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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Firooz Rasouli, Midlothian, VA (US);
Hamid Arastoopour, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Ali Oskouie, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for generating odor including a disk having a substrate with a dispersing material retaining at least one releasable aroma positioned with respect to the substrate. The dispersing material includes a structure, such as a plurality of openable pores, that is physically responsive to a stimulus such as heat or light. A device provides the stimulus to the dispersing material upon demand as a function of a signal, wherein the plurality of pores within the dispersing material are reversibly enlarged as a result of the stimulus.