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US 11,229,754 B2Granted
Nebulizer and reservoir
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
InventorsJoachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Alfred Von Schuckmann
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Abstract
A nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid and a reservoir with a fluid are proposed. The reservoir includes a collapsible bag with the fluid, where the bag extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part and wherein the reservoir is manually rotated for tensioning the nebulizer.
Claims53
A reservoir (3) for a nebulizer (1), the reservoir (3) comprising:
- a collapsible bag (4) with multiple doses of a fluid (2) to be nebulized, and
- a housing part (7) containing the collapsible bag (4),
- wherein the collapsible bag (4) extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part (7) and/or is curved around a central axis (R) of the reservoir (3), and/or
- wherein the reservoir (3) comprises a flexible fluid connection (5) and a connector (6) for fluidically connecting the collapsible bag (4) to the nebulizer (1).
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A nebulizer (1) for a fluid (2), comprising:
- a reservoir (3) containing multiple doses of the fluid (2), and
- a fluid pump (8) for withdrawing a dose of the fluid (2) from the reservoir (3) and pressurizing the respective dose for nebulization,
- wherein the reservoir (3) comprises:
- a tank or bag (4) with multiple doses of a fluid (2) to be nebulized, and
- a housing part (7) containing the tank or bag (4),
- wherein the tank or bag (4) extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part (7) and/or is curved around a central axis (R) of the reservoir (3), and/or
- wherein the reservoir (3) comprises a flexible fluid connection (5) and a connector (6) for fluidically connecting the tank or bag (4) to the nebulizer (1).
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A nebulizer (1) for a fluid (2), comprising:
- a reservoir (3) containing multiple doses of the fluid (2), wherein the reservoir (3) comprises:
- a tank or bag (4) with multiple doses of a fluid (2) to be nebulized, and
- a housing part (7) containing the tank or bag (4),
- wherein the tank or bag (4) extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part (7) and/or is curved around a central axis (R) of the reservoir (3), and/or
- wherein the reservoir (3) comprises a flexible fluid connection (5) and a connector (6) for fluidically connecting the tank or bag (4) to the nebulizer (1);
- and
- a fluid pump (8) for withdrawing a dose of the fluid (2) from the reservoir (3) and pressurizing the respective dose for nebulization,
- wherein the reservoir (3) or a tank or bag (4) thereof is arranged at least partially around an energy store or drive of the nebulizer (1) for driving the fluid pump (8) and/or at least partially around the fluid pump (8) or its pump or pressure chamber (11).
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A nebulizer (1) for a fluid (2), comprising:
- a reservoir (3) containing multiple doses of the fluid (2), wherein the reservoir (3) comprises:
- a collapsible bag (4) with multiple doses of a fluid (2) to be nebulized, and
- a housing part (7) containing the collapsible bag (4),
- wherein the collapsible bag (4) extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part (7) and/or is curved around a central axis (R) of the reservoir (3), and/or
- that the reservoir (3) comprises a flexible fluid connection (5) and a connector (6) for fluidically connecting the collapsible bag (4) to the nebulizer (1);
- and
- a fluid pump (8) for withdrawing a dose of the fluid (2) from the reservoir (3) and pressurizing the respective dose for nebulization,
- characterized in that the fluid pump (8) comprises a reciprocating conveying element (9), wherein the reservoir (3) is held non-reciprocating by the nebulizer (1) and fluidically connected or connectable via a preferably flexible fluid connection (5) with the conveying element (9).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.