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In medicine, a nebulizer (American English) [1] or nebuliser (British English) [2] is a drug delivery device used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs. Nebulizers are commonly used for the treatment of asthma , cystic fibrosis , COPD and other respiratory diseases or disorders.
USPTO trading card featuring Bird. Forrest Morton Bird (June 9, 1921 – August 2, 2015) was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer.He is best known for having created some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.
After reading a few articles about the history of nebulizers, I got inspired to write and upload a short history chapter for the wikipedia article. In this new chapter, I also chose to mention the pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) that were invented and sold for the first time in March 1956. Eventhough pMDI is not a nebulizer in technical ...
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
The modern-day provisions of the law applied to inventions are laid out in Title 35 of the United States Code (Ch. 950, sec. 1, 66 Stat. 792). From 1836 to 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a total of 7,861,317 patents [7] relating to several well-known inventions appearing throughout the timeline below.
A New York doctor was on a flight back home from Spain when crew members announced mid-flight they needed a physician. A 2-year-old boy with asthma didn't have his medicine because his parents ...
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search; Singer, Charles, and E. Ashworth Underwood. A Short History of Medicine (2nd ed. 1962) Watts, Sheldon. Disease and Medicine in World History (2003), 166pp online Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
1954: March 16, 1954 the ITA is renamed the American Association of Inhalation Therapists (AAIT). 1966: February 1966, the ITA was again renamed the American Association for Inhalation Therapy (still, AAIT). 1956: The AAIT begins publishing a science journal, Inhalation Therapy (now RESPIRATORY CARE).