Programmable device for diffusing olfactory peaks
US6712287B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B12/02
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A programmable odor-bearing substance diffusion device includes a number n of odor diffusion devices, where n is equal to or greater than 1, each odor diffusion device including a store of an odor source which is dispensed by the odor diffusion device, a device for independently controlling each odor diffusion device to emit a single odor or a mixture of odors from a by a combination of p of the n stores, and a programmable control device for establishing odor peak emission cycles and a predetermined interval between two successive emission cycles, the predetermined interval being based on an olfactory saturation and desaturation times of the olfactory system of a user.
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