FIELD: medical engineering.
SUBSTANCE: set of inventions relates to medical engineering, in particular to two variants of an aerosol inhaler, a control device for an aerosol inhaler, a method for controlling an aerosol inhaler and a computer-readable data carrier. In the first variant the aerosol inhaler comprises a first sensor which is capable of giving one of the values relating to the electrical load resistance value and an electrical resistance value. The load is capable of heating the aerosol source and has an interconnection between the temperature and the electrical resistance value. The inhaler comprises a second sensor which is capable of issuing a temperature. The inhaler comprises a control unit capable of calculating the load temperature and/or evaluating whether the aerosol source has been consumed, by the output value of the first sensor and the output value of the second sensor prior to providing the power to the load to form the aerosol and by the output value of the first sensor after the start of providing power to the load to form the aerosol. In the second variant the aerosol inhaler comprises a first unit containing a load which is capable of heating the aerosol source and is interconnected between the temperature and the electrical resistance value. The inhaler has a second unit comprising a temperature sensor and a control unit which is disconnectable from the first unit. The control unit is designed in such a way that it is possible to obtain the output value of a temperature sensor in the form of a current load temperature prior to providing power to the load to form the aerosol. The control device comprises a control unit capable of calculating the load temperature and/or evaluating whether the aerosol source has been consumed, by the output value of the first sensor and the output value of the second sensor prior to providing power to the load to form the aerosol and by the output value of the first sensor after the start of providing power to the load to form the aerosol. The method for controlling an aerosol inhaler comprises the following steps: a first value which is the output value of the first sensor and a second value which is the output value of the second sensor are obtained prior to providing power to the load to form the aerosol. Then the third value which is the output value of the first sensor is obtained after the start of providing power to the load to form the aerosol. The load temperature is then calculated and/or an evaluation is made whether the aerosol source has been consumed by the first value, the second value and the third value. The inventive computer-readable data carrier comprises a programme which is developed in such a way so as to enable the processor to perform a control method.
EFFECT: technical result consists in obtaining an accurate temperature of heating the aerosol inhaler and an accurate estimation of the residual quantity of the aerosol source.
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