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Nebulizer

  • US 4,629,590 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1984
  • Issued: 12/16/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A nebulizer for producing a stream of moisturized gas for inhalation therapy, said nebulizer comprisinga container having a circular wall for confining a quantity of liquid,a mixing body connected to an upper part of said container and having a discharge port communicating with the interior of said container,means in said mixing body for projecting a stream of gas into the interior of the container through said discharge port,means in said mixing body for drawing liquid from said container and mixing such liquid with said stream of gas within said mixing body to provide a stream of moisturized gas projected along an axis laterally offset from the center of said container,means for directing said projected stream of moisturized gas at an acute angle to the surface of the container wall so as to be redirected to flow circumferentially in a swirling path extending around the container,baffle means at the container wall extending vertically across said path for separation of liquid droplets from said stream of gas, andoutput port means for discharging moisturized gas from said container.

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