Remotely deployable vapor delivery device
US9694098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01M1/2044
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A remotely deployable vapor delivery device is described that is conveniently and effectively deployed in a hard-to-reach location. The device is approximately spherical in shape, and includes an integrated reservoir containing the desired vapor producing substance, an evaporative surface and means for continuous flow of the vapor producing substance from the integrated reservoir to the evaporative surface which provides an approximately constant vapor delivery rate. The advantages of the embodiments include a device that can be conveniently tossed or rolled, is compact in size, provides a maximal amount of stored vapor producing substance, has an efficient usage rate of the stored vapor producing substance and provides a long operating lifetime. Other advantages of the embodiments described include hands-free activation, self-righting after deployment, tamper resistance, non-energized operation, a modest number of low cost parts that are readily manufactured and assembled, and easy retrieval.
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