a horse.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said therapeutic composition is administered in the form of a plume of aerosolized particles.  
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the size of said particles does not exceed 10 microns.  
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the size of said particles is in the range of 3-5 microns.  
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said therapeutic composition is administered in the form of a dry powder.

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