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Devices for presenting airborne materials to the nose

US6325475A · kind A · utility

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46Claims
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Filing dateApr 21, 1997
Grant dateDec 4, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/3306
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink-jet dispenser for the micro-dispensation of airborne materials into an individual's airspace for inhalation or sniffing. The ink-jet dispenser will allow the study of temporal integration times, inter-nostril summation, backwards and forwards masking, and other olfactory phenomena.

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