Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nebulizer and cartridge
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Application No.: US16470298Application Date: 2017-12-21
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Publication No.: US11883580B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Stephen Terence Dunne , Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher , Herbert Graessl , Andree Jung , Gilbert Wuttke
- Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Ingelheim am Rhein
- Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
- Current Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ingelheim am Rhein
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: EP 020507 2016.12.21
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/084137 2017.12.21
- International Announcement: WO2018/115306A 2018.06.28
- Date entered country: 2019-06-17
- Main IPC: A61M11/00
- IPC: A61M11/00 ; B05B15/33 ; A61M15/00 ; B05B11/00

Abstract:
A nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid from a cartridge and a cartridge for such a nebulizer is proposed. The cartridge comprises a container containing the fluid to be nebulized and is fluidically connected to the nebulizer by inserting a connecting element of the nebulizer for conveying the fluid out of the container. The cartridge is preferably adapted to sealingly receive the connecting element and can optionally comprise a membrane or sealing wall which seals the cartridge initially and is piercable or breakable by the connecting element upon insertion. The cartridge can further comprise an at least partially flexible and/or bendable tube for conveying the fluid out of the container. The tube is preferably wettable with the fluid and/or comprises an at least partially hydrophilic and/or polar surface. Further, the tube can at least partially be shaped as a helix. When the cartridge is connected to the nebulizer, the tube and the connecting element preferably form a continuous capillary and/or an at least essentially constant flow area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200009333A1 Nebulizer and Cartridge Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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