What is claimed is:
1. An aerosol enhancement device, comprising:
a mouthpiece;
a spacer member fluidly attached to said mouthpiece, said spacer member having interior walls which define an interior volume, said interior volume comprising a mixing chamber;
an inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving a medicated aerosol from an exterior source into said mixing chamber; and
an air inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving air into said air passage;
wherein the mixing chamber is generally octagonal in configuration.
2. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 1, and further comprising an exhaust port in said mouthpiece.
3. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 2, and further comprising a one-way valve in said exhaust port.
4. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 3, wherein said one-way valve comprises a flap valve.
5. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 2, and further comprising an exhalation filter in said exhaust port.
6. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 1, and further comprising a one-way valve disposed in said air inlet port.
7. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 1, and further comprising an adapter disposed in said medicated aerosol inlet port, said adapter comprising a universal fitting which is capable of attaching said spacer member to either a nebulizer or a metered dose inhaler (MDI).
8. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 7, wherein said adapter is reversible, being disposable in a first orientation for attachment of said spacer member to a nebulizer, and being disposable in a second orientation for attachment of said spacer member to an MDI.
9. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 1, wherein the medicated aerosol inlet port and the air inlet port are interchangeable.
10. An aerosol enhancement device, comprising:
a mouthpiece;
a spacer member fluidly attached to said mouthpiece via a mouthpiece port, said spacer member having an outer body which defines an interior volume;
an inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving a medicated aerosol from an exterior source into said interior volume; and
an adapter associated with said medicated aerosol inlet port, said adapter comprising a universal fitting which is capable of attaching said spacer member to either a nebulizer or a metered dose inhaler (MDI).
11. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 10, wherein said adapter is reversible, being disposable in a first orientation for attachment of said spacer member to a nebulizer, and being disposable in a second orientation for attachment of said spacer member to an MDI.
12. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 11, wherein said adapter comprises a first rigid connector end and a second flexible connector end, said first rigid connector end being adapted for attachment to a nebulizer and said second flexible connector end being adapted for attachment to an MDI.
13. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 12, said adapter further comprising a flange portion for engaging said adapter with said spacer member.
14. An aerosol enhancement device, comprising:
a mouthpiece having a first port for fluid communication with a patient’s mouth, a second port which is open to atmosphere, and a third port, wherein an airway fluidly communicates with each of said first, second, and third ports;
a medication dispenser attached to said third port; and
a one-way flap valve disposed in said second port, said one-way flap valve including a valve seat for receiving said flap valve and preventing the flap valve from entering said airway.
15. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 14, wherein said valve seat comprises a grid structure.
16. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 15, and further comprising a pin for attaching said flap valve to said valve seat at one end thereof.
17. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 15, and further comprising an exhalation filter disposed in said third port.
18. The aerosol enhancement device as recited in claim 15, wherein said flap valve is fabricated of a pliable plastic material.
19. A spacer member usable with a mouthpiece, for dispensing medicated aerosol to a patient, said spacer member comprising:
an outer body which defines an interior volume, said interior volume comprising a mixing chamber;
an inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving a medicated aerosol from an exterior source into said mixing chamber;
an air inlet port disposed in said spacer member for receiving air into said mixing chamber; and
an outlet port for dispensing a mixture of said medicated aerosol and inlet air from said mixing chamber into said mouthpiece; and
a one-way valve disposed in said air inlet port.
20. The spacer member as recited in claim 19, wherein said exterior source of medicated aerosol comprises a nebulizer and said air inlet port is opposed to said outlet port, so that air entering said mixing chamber flows axially through said mixing chamber to said outlet port, said medicated aerosol inlet port being transversely oriented relative to said air inlet port and said outlet port, so that medicated aerosol entering said mixing chamber is entrained in the air flowing from said air inlet port to said outlet port.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
receiving first absolute geographic location data from each of two or more first wireless access points in a wireless network, the first absolute geographic location data from each first wireless access point indicating an absolute geographic location of the first wireless access point;
receiving relative geographic location data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or one or more second wireless access points in the wireless network, the relative geographic location data indicating a relative location of each of one or more of the first wireless access points and the second wireless access points with respect to each other;
determining second absolute geographic location data indicating an absolute geographic location of each of one or more of the second wireless access points based on the first absolute geographic location data and the relative geographic location data;
receiving antenna orientation data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or the second wireless access points, the antenna orientation data indicating orientation of one or more antennae of the first or second wireless access point; and
generating a radio frequency (RF) model representing RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points based at least in part on the first absolute geographic location data, the second absolute geographic location data, and the antenna orientation data.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative geographic location data comprises signal data that indicates received signal strength of signals transmitted by one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative geographic location data comprises signal data that indicates times of arrival of wireless frames carried in signals transmitted by one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first absolute geographic location data is determined using global positioning system (GPS) technology.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the relative geographic location data is generated by causing a desired set of the wireless access points in the plurality of wireless access points to switch to a first operating channel, to transmit at least one wireless frame, and to detect an attribute of the signals transmitted by other wireless access points in the desired set.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating the RF model to a module that automatically determines at least one configuration parameter for the wireless network based at least in part on the RF model.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points is a collective RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the first absolute geographic location data based on the relative geographic location data.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a visualization of the RF coverage based on the RF model for presentation to a user, the visualization indicating at least the absolute geographic location of each of one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the antenna orientation data specifies one or more of an elevation pattern, an azimuth pattern, or a magnetic declination.
