Surgery – Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer
Reexamination Certificate
2003-12-18
2011-12-13
Tran, Len (Department: 3752)
Surgery
Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer
C239S034000, C239S690000, C239S704000, C128S200160, C128S203120
Reexamination Certificate
active
08074640
ABSTRACT:
A housing has a dispensing outlet (400) and contains: a liquid supplier (7) for supplying liquid containing at least one volatile component to a liquid outlet (7a); an electric field provider (41, 42, 7) for causing liquid issuing from the liquid outlet to provide electrically charged droplets from which at least a part of the at least one volatile component evaporates to produce vapour; a collection receptacle (92) for collecting electrically charged droplets to inhibit the electrically charged droplets from passing through the dispensing outlet; an attraction electrode (91) for attracting electrically charged droplets into the collection receptacle (90); and a flow director (95) for directing vapour away from the collection receptacle (92) and towards the dispensing outlet (400).
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Coffee Ronald Alan
Davies David Neville
Pirrie Alastair Bruce
Battelle (Memorial Institute)
Hogan James
Stevens & Showalter LLP
Tran Len
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