Fluid droplet production apparatus and method

US7931212B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PARI Pharma GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Urich · Birkenfeld, DE
• Samuel Charles William Hyde · Cambridge, GB
• Neil Pollock · Royston, GB
• Andrew Jonathan Sant · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M11/005
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid dispersion device comprises a substrate (3) having an outer section (25) and an inner section (26), said inner section (26) of the substrate (3) having an aperture (11), a dispersion element (10) positioned at said aperture (11) of said substrate (3), and an actuator (4) arranged to coaxially surround said aperture (11) of said substrate (3), wherein the outer edge of said inner section (26) of said substrate (3) is coupled to said outer section (25) of said substrate by a plurality of resilient members (81, 82, 83).