Medication processing system and method
AssigneeLyteSyde, LLC
InventorKelly Rock
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a centrifugal vortex system for preparing a liquid, such as medicine, and includes a chamber housing defining a vortex chamber. An array of tangential apertures are formed in the chamber housing to permit fluid to be turbulently introduced into the vortex chamber to create a vortical flow of fluid through the vortex chamber. In one embodiment, a plurality of vortex chambers are arranged in series to allow the fluid to pass through several vortex chambers. In other embodiments, the chamber housing may be stepped, textured, or both to increase the turbulence of the flow through the chamber. This present invention may be used for nebulizing and vaporizing fluids, powders and liquids for inhalation by a patient.
Claims17
A vortex system for nebulizing a liquid for inhalation, comprising:
- a venturi component, fluidly coupled to a source of compressed gas, and fluidly coupled to a source of said liquid;
- a vortex component, comprising:
- a chamber housing defining a vortex chamber where a vortical flow is generated and the liquid is atomized, the chamber housing being fluidly coupled to said venturi component;
- a plurality of apertures formed in said chamber housing to allow input of fluid tangentially into said vortex chamber to create a vortical flow in said vortex chamber;
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- a chamber output, fluidly coupled to said vortex chamber for discharging fluid from said vortex chamber.
A vortex system for nebulizing a liquid for inhalation, comprising:
- a venturi component, fluidly coupled to a source of compressed gas, and fluidly coupled to a source of said liquid;
- a plurality of vortex components fluidly coupled in series, each vortex component comprising:
- a chamber housing defining a vortex chamber where a vortical flow is generated and the liquid is atomized, the chamber housing being fluidly coupled to a chamber output of a previous vortex component;
- a plurality of apertures formed in said chamber housing to allow input of fluid tangentially into said vortex chamber to create a vortical flow in said vortex chamber;
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- a chamber output, fluidly coupled to said vortex chamber for discharging fluid from said vortex chamber;
- wherein a chamber housing of a first one of said plurality of vortex components is fluidly coupled to said venturi component.
A vortex system for nebulizing a liquid for inhalation, comprising:
- a vortex component, comprising:
- a chamber housing defining a vortex chamber where a vortical flow is generated and the liquid is atomized, the chamber housing being fluidly coupled to a source of compressed gas, and fluidly coupled to a source of said liquid;
- a plurality of apertures formed in said chamber housing to allow input of fluid tangentially into said vortex chamber to create a vortical flow in said vortex chamber;
- a chamber output, fluidly coupled to said vortex chamber for discharging fluid from said vortex chamber;
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- a deceleration component, fluidly coupled to said chamber output.
A method for nebulizing and/or vaporizing a liquid, comprising:
- receiving pressurized gas;
- drawing in and mixing said liquid with said pressurized gas using a venturi component with said received pressurized gas;
- generating a vortical flow at a vortex, the vortex atomizing the pressurized gas;
- further mixing said mixed liquid and gas in the vortex, wherein said mixed liquid and gas enter into said vortex through a plurality of tangential apertures in a chamber wall enclosing said vortex;
- reducing pressure of said mixed liquid and gas exiting from said vortex using a nozzle component;
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- decelerating said mixed liquid and gas in a chamber component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.