Victor Lester

US Patent:

42840830, Aug 18, 1981

Filed:

May 29, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/042862

Inventors:

Victor E. Lester - Sonora CA

International Classification:

A61B 508

US Classification:

128725

Abstract:

An inhalation device for indicating inhalation flow rate and the passage of time between inhalations, including a vertical cylindrical chamber having a lower first closed end with a first one-way valve for allowing gas flow into said chamber, an upper second closed end, an outlet proximate said upper closed end for inhalation, the interior surface of the sidewalls of said chamber defining an inside horizontal cross sectional area substantially constant from said first closed end to an area intermediate said first closed end and said second closed end, said chamber sidewalls further defining a gradually increasing horizontal cross sectional area from said intermediate area to said second closed end. Disposed vertically within said vertical chamber and concentrically aligned therewith is a tubular member with a plurality of openings proximate said upper closed end, said tubular member being in communication with an inhalation exhalation outlet and a second one-way valve for exhalation. Said device further includes a horizontal indicator disc disposed within said chamber having a horizontal cross sectional area slightly less than said substantially constant horizontal cross sectional area of said chamber, said indicator disc guided vertically within said chamber by means of said tubular member.

US Patent:

RE336424, Jul 23, 1991

Filed:

Oct 13, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/257197

Inventors:

Victor E. Lester - Sonora CA

Assignee:

Hudson Oxygen Therapy Sales Company - Temecula CA

International Classification:

A61M 1600

US Classification:

12820021

Abstract:

A nebulizer in which the feed to the spray nozzle is through a narrow space between the flat bottom of the liquid reservoir and a flange fixed to the bottom of the spray nozzle, where the space is narrow enough to draw liquid toward the spray nozzle by capillary action and aspiration at any orientation of the nebulizer between vertical and horizontal.

US Patent:

43334504, Jun 8, 1982

Filed:

Apr 11, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/139259

Inventors:

Victor E. Lester - Sonora CA

International Classification:

A61M 1100

US Classification:

12820014

Abstract:

A disposable nebulizer-manifold device which produces aerosol includes a manifold body and a nebulizer unit having a nozzle assembly. The manifold body includes a main supply inlet, exhalation outlet, and a patient connector port. Within the manifold body is a diaphragm assembly which controls the exhalation port.

US Patent:

45123411, Apr 23, 1985

Filed:

Nov 22, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/443473

Inventors:

Victor E. Lester - Jamestown CA

International Classification:

A61M 1600

US Classification:

12820021

Abstract:

A nebulizer in which the feed to the spray nozzle is through a narrow space between the flat bottom of the liquid reservoir and a flange fixed to the bottom of the spray nozzle, where the space is narrow enough to draw liquid toward the spray nozzle by capillary action and aspiration at any orientation of the nebulizer between vertical and horizontal.