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Publication Number
US-12053576-B2
Publication Date
2024-08-06
Expiration Date
Abstract
A nebulizer device and a nozzle module are provided. The nebulizer device includes a nebulizer module, the nozzle module, and a control module. The nozzle module includes a main body unit and a guide unit. The main body unit can be detachably connected to the nebulizer module. The main body unit has a plurality of openings penetratingly formed therethrough, an accommodating space, and an output part, and the openings and the output part are in spatial communication with the accommodating space. The main body unit corresponds to an inner wall of the accommodating space and protrudes toward the accommodating space to form a plurality of guiding parts, and each of the guiding parts is adjacent to one of the openings. The guide unit is disposed in the accommodating space and has a recessed part. The control module can be detachably connected to the main body unit.
Core Innovation
A nebulizer device is provided with a nebulizer module and a nozzle module detachably connected to the nebulizer module. The nozzle module includes a main body unit having a plurality of openings penetratingly formed through the main body unit, an accommodating space, and an output part, where the openings and the output part are in spatial communication with the accommodating space.
A guide unit is disposed in the accommodating space and includes a recessed part and a protruding part adjacent to the recessed part. A first gas is introduced through a portion of the openings to form a first gas flow in the recessed part, and a second gas introduced through another one of the openings forms a second gas flow in the accommodating space with the first gas flow.
When the nebulizer module provides at least one of atomized particles into the accommodating space, the at least one of atomized particles is guided to the output part by the second air flow, so as to deliver the at least one of atomized particles to an outside of the nozzle module via the output part. The document further describes structural configurations that include partitioning the accommodating space into a first space and a second space associated with the nebulizer module and a control module, and detachable structural connection features between a control module and the nozzle module/main body unit and an output-part nozzle unit.
Claims Coverage
The document provides two independent claims, a nebulizer device and a nozzle module. Across these claims, three core inventive elements are repeatedly required: a main body unit with openings, an accommodating space, and an output part; a guide unit with a recessed part and an adjacent protruding part; and a two-gas flow arrangement that guides atomized particles to the output part.
Guide unit with recessed part and adjacent protruding part
A guide unit disposed in the accommodating space, the guide unit having a recessed part, wherein the guide unit further has a protruding part, and the protruding part is adjacent to the recessed part.
Two-gas flow formation in the accommodating space
A first gas is introduced through a portion of the openings and forms a first gas flow in the recessed part, and a second gas introduced through another one of the openings and the first gas flow form a second gas flow in the accommodating space.
Guiding atomized particles to the output part
When the nebulizer module provides at least one of atomized particles into the accommodating space, the at least one of atomized particles is guided to the output part by the second air flow, so as to deliver the at least one of atomized particles to an outside of the nozzle module via the output part.
Detachable nozzle module with openings, accommodating space, and output part
A nozzle module including a main body unit detachably connected to the nebulizer module, the main body unit having a plurality of openings penetratingly formed through the main body unit, an accommodating space, and an output part, the openings and the output part being in spatial communication with the accommodating space.
Claim coverage is centered on directing atomized particles to an output part using a two-gas flow arrangement created by a guide unit having a recessed part and an adjacent protruding part within an accommodating space. The nozzle-module main body includes openings communicating with the accommodating space and the output part, and the claimed structure delivers atomized particles outside the nozzle module via the output part.
Stated Advantages
Guides atomized particles to the output part by the second air flow for delivery to an outside of the nozzle module via the output part.
Reduces aggregation, collision, and condensation as stated in the document summary.
Documented Applications
Used as part of a nebulizer device/nozzle module architecture to deliver atomized particles to an outside of the nozzle module via the output part.
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