Not Just for Asthma

Until now, top quality inhalers have translated to sky-high prices. Solomon’s goal was to produce an inhaler for only a fraction of the price. A tiny breath-activated turbine inside the inhaler beats at a mesh packet with sieve-like holes, which contains the drug particles. This activity releases all the particles into the air, which conveys the medication directly into the lungs. Because the turbine is activated via breathing, no expensive electrical additions are necessary as they are in other inhalers.

The Aespironics inhaler could replace injections, which would make life much easier for Type I diabetics, who need regular injected doses of insulin. Currently, only top of the line dry powder inhalers deliver medication efficiently into the lungs; more commonly used inhalers leave drug particles clinging inside the oral cavity, making it difficult to calculate accurate dosage.

If all goes well, the product could be out on the market in three years. Solomon explains, “We’re a package for a drug. The drug company gets the package, puts the drug inside it, and the product is theirs.”

For more information: 972-8-646-2722, ext.122 info@aespira.com; www.aespira.com Excerpts from an article by Ilana Teitelbaum www.israel21c.org