# US 10,864,345 B1 · Device for directing nebulized vapor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,345 B1 - Document ID: US10864345B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/049,775 - Filed: 2018-07-30 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-23 - Applicants: Justin Michael Rettaliata - Inventors: Justin Michael Rettaliata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864345B1 ## CPC - A61M 16/14: by mixing different fluids, one of them being in a liquid phase - A61M 11/00: Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes (in general B05B; {aerosol containers B65D83/14}) - A61M 11/06: of the injector type - A61M 15/00: Inhalators {(drug delivery in endotracheal tubes A61M16/04)} - A61M 2205/59: Aesthetic features, e.g. distraction means to prevent fears of child patients - A61M 2240/00: Specially adapted for neonatal use - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A device for directing a nebulized mixture includes a receiver, disposed at lower end of the device, to receive a nebulizer, an exhaust port to expel a nebulized mixture from the device, and a passage to transport the nebulized mixture from the nebulizer to the exhaust port. The device has an external shape of a novelty. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for directing a nebulized mixture, comprising: an external shape in the form of a novelty and comprising a body portion and an end portion; an exhaust port in the end portion to expel the nebulized mixture from the device directly into the air; and a series of internal passages, including: a first passage defining a receiving cavity and extending from a base of the body portion to a second passage within the body portion, wherein a central axis of the first passage and a central axis of the second passage are vertically aligned, and wherein a diameter of the first passage is sized and configured to directly mate with a nebulizer, a third passage extending from the second passage to a fourth passage, the third passage having an angular bend which results in the fourth passage having an angle of at least 45 degrees relative to the first and second passages, wherein the fourth passage and the exhaust port are located within the end portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the end portion is a front of the device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the novelty is one of an automobile and an airplane. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein one of the passages comprises: a transition with a smaller diameter than an upstream passage within the device to accelerate with the nebulized mixture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein one of the passages comprises: a section which is a same diameter as an upstream portion of said one of the passages to maintain a velocity of the nebulized mixture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein one of the passages comprises: a section which is a same diameter as an upstream portion of said one of the passages to maintain a velocity of the nebulized mixture. ### Claim 7 A method of directing a nebulized mixture comprising: receiving the nebulized mixture by a device which has an external shape of a novelty and includes a body portion, and an end portion, and a receiving cavity which directly holds a nebulizer; directing the nebulized mixture which has been received by the device through a series of internal passages within the device; and exhausting into the air towards a face of a person the nebulized mixture which has been directed by the device, wherein the device through which the nebulized mixture passes includes: an exhaust port to expel the nebulized mixture from the device directly into the air; and the series of internal passages, including: a first passage defining the receiving cavity and extending from a base of the body portion to a second passage within the body portion, wherein a central axis of the first passage and a central axis of the second passage are vertically aligned, and wherein a diameter of the first passage is sized and configured to directly mate with a nebulizer, a third passage extending from the second passage to a fourth passage, the third passage having an angular bend which results in the fourth passage having an angle of at least 45 degrees relative to the first and second passages, wherein the fourth passage and the exhaust port are located within the end portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the end portion is a front of the device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the novelty is one of an automobile and an airplane. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein one of the passages comprises: a transition with a smaller diameter than an upstream passage within the device to accelerate the nebulized mixture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein one of the passages comprises: a section which is a same diameter as an upstream portion of said one of the passages to maintain a velocity of the nebulized mixture that will be expelled directly into the air. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein one of the passages comprises: a section which is a same diameter as an upstream portion of said one of the passages to maintain a velocity of the nebulized mixture that will be expelled directly into the air. ### Claim 13 A device for directing a nebulized mixture, comprising: an external shape in the form of a novelty and comprising a body portion and an end portion; an exhaust port in the end portion to expel the nebulized mixture from the device directly into the air; and a series of internal passages, including: a first passage defining a receiving cavity and extending from a base of the body portion to a second passage within the body portion, wherein a central axis of the first passage and a central axis of the second passage are vertically aligned, and wherein a diameter of the first passage is greater than a diameter of the second passage, a third passage extending from the second passage to a fourth passage, the third passage having an angular bend which results in the fourth passage having an angle of at least 45 degrees relative to the first and second passages, wherein the fourth passage and the exhaust port are located within the end portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein the end portion is a front of the device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein the novelty is one of an automobile and an airplane. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein one of the passages comprises: a transition with a smaller diameter than an upstream passage within the device to accelerate with the nebulized mixture. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device according to claim 16, wherein one of the passages comprises: a section which is a same diameter as an upstream portion of said one of the passages to maintain a velocity of the nebulized mixture. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The device according to claim 13, wherein one of the passages comprises: a section which is a same diameter as an upstream portion of said one of the passages to maintain a velocity of the nebulized mixture.