11. The method of claim 1:
further comprising receiving antenna attribute data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or the second wireless access points, the antenna attribute data indicating one or more attributes of an antenna of the associated wireless access point;
wherein generation of the RF model is further based on the antenna attribute data.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the antenna attribute data specifies one or more of antenna gain, antenna type, antenna make, antenna model number, or antenna part number.
13. An apparatus comprising:
a network interface;
at least one processor;
a memory; and
a configuration application, physically stored in the memory, comprising instructions operable to cause the processor and the network interface to
receive first absolute geographic location data from each of two or more first wireless access points in a wireless network, the first absolute geographic location data from each first wireless access point indicating an absolute geographic location of the first wireless access point;
receive relative geographic location data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or one or more second wireless access points in the wireless network, the relative geographic location data indicating a relative location of each of one or more of the first wireless access points and the second wireless access points with respect to each other;
determine second absolute geographic location data indicating an absolute geographic location of each of one or more of the second wireless access points based on the first absolute geographic location data and the relative geographic location data;
receive antenna orientation data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or the second wireless access points, the antenna orientation data indicating orientation of one or more antennae of the first or second wireless access point; and
generate a radio frequency (RF) model representing RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points based at least in part on the first absolute geographic location data, the second absolute geographic location data, and the antenna orientation data.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the relative geographic location data comprises signal data that indicates received signal strength of signals transmitted by one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the relative geographic location data comprises signal data that indicates times of arrival of wireless frames carried in signals transmitted by one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first absolute geographic location data is determined using global positioning system (GPS) technology.
17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the relative geographic location data is generated by causing a desired set of the wireless access points in the plurality of wireless access points to switch to a first operating channel, to transmit at least one wireless frame, and to detect an attribute of the signals transmitted by other wireless access points in the desired set.
18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the configuration application further comprises instructions operable to cause the processor and the network interface to communicate the RF model to a module that automatically determines at least one configuration parameter for the wireless network based at least in part on the absolute geographic locations of the wireless access points.
19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points is a collective RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the configuration application further comprises instructions operable to cause the processor and the network interface to update the first absolute geographic location data based on the relative geographic location data.
21. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the configuration application further comprises instructions operable to cause the processor and the network interface to generate a visualization of the RF coverage based on the RF model for presentation to a user, the visualization indicating at least the absolute geographic location of each of one or more of the first or second wireless access points.
22. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the antenna orientation data specifies one or more of an elevation pattern, an azimuth pattern, or a magnetic declination.
23. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein:
the configuration application further comprises instructions operable to cause the processor and the network interface to receive antenna attribute data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or the second wireless access points, the antenna attribute data indicating one or more attributes of an antenna of the associated wireless access point; and
generation of the RF model is further based on the antenna attribute data.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the antenna attribute data specifies one or more of antenna gain, antenna type, antenna make, antenna model number, or antenna part number.
25. An apparatus comprising:
means for receiving first absolute geographic location data from each of two or more first wireless access points in a wireless network, the first absolute geographic location data from each first wireless access point indicating an absolute geographic location of the first wireless access point;
means for receiving relative geographic location data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or one or more second wireless access points in the wireless network, the relative geographic location data indicating a relative location of each of one or more of the first wireless access points and the second wireless access points with respect to each other;
means for determining second absolute geographic location data indicating an absolute geographic location of each of one or more of the second wireless access points based on the first absolute geographic location data and the relative geographic location data;
means for receiving antenna orientation data from each of one or more of the first wireless access points or the second wireless access points, the antenna orientation data indicating orientation of one or more antennae of the first or second wireless access point; and
means for generating a radio frequency (RF) model representing RF coverage of one or more of the first or second wireless access points based at least in part on the first absolute geographic location data, the second absolute geographic location data, and the antenna orientation data.