OUTPATIENT MDI MEDICATION DISPENSER WITH FEEDBACK

使用定量吸入器（MDI）包装的药物是普遍的 治疗肺部疾病，特别是哮喘。MDI药物 具有应用的可重复性的固有问题。间隔物和 其它改进的包装试图改进递送， 使用不方便。 我们建议将生物反馈训练原理应用到一个小型的 这是一种比目前的MDI塑料分配器大不了多少的分配装置。 该设备的新功能将确保药物已经 正确地采取，病人知道他们的表现， 此信息在其内部记录有日期和时间戳 记忆 称为MDI计时器（以前称为雾化器）的现有设备 Chronolog），由Forefront Engineering的子公司Forefront出售 技术，在名称MEDTRAC下将是设计的基础， 将增加气流感应、剂量感应、音频和视频 反馈以及有用的显示，例如罐中的剩余剂量。 该设备将是可编程的，可以改变训练方式 算法自动记录患者表现将用于 首次允许门诊MDI监测。反馈和评分是 预期可改善MDI药物的治疗获益。

The use of Metered Dose Inhalers (MDI) packaged medication are prevalent in the treatment of lung diseases particularly Asthma. MDI medications have inherent problems with repeatability of application. Spacers and other modified packages have attempted to improve the delivery but are inconvenient to use. We propose to apply biofeedback training principles into a small dispensing device not much larger than the current MDI plastic dispensers. Novel features of the device will insure that the medication has been taken correctly, that the patient is aware of their performance, and that this information is logged with date and time stamp in its internal memory. An existing device known as the MDI chronolog (formerly Nebulizer Chronolog), being sold by Forefront Engineering's affiliate, Forefront Technology, under the name MEDTRAC will be the basis for the design to which will be added airflow sensing, dosage sensing, audio and visual feedback as well as useful displays such as remaining doses in canister. The device will be programmable, lending itself to varying the training algorithms. The automatic recording of patient performance will for the first time allow outpatient MDI monitoring. The feedback and scoring is expected to improve the therapeutic benefit of MDI medications.