Inhaler
Patent No. EP3117860 (titled "Inhaler") was filed by Batmark on Oct 21, 2009. The application was issued on Jan 30, 2019.
Patent Summary
An inhalator component for the intermittent, inhalation-synchronous formation of a vapour-air mixture or condensation aerosol comprises a housing with an internal chamber and an air admission opening. A liquid material is evaporated by an electric heating element, and the resulting vapour mixes with incoming air. The device features a wick with a capillary structure that forms a planar composite with the heating element to automatically resupply liquid material post-evaporation. This composite is characterized by an open-pored sintered structure, wherein a single layer of the composite serves both as the heating element and the wick. This integrated design aims to improve evaporator efficiency and simplify construction compared to multi-part evaporator assemblies.
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Date
Description
EP3117860
- Application Number
- EP16166656A
- Filing Date
- Oct 21, 2009
- Status
- Opposition Rejected
- Oct 8, 2021
- Publication Date
- Jan 30, 2019
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