Ultrasonic nebulizers vs. eFlow

AnD

New member
I am really not grasping the difference between the eFlow and other ultrasonic nebs, since I got one (Aeroneb Go? from ASL Pharmacy) for my sinus meds. The pharmacist told me that I could use it for my Xopenex when I'm done with my nose meds, just to make sure I wasn't getting too much. I thought this was one of the reasons why the meds (especially the antibiotics) for the eFlow were different than the regular nebs. Do they <i>all </i>do a better job of delivering meds to your lungs, but the particle size is smaller in the eFlow? Or what? Help please, if you can...I'm confused!
 

AnD

New member
I am really not grasping the difference between the eFlow and other ultrasonic nebs, since I got one (Aeroneb Go? from ASL Pharmacy) for my sinus meds. The pharmacist told me that I could use it for my Xopenex when I'm done with my nose meds, just to make sure I wasn't getting too much. I thought this was one of the reasons why the meds (especially the antibiotics) for the eFlow were different than the regular nebs. Do they <i>all </i>do a better job of delivering meds to your lungs, but the particle size is smaller in the eFlow? Or what? Help please, if you can...I'm confused!
 

AnD

New member
I am really not grasping the difference between the eFlow and other ultrasonic nebs, since I got one (Aeroneb Go? from ASL Pharmacy) for my sinus meds. The pharmacist told me that I could use it for my Xopenex when I'm done with my nose meds, just to make sure I wasn't getting too much. I thought this was one of the reasons why the meds (especially the antibiotics) for the eFlow were different than the regular nebs. Do they <i>all </i>do a better job of delivering meds to your lungs, but the particle size is smaller in the eFlow? Or what? Help please, if you can...I'm confused!
 

AnD

New member
I am really not grasping the difference between the eFlow and other ultrasonic nebs, since I got one (Aeroneb Go? from ASL Pharmacy) for my sinus meds. The pharmacist told me that I could use it for my Xopenex when I'm done with my nose meds, just to make sure I wasn't getting too much. I thought this was one of the reasons why the meds (especially the antibiotics) for the eFlow were different than the regular nebs. Do they <i>all </i>do a better job of delivering meds to your lungs, but the particle size is smaller in the eFlow? Or what? Help please, if you can...I'm confused!
 

AnD

New member
I am really not grasping the difference between the eFlow and other ultrasonic nebs, since I got one (Aeroneb Go? from ASL Pharmacy) for my sinus meds. The pharmacist told me that I could use it for my Xopenex when I'm done with my nose meds, just to make sure I wasn't getting too much. I thought this was one of the reasons why the meds (especially the antibiotics) for the eFlow were different than the regular nebs. Do they <i>all </i>do a better job of delivering meds to your lungs, but the particle size is smaller in the eFlow? Or what? Help please, if you can...I'm confused!
 

AnD

New member
Well, this is what I get for thinking I won't get any good, pertinant info from a google search and post first <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> - interesting reading, especially if it wasn't 12am I understood more!lol.

From March, 2006, a comparison of ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh and standard nebs:


<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ersnet.org/ers/show/download.aspx?id_attach=13527 ">nebulizer comparisons</a>
 

AnD

New member
Well, this is what I get for thinking I won't get any good, pertinant info from a google search and post first <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> - interesting reading, especially if it wasn't 12am I understood more!lol.

From March, 2006, a comparison of ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh and standard nebs:


<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ersnet.org/ers/show/download.aspx?id_attach=13527 ">nebulizer comparisons</a>
 

AnD

New member
Well, this is what I get for thinking I won't get any good, pertinant info from a google search and post first <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> - interesting reading, especially if it wasn't 12am I understood more!lol.

From March, 2006, a comparison of ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh and standard nebs:


<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ersnet.org/ers/show/download.aspx?id_attach=13527 ">nebulizer comparisons</a>
 

AnD

New member
Well, this is what I get for thinking I won't get any good, pertinant info from a google search and post first <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> - interesting reading, especially if it wasn't 12am I understood more!lol.

From March, 2006, a comparison of ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh and standard nebs:


<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ersnet.org/ers/show/download.aspx?id_attach=13527 ">nebulizer comparisons</a>
 

AnD

New member
Well, this is what I get for thinking I won't get any good, pertinant info from a google search and post first <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> - interesting reading, especially if it wasn't 12am I understood more!lol.

From March, 2006, a comparison of ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh and standard nebs:


<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ersnet.org/ers/show/download.aspx?id_attach=13527 ">nebulizer comparisons</a>
 
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65rosessamurai

Guest
Yep, some people can't think so clearly at 12 am!
Thanks for posting the neb comparisons...I read through and found this:

Aeroneb Go

1. Uses a Horizontal Mesh
2. The Mesh is 1,000 holes manufactured by electrolysis (kinda like welding)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 100kHz
4. There is no recommendation for cleaning the mesh, other than using liquid soap and cleaning it yourself (meaning you have to disassemble it, first)
5. It DOES NOT use a valve, so the medicine flow is continuous (important for comparison with eFlow)

eFlow

1. Uses a Vertical Mesh
2. The Mesh has 4,000 holes which are drilled by a laser (thus expensive!)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 116kHz
4. It uses a (one-way) valve which expells the drug when the patient inhales, and closes the valve when the patient is exhaling, which cuts down on the drug being released in the ambient air.

