Inventors:
Charles Eric HUNTER - Boone NC, US
Jurgen Klaus Vollrath - Indian Trail NC, US
Arthur H. Tew - Pinehurst NC, US
Joshua Richard Brown - Hickory NC, US
James Thornhill Leath - Burlington NC, US
Nathan R. Faulks - Boone NC, US
Bradley G. Johnson - Boone NC, US
J. Sid Clements - Boone NC, US
Phillip E. Russell - Boone NC, US
John H. Hebrank - Durham NC, US
Tsontcho Ianchulev - San Mateo CA, US
Mark Packer - Eugene OR, US
Troy Elliott - Raleigh NC, US
Walter M. Fierson - Arcadia CA, US
Thomas J. Lindner - Corvallis OR, US
Assignee:
Corinthian Ophthalmic, Inc. - Boone NC
International Classification:
A61M 35/00, A61F 9/00
Abstract:
A method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use and a device for droplet ejection includes a fluid delivery system capable of delivering a defined volume of the fluid in the form of droplets having properties that afford adequate and repeatable high percentage deposition upon application. The method and device include a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, an ejector mechanism configured to eject a stream of droplets having an average ejected droplet diameter greater than 15 microns, the stream of droplets having low entrained airflow such that the stream of droplets deposit on the eye of the subject during use.