Surgery – Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer – Spray impinged against baffle in or adjacent flow conduit
Patent
1996-10-02
2000-01-04
Lewis, Aaron J.
Surgery
Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer
Spray impinged against baffle in or adjacent flow conduit
12820014, 12820312, A61M 1100
Patent
active
060098686
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an arrangement in a spray tube mouthpiece arranged on the outer free end of a spray tube, which mouthpiece is adapted by means of intersecting flow passages to atomize liquid which is fed to the spray tube under pressure.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In order to obtain sufficiently good atomization for certain applications, for example for the atomization of a liquid anesthetic in the nose or throat, a mouthpiece designed according to this principle is often given an outside diameter which is so much greater than the outer diameter of the tube that treatment as described above may be perceived as disagreeable.
Solutions are known in which a mouthpiece for the atomization of a liquid is integrated with the tube, so that the latter has the same diameter along its entire length. Since this means that the mouthpiece does not differ visually from the tube, the mouthpiece may, by mistake, be cut off when seeking to adapt the length of the tube to special requirements.
The use of intersecting flow passages in order to obtain an increased atomization effect in a liquid in a spray mouthpiece is already known from DE-A-1 625 235. In this the helical groove of the arrangement has the outer circumferential surface on a cylindrical part centrally located in a body supporting the mouthpiece nozzle. Owing to the fact that grooves are arranged in both directions and with equal pitch, these intersect at a number of points. This leads to the flows in the ducts, which are formed by the passage and the body supporting the mouthpiece nozzle, being atomized at the said points of intersection.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide, at low cost, an arrangement in a spray tube mouthpiece arranged on the outer free end of a spray tube, which arrangement produces atomization of the liquid so that a mist jet with circular spray pattern can issue from the spray mouthpiece. By means of the said arrangement, a mouthpiece is produced which only has a marginally larger outside diameter than that of the tube and which can be used in such applications as, for example, the atomization of liquid anesthetic for intermittent spraying of nose or throat. In addition the arrangement is intended to give a mouthpiece which differs visually from the rest of the tube so that the mouthpiece is not cut off by mistake.
According to the invention this object is achieved in that the arrangement comprises an elongated sleeve adapted to be carefully placed on the said free end of the spray tube and designed with an end face which has a centrally located mouthpiece opening and a cylindrical body, located in the sleeve and essentially connecting with the end face, the body having recesses which with the sleeve form at least two ducts communicating with the tube, which from the tube end run approximately axially up to the end face, in which each duct is connected by the said intersecting flow passages, formed on the end face of the body, to a chamber connecting preferably coaxially with the mouthpiece opening.
According to a special characteristic of the invention, the mouthpiece opening narrows conically in the direction away from the said chamber.
So that the tube has a correct insertion depth in the sleeve, the body, according to another special characteristic of the invention, has on its side remote from the end face at least one contact surface for the spray tube end, determining the insertion depth of the spray tube in the sleeve.
In order to facilitate assembly and flow from the tube end into the ducts, the body located in the sleeve, according to another special characteristic of the invention, has symmetrically formed end surfaces with flow passages and chambers respectively.
A further special characteristic of the invention resides in the fact that the ducts at the end face are each divided into two flow passages, which each describe a part of an arc in opposing directions to one another along the circumference and finally connect to the chamber, crossin
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Astra AB
Lewis Aaron J.
Sanzo Michael A.
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