As for the difference between Ultrasonic and the conventional nebulizers, I think you understand that, but for those who see this and may not know, the conventional nebulizers use an air compressor to turn the medicine into a mist, while the Ultrasonic nebulizers use a high frequency to basically "Vibrate" the medicine into a mist.
Hope that answered your question, or at least agreed to what you may had found out!!!
 
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65rosessamurai

Guest
Yep, some people can't think so clearly at 12 am!
Thanks for posting the neb comparisons...I read through and found this:

Aeroneb Go

1. Uses a Horizontal Mesh
2. The Mesh is 1,000 holes manufactured by electrolysis (kinda like welding)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 100kHz
4. There is no recommendation for cleaning the mesh, other than using liquid soap and cleaning it yourself (meaning you have to disassemble it, first)
5. It DOES NOT use a valve, so the medicine flow is continuous (important for comparison with eFlow)

eFlow

1. Uses a Vertical Mesh
2. The Mesh has 4,000 holes which are drilled by a laser (thus expensive!)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 116kHz
4. It uses a (one-way) valve which expells the drug when the patient inhales, and closes the valve when the patient is exhaling, which cuts down on the drug being released in the ambient air.

As for the difference between Ultrasonic and the conventional nebulizers, I think you understand that, but for those who see this and may not know, the conventional nebulizers use an air compressor to turn the medicine into a mist, while the Ultrasonic nebulizers use a high frequency to basically "Vibrate" the medicine into a mist.
Hope that answered your question, or at least agreed to what you may had found out!!!
 
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65rosessamurai

Guest
Yep, some people can't think so clearly at 12 am!
Thanks for posting the neb comparisons...I read through and found this:

Aeroneb Go

1. Uses a Horizontal Mesh
2. The Mesh is 1,000 holes manufactured by electrolysis (kinda like welding)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 100kHz
4. There is no recommendation for cleaning the mesh, other than using liquid soap and cleaning it yourself (meaning you have to disassemble it, first)
5. It DOES NOT use a valve, so the medicine flow is continuous (important for comparison with eFlow)

eFlow

1. Uses a Vertical Mesh
2. The Mesh has 4,000 holes which are drilled by a laser (thus expensive!)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 116kHz
4. It uses a (one-way) valve which expells the drug when the patient inhales, and closes the valve when the patient is exhaling, which cuts down on the drug being released in the ambient air.

As for the difference between Ultrasonic and the conventional nebulizers, I think you understand that, but for those who see this and may not know, the conventional nebulizers use an air compressor to turn the medicine into a mist, while the Ultrasonic nebulizers use a high frequency to basically "Vibrate" the medicine into a mist.
Hope that answered your question, or at least agreed to what you may had found out!!!
 
6

65rosessamurai

Guest
Yep, some people can't think so clearly at 12 am!
Thanks for posting the neb comparisons...I read through and found this:

Aeroneb Go

1. Uses a Horizontal Mesh
2. The Mesh is 1,000 holes manufactured by electrolysis (kinda like welding)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 100kHz
4. There is no recommendation for cleaning the mesh, other than using liquid soap and cleaning it yourself (meaning you have to disassemble it, first)
5. It DOES NOT use a valve, so the medicine flow is continuous (important for comparison with eFlow)

eFlow

1. Uses a Vertical Mesh
2. The Mesh has 4,000 holes which are drilled by a laser (thus expensive!)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 116kHz
4. It uses a (one-way) valve which expells the drug when the patient inhales, and closes the valve when the patient is exhaling, which cuts down on the drug being released in the ambient air.

As for the difference between Ultrasonic and the conventional nebulizers, I think you understand that, but for those who see this and may not know, the conventional nebulizers use an air compressor to turn the medicine into a mist, while the Ultrasonic nebulizers use a high frequency to basically "Vibrate" the medicine into a mist.
Hope that answered your question, or at least agreed to what you may had found out!!!
 
6

65rosessamurai

Guest
Yep, some people can't think so clearly at 12 am!
Thanks for posting the neb comparisons...I read through and found this:

Aeroneb Go

1. Uses a Horizontal Mesh
2. The Mesh is 1,000 holes manufactured by electrolysis (kinda like welding)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 100kHz
4. There is no recommendation for cleaning the mesh, other than using liquid soap and cleaning it yourself (meaning you have to disassemble it, first)
5. It DOES NOT use a valve, so the medicine flow is continuous (important for comparison with eFlow)

eFlow

1. Uses a Vertical Mesh
2. The Mesh has 4,000 holes which are drilled by a laser (thus expensive!)
3. Ultrasonic Frequency is at 116kHz
4. It uses a (one-way) valve which expells the drug when the patient inhales, and closes the valve when the patient is exhaling, which cuts down on the drug being released in the ambient air.

