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Thermal fumigator for drugs

  • US 4,693,868 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1984
  • Issued: 09/15/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thermal fumigator for the vaporization of a drug, comprising:

  • a fumigator case having a gas passage formed therein;

    a fuel receptacle disposed within a lower portion of said fumigator case;

    a volatile fuel within said fuel receptacle;

    a support member mounted within said fumigator case above said fuel receptacle, said support member comprising a catalyst retaining part and a metal catalyst retained within said catalyst retaining part, said metal catalyst being located at a first predetermined distance above an upper surface of said fuel receptacle, and a heat radiating plate located at a second predetermined distance above said metal catalyst; and

    a mat supported by said heat radiating plate, said mat being impregnated with a vaporizable drug;

    wherein vapors rising from said volatile fuel contact said metal catalyst and generate a heat of reaction which is transferred to said heat radiating plate, whereby said mat is heated and said drug is vaporized.

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