Device for vaporizing liquid for inhalation
AssigneeGht Global Heating Technologies AG
InventorsJeffrey Poston, Lawrence Weber, Giampaolo Vacca, Pavlo Bagriy
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Abstract
A device atomizes or vaporizes a liquid for inhalation. A housing has a proximal exit orifice that communicates with an intake orifice. A housing encompasses a reservoir containing a liquid. A wick has a first end in contact with the liquid and a second end that is exposed at an opening in the reservoir. A heater is disposed within housing in an air passage that communicates between the intake orifice and the proximal exit orifice. An actuator responds to a user of the device by placing the heater and the second end of the wick into proximity with the heater to vaporize the liquid.
Claims26
A device for vaporizing a liquid for inhalation, comprising:
- a housing having a proximal exit orifice that communicates with an intake orifice;
- a reservoir encompassed by the housing and containing a liquid;
- a wick having a first end in contact with the liquid and a second end that is exposed at an opening in the reservoir;
- a heater disposed within the housing in an air passage that communicates thermally between the intake orifice and the proximal exit orifice;
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- an actuator responsive to a user of the device to place the heater and the second end of the wick into proximity with the heater to vaporize the liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.