Methods and apparatus for storing chemical compounds in a portable inhaler

• Main Authors: IVRI YEHUDA, DE YOUNG LINDA R, CATER MIRO S, FLIERL MARKUS, KUMAR VIJAY, WU CHENG H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.11.2013
• 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; PRINTING; PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTIONOF COATINGS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

The invention provides exemplary aerosolization apparatus and methods for aerosolizing a substance. According to one exemplary method, a liquid is transferred from a first chamber into a second chamber having a substance that is in a dry state to form a solution. The solution is then transferred from the second chamber and onto an atomization member. The atomization member is operated to aerosolize the solution.