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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Ronald Alan Coffee, Haslemere, GB;
Alastair Bruce Pirrie, Oxford, GB;
David Neville Davies, Oxford, GB;
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
An inhaler has a housing containing a chamber ( ) providing a reservoir ( ) for liquid providing an active ingredient to be supplied to a liquid outlet ( ). First and second electrodes are spaced apart ( and ) with the first electrode being spaced apart ( and ) with the first electrode being provided at or adjacent the liquid outlet ( ). A voltage supply ( ) is activated in response to air flowing through an air inlet ( ) of the housing to provide a potential difference between the first and second electrodes ( and ) to create an electric field for causing comminution of liquid issuing from the liquid supply outlet ( ) to produce a stream of electrically charged comminuted matter for supply to the nasal passages of a user via an outlet ( ) of the housing.