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US 8,127,772 B2Granted
Nebulizer method
AssigneesPierre Denain, Richard Dolsey
InventorAkbar Montaser
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Abstract
An artificial cigarette, inhaler or other nebulizer device may include a housing, an air passage into the housing, a fog generator chamber within the housing connected to the air passage, a liquid source connected to the fog generating chamber, and a fog generator within the fog generating chamber for receiving liquid from the liquid source and creating an aerosol. The fog generator may be an ultrasonic nebulizer and/or a pneumatic nebulizer.
Claims19
A nebulizer method comprising:
- providing a nebulizer apparatus comprising a housing with a distal end and a proximal end, a fog generating chamber within the housing, an aerosol passageway fluidly connecting the proximal end of the housing with the fog generating chamber, a fog chamber valve regulating flow of gas between the aerosol passageway and the fog generating chamber, a liquid source in fluid communication with the fog generating chamber, and a fog generator within the fog generating chamber for receiving liquid from the liquid source and creating an aerosol,
- fluidly contacting the air passage with a mouth,
- inhaling through the nebulizer apparatus, and
- wherein the inhaling activates the fog generator.
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