Inline vaporizer

US7938113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hydrate, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lawrence A. Weinstein · Oneida, US
• Norman Hugh Tiffin · Midlothian, US
• Tuan Quoc Tran · Glen Allen, US
• Drew E. Sunstein · Exeter, US
• Douglas H. Currie, Jr. · Londonderry, US
• David E. Roche · Nashua, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2006
• Grant date: May 10, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/3368
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An inline vaporizer disposed in a carrier gas line vaporizes a fluid and adds such vaporized fluid to a carrier gas that flows within the carrier gas line. The vaporizer includes a reservoir or wick that transfers a fluid to a vaporizing element that is adjacent to the reservoir or wick. The vaporizer releases a vapor into the carrier gas line so that the carrier gas flows past the vaporizer to form a vapor and carrier gas mixture.