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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1992
Hubert Loedding, Lehrte, DE;
Horst Windt, Burgwedel, DE;
Wolfgang Koch, Steimbke, DE;
Randolf Klingebiel, Hanover, DE;
Richard White, Bourg en Bresse, FR;
Solvay Deutschland GmbH, Hanover, DE;
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung dur angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich, DE;
Abstract
An aerosol generator useful as an atomizer for controllably and reproduci producing wet or dry aerosols for inhalation studies, including a nebulizer for producing an aerosol from a liquid and an air stream, a liquid dosing device such as a step dosing pump for controllably feeding a liquid to be atomized to the neubilizer, an apparatus such as a mass flow controller for regulating the flow of an air stream to the nebulizer to provide an amount needed to atomize the liquid, and optionally to dilute the resulting aerosol, a conduit for conveying the aerosol formed in the nebulizer to an aerosol exposure chamber, a measuring device such as a light-scattering diffusion photometer into which a sample of the aerosol is introduced for determining the concentration of the aerosol, and a control unit for controlling the liquid supply device and the adjustable air supply to produce an aerosol having a predetermined desired concentration; the control unit being operated either manually or by a computer responsive to measured values determined by the measuring device.