Battery-operated foam inhalation device
AssigneeSplash TM GmbH
InventorKlaus HAGEN
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Abstract
A battery-operated foam inhalation device which comprises a cartridge (610) having a liquid for producing a foam and a foam outlet (654). Agitation means agitates the liquid to produce the foam, and the agitation means comprises an electric motor (762) and a battery (760) for energising the electric motor (762). A carrier (672) receives the cartridge (610) and has a carrier foam inlet (680) for fluid communication with the foam outlet (654) of the cartridge (610). A carrier foam outlet (682) dispenses the foam to a user.
Claims19
A battery-operated foam inhalation device comprising:
- a cartridge having a liquid configured to produce a foam, and a cartridge foam outlet;
- an agitator configured to agitate the liquid to produce the foam, the agitator comprising an electric motor and a battery configured to energise the electric motor;
- and
- a carrier having
- a receiving portion configured to receive the cartridge,
- a carrier foam inlet configured to be fluidly communicated with the cartridge foam outlet when the cartridge is any one of received at and received in the receiving portion,
- a carrier foam outlet for dispensing the foam to a user, and
- a conduit between the carrier foam inlet and the carrier foam outlet.
A foam drawing device for a user to draw foam therefrom with breath of the user, the foam drawing device comprising:
- a container for containing a liquid for producing a foam, the container having a container foam outlet for emitting foam and a container air inlet for receiving air;
- an electrically energisable air pump for moving air to the container air inlet from an exterior of the device;
- a power source configured to power the electrically energisable air pump;
- a mouthpiece fluidly communicated with the foam outlet for a user to draw foam from;
- a pressure sensor fluidly communicated with the mouthpiece and configured to detect when negative pressure is applied to the mouthpiece;
- a processor configured to operate the electrically energisable air pump when the pressure sensor detects negative pressure applied to the mouthpiece.
A foam inhalation device comprising:
- a cartridge having a liquid configured to produce a foam, and a cartridge foam outlet;
- an agitator for agitating the liquid to produce foam;
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- a carrier having
- a receiving portion configured to receive the cartridge,
- a carrier foam inlet configured to be fluidly communicated with the foam outlet of the cartridge when the cartridge is any one of received at and received in the receiving portion,
- a carrier foam outlet for dispensing the foam to a user,
- a conduit between the carrier foam inlet and the carrier foam outlet;
- and
- a carrier air inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.