OUTPATIENT MDI MEDICATION DISPENSER WITH FEEDBACK

使用计量吸入器(MDI)包装的药物很普遍 用于治疗肺部疾病，尤其是哮喘。MDI药物 在应用的重复性方面存在固有问题。间隔符和 其他改装的包裹也试图改善递送，但 使用起来不方便。 我们建议将生物反馈训练原理应用到一个小的 点胶装置比目前的MDI塑料点胶机大不了多少。 该设备的新功能将确保药物一直 正确理解，患者意识到他们的表现，而且 此信息在其内部记录有日期和时间戳 记忆。 一种称为MDI计时仪(以前称为雾化器)的现有设备 Chronolog)，由Foreront Engineering的附属公司Forefront销售 技术，以MEDTRAC的名义将是设计的基础 它将增加气流感应、剂量感应、音频和视觉 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，可用于不同的训练 算法。自动记录患者的表现将有助于 首次允许门诊MDI监测。反馈和评分是 预计将提高MDI药物的治疗效益。

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.