Patent ID: 11911539
Assignee: CTR, LDA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A device for dispensing volatile substances, said device comprising:
a container for a substance to be dispensed;
at least one capillary element arranged at least in part in said container for contacting said substance to be dispensed and for conveying said substance by capillary effect to at least one substance dispensing region;
at least one electrical heating element adjoining said at least one capillary element, and said electrical heating element being an electrical resistance element and having a resistance layer as a heating layer which is assigned to a capillary element region to be heated and/or is film-like;
an electrical connection element for supplying said at least one electrical heating element with electrical power, said at least one electrical heating element being a constituent part of said container, and said container being releasably connectable to said electrical connection element; and
an electrical contact device by way of which said at least one electrical heating element is releasably and electrically connectable to said connection element;
said resistance layer being arranged directly or indirectly with an interposition of at least one intermediate layer in a heat transfer region on an outside surface of a container wall, which is produced at least in said region from a heat conducting material, and in said heat transfer region, said capillary element region to be heated abuts against an inside surface of said container wall in a bearing connection, such that said electrical heating element transfers heat to said container wall by means of heat conduction and from there to said capillary element region to be heated;
said container having a support, which is realized integrally and/or in a plate-shaped manner and/or with two sides from a heat-conducting material and having an inside part region, which is assigned to said capillary element region of said capillary element to be heated and consequently to said interior of said container and on which said capillary element region to be heated rests and/or is fastened in a capillary element support region, and
said support having an outer part region, which is remote from an inside capillary element support region and is consequently assigned to said outside region of said container and on which said electrical heating element is arranged and/or fastened for heat-conducting thermal contact.