Inventors:
David N. Ku - Decatur GA, US
Larry J. Anderson - Atlanta GA, US
Prem A. Midha - Rolla MO, US
Harris L. Bergman - Atlanta GA, US
Tamera Scholz - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:
A61B 10/00
Abstract:
A device for collecting material from lung aerosols. The device functions by collecting aerosols from the lower airway separated from material in the by collecting air from the upper airway in a chamber that when full causes the remaining exhaled aerosols from the lungs to be captured by a filter. The filter collects sample of material from the separated lung aerosols.