Aerosol generator with vibratable plate

• Main Authors: DE YOUNG, LINDA R, KUMAR, VIJAY, IVRI, YEHUDA, WU, CHENG H, CATER, MIRO S, FLIERL, MARKUS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.12.2009
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CHEMISTRY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; ELECTROFORMING; ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRINTING; PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTIONOF COATINGS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

There is disclosed herein an aerosolizing system, comprising a liquid dispenser (140) which is adapted to deliver a volume of liquid upon operation of the liquid dispenser; a cartridge (180) to receive liquid from the liquid dispenser, the cartridge comprising a housing (182) having a substance (192) which is in a dry state, wherein receipt of the volume of liquid from the liquid dispenser dissolves the substance to form a solution (194); and an aerosol generator (198) disposed near the cartridge and which is adapted to receive the solution from the cartridge.