As for the difference between Ultrasonic and the conventional nebulizers, I think you understand that, but for those who see this and may not know, the conventional nebulizers use an air compressor to turn the medicine into a mist, while the Ultrasonic nebulizers use a high frequency to basically "Vibrate" the medicine into a mist.
Hope that answered your question, or at least agreed to what you may had found out!!!
 

AnD

New member
Thanks Fred! That does sort out the important stuff - I was having trouble putting it "in a nutshell" like that to compare- that fixes it for me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I do remember it saying that the eFlow is considerably faster, and that the other types of nebulizers (ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh) had a medicine delivery time comparable to the Pari neb cups, so that is one thing I managed to hang on to in my tired little brain <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . I also found out that the Aeroneb Go has a battery pack-will be putting in a call back to the pharmacy for that, and to find out if the neb has to be replaced after a year of use, or a year after the first use...

Also, that with the others, they (the whole thing) have to be replaced after a year, and the eFlow has to have the mesh replaced every 6 months..

Oh, and my directions for doing the nose neb say to be sure not to exhale back into the neb, so you don't lose too much medicine- kinda leaves out doing that one while in chat- one handed typing is way too slow, lol.
 

AnD

New member
Thanks Fred! That does sort out the important stuff - I was having trouble putting it "in a nutshell" like that to compare- that fixes it for me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I do remember it saying that the eFlow is considerably faster, and that the other types of nebulizers (ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh) had a medicine delivery time comparable to the Pari neb cups, so that is one thing I managed to hang on to in my tired little brain <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . I also found out that the Aeroneb Go has a battery pack-will be putting in a call back to the pharmacy for that, and to find out if the neb has to be replaced after a year of use, or a year after the first use...

Also, that with the others, they (the whole thing) have to be replaced after a year, and the eFlow has to have the mesh replaced every 6 months..

Oh, and my directions for doing the nose neb say to be sure not to exhale back into the neb, so you don't lose too much medicine- kinda leaves out doing that one while in chat- one handed typing is way too slow, lol.
 

AnD

New member
Thanks Fred! That does sort out the important stuff - I was having trouble putting it "in a nutshell" like that to compare- that fixes it for me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I do remember it saying that the eFlow is considerably faster, and that the other types of nebulizers (ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh) had a medicine delivery time comparable to the Pari neb cups, so that is one thing I managed to hang on to in my tired little brain <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . I also found out that the Aeroneb Go has a battery pack-will be putting in a call back to the pharmacy for that, and to find out if the neb has to be replaced after a year of use, or a year after the first use...

Also, that with the others, they (the whole thing) have to be replaced after a year, and the eFlow has to have the mesh replaced every 6 months..

Oh, and my directions for doing the nose neb say to be sure not to exhale back into the neb, so you don't lose too much medicine- kinda leaves out doing that one while in chat- one handed typing is way too slow, lol.
 

AnD

New member
Thanks Fred! That does sort out the important stuff - I was having trouble putting it "in a nutshell" like that to compare- that fixes it for me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I do remember it saying that the eFlow is considerably faster, and that the other types of nebulizers (ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh) had a medicine delivery time comparable to the Pari neb cups, so that is one thing I managed to hang on to in my tired little brain <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . I also found out that the Aeroneb Go has a battery pack-will be putting in a call back to the pharmacy for that, and to find out if the neb has to be replaced after a year of use, or a year after the first use...

Also, that with the others, they (the whole thing) have to be replaced after a year, and the eFlow has to have the mesh replaced every 6 months..

Oh, and my directions for doing the nose neb say to be sure not to exhale back into the neb, so you don't lose too much medicine- kinda leaves out doing that one while in chat- one handed typing is way too slow, lol.
 

AnD

New member
Thanks Fred! That does sort out the important stuff - I was having trouble putting it "in a nutshell" like that to compare- that fixes it for me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I do remember it saying that the eFlow is considerably faster, and that the other types of nebulizers (ultrasonic, ultrasonic mesh) had a medicine delivery time comparable to the Pari neb cups, so that is one thing I managed to hang on to in my tired little brain <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . I also found out that the Aeroneb Go has a battery pack-will be putting in a call back to the pharmacy for that, and to find out if the neb has to be replaced after a year of use, or a year after the first use...

Also, that with the others, they (the whole thing) have to be replaced after a year, and the eFlow has to have the mesh replaced every 6 months..

Oh, and my directions for doing the nose neb say to be sure not to exhale back into the neb, so you don't lose too much medicine- kinda leaves out doing that one while in chat- one handed typing is way too slow, lol.
 
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