FLUID CARTRIDGE AND DISPENSION DEVICE

• US 20160250439A1
• Filed: 03/02/2016
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medic Activ Vertriebs GmbH
• Original Assignee: Medic Activ Vertriebs GmbH
• Inventors: Klein, Thomas, Zimmer, Andreas, Trinker, Martin, Brunner, Peter, Lindena, Bernd Heiko, Behne, Rainer
• Application Number:
  US15/059,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20160250439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/002 by flow deviation causing inertial separation of transported particles
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/06 of the injector type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0043 Non-destructive separation of the package, e.g. peeling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/008 Electronic counters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0083 Timers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/108 before being humidified or mixed with a beneficial agent
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/109 the humidifying liquid or the beneficial agent
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/14 by mixing different fluids, one of them being in a liquid phase
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0216 Materials providing elastic properties, e.g. for facilitating deformation and avoid breaking
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/122 using evacuated interfaces to enhance contact
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/123 with incorporated reservoirs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6063 Optical identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2207/00 Methods of manufacture, assembly or production
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/265 the liquid or other fluent material being symmetrically deflected about the axis of the nozzle
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/36 Outlets for discharging by overflow
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/0054 : Cartridges, i.e. containers specially designed for easy attachment to or easy removal from the rest of the sprayer attachment arrangements between pump and container B05B11/1043
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/65 : Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 16/00 : Spray booths arrangements for collecting, re-using or eliminating excess spraying material in spray booths B05B14/40
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/0012 : Apparatus for achieving spraying before discharge from the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/1626 : at the moment of mixing
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/2405 : using an atomising fluid as carrying fluid for feeding, e.g. by suction or pressure, a carried liquid from the container to the nozzle B05B7/2459 - B05B7/247 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/303 : using extension tubes located in or at the outlet duct of the nozzle assembly
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/66 : first separated, but finally mixed , e.g. in a dispensing head
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/72 : with heating or cooling devices , e.g. heat-exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/753 : characterised by details or accessories associated with outlets

Abstract

An arrangement for dispensing a fluid comprises a fluid cartridge comprising a casing for accommodating the fluid and a fluid dispensing unit configured for generating particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium. The arrangement further comprises a dispenser device comprising a cartridge accommodation unit configured for accommodating the fluid cartridge and a pressure feed unit configured for feeding the fluid in a casing of the fluid cartridge with a pressurized medium upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit to thereby generate the particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with the pressurized medium.

Claims

1. A fluid cartridge for dispensing a fluid, the fluid cartridge comprising:

a casing for accommodating the fluid;

a pressure feed interface configured for being coupled to a pressure feed unit for feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium;

a fluid dispensing unit configured for generating particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium;

a fluidic path in the casing being opened or openable for enabling the particles to leave the casing through the fluidic path.

2. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a bottom part and a top part, the bottom part and the top part being integrally connected to one another.

3. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, wherein the casing comprises a sealing member, particularly made by injection molding, as the pressure feed interface being penetrable by a pressure supply pin coupled to a pressure medium reservoir as the pressure feed unit, the sealing member being particularly provided in the bottom member.

4. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, wherein the casing comprises or consists of one of the group consisting of:

a thermoplastic material;

elastomeric material;

polyoxymethylene;

a copolymer of Acrylonitrile, Butodiene, and Styren; and

(C3H3N, C4H6, C8H8)x.

5. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, wherein the fluid cartridge comprises the pressure feed unit.

6. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, comprising a respiratory mask fluidically connected to the fluidic path so as to guide the dispensed fluid towards a mouth and/or a nose of a physiological subject, particularly a human being or an animal.

7. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, comprising a cartridge data carrier wherein the cartridge data carrier carries information assigned to the fluid cartridge and being readable by a reader unit, particularly by a reader unit of the dispenser device.

8. The fluid cartridge of claim 7, wherein the cartridge data carrier carries information selected from the group consisting of cartridge identification information being uniquely indicative of an identity of the fluid cartridge, date of expiry identification information being indicative of a date until which the fluid cartridge is usable, and operation data indicative of an operation mode according to which the fluid cartridge is usable by a dispenser device.

9. The fluid cartridge of claim 7, wherein the cartridge data carrier is configured so as to enable a writing unit, particularly a writing unit of the dispenser device, to write data onto the cartridge data carrier.

10. The fluid cartridge of claim 1, wherein the fluid cartridge is configured so that a dimension of at least 50%, of the dispensed particles is in a range between 10 nm and 1000 nm.

11. A dispenser device for dispensing a fluid from a fluid cartridge the dispenser device comprising:

a cartridge accommodation unit configured for accommodating the fluid cartridge;

a pressure feed unit configured for feeding the fluid in a casing of the fluid cartridge with a pressurized medium upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit to thereby generate particles leaving the casing through a fluidic path in the casing upon feeding the fluid in the casing with the pressurized medium.

12. The dispenser device of claim 11, comprising a fluid cartridge opening mechanism configured for opening a fluidic path via which the particles leave the casing upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit.

13. The dispenser device of claim 11, wherein the dispenser device, comprises a read and/or write unit configured for reading data from and/or writing data to a cartridge data carrier of the fluid cartridge upon accommodating the fluid cartridge at the cartridge accommodation unit.

14. The dispenser device of claim 11, wherein the cartridge accommodation unit comprises

a fluid cartridge receptacle for receiving a section of the fluid cartridge and having an engagement element, and

a mounting support having a complementary engagement element for being engaged by the engagement element for holding the fluid cartridge receptacle receiving the fluid cartridge.

15. The dispenser device of claim 11, comprising a temperature adjustment unit, particularly a heating unit and/or cooling unit, configured for adjusting a temperature of the pressurized medium in the pressure feed unit.

16. The dispenser device of claim 15, comprising a control unit or a regulating unit configured for controlling and/or regulating the temperature of pressurized medium in the pressure feed unit.

17. An arrangement for dispensing a fluid, the arrangement comprising:

a fluid cartridge comprising a casing for accommodating the fluid and a fluid dispensing unit configured for generating particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium;

a dispenser device comprising a cartridge accommodation unit configured for accommodating the fluid cartridge;

a pressure feed unit configured for feeding the fluid in a casing of the fluid cartridge with a pressurized medium upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit to thereby generate the particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with the pressurized medium, wherein the particles leave the casing through a fluidic path in the casing.

18. The arrangement claim 17,

wherein the fluid cartridge comprises a tamper-proof feature being indicative of an origin of the fluid cartridge;

wherein the dispenser device comprises a tamper-proof verification unit corresponding to the tamper-proof feature and being configured for verifying whether a fluid cartridge accommodated by the dispenser device has a tamper-proof feature being indicative of an approved origin of the fluid cartridge;

wherein the dispenser device is further configured to enable generation of particles only upon successful verification that the fluid cartridge has the tamper-proof feature; and

wherein the fluid cartridge and/or the dispenser device is or are configured so that the tamper-proof feature of the dispenser device is destroyed or deactivated upon first insertion of the fluid cartridge into the dispenser device.

19. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the arrangement is configured as a portable device dimensioned so that a human being, as the physiological subject, is treated with the particles by manually handling the device.

20. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the arrangement is configured to be installed in a room so as to treat a human being, as the physiological subject, being present in the room with the particles.