Nebulizer
US4101611A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S261/65
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A nebulizer comprising a container with a supply of water, a downwardly opening cap with air delivery means and housing an aspirator connected with a supply of oxygen under pressure and adapted to draw water from said supply, an elongate heating unit with an upper end defining a heating chamber and carried by the container, said cap engaged with the upper end of the unit to define a mixing chamber of fixed predetermined volume and shape in which the aspirator is positioned, water inlet means communicating with the heating chamber and water supply, water outlet means communicating with the heating chamber and the aspirator and an electric resistance heater in the unit, spaced from the heating chamber to heat water in the heating chamber and temper the atmosphere in the mixing chamber.
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