Patent ID: 11867342
Assignee: ACULON INC.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  A  B  C | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A mesh nebulizer comprising a reservoir and a dispensing device that comprises a microarray of microchannels, wherein the reservoir and dispensing device are configured to allow a fluid to flow from the reservoir through the dispensing device and exit the dispensing device as an aerosol, and wherein the reservoir and dispensing device comprise:
1) an interior surface;
2) an exterior surface that opposes the interior surface;
3) a metal surface layer applied to the interior and exterior surfaces and comprising one or more of silver, gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, tantalum, aluminum, copper, titanium, iron, chromium, alloys thereof, and oxides thereof; and
4) a hydrophobic coating layer comprising an organo-silicon or a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid, adhered to the metal surface layer on the interior and/or exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device, wherein the hydrophobic coating layer is adhered to the metal surface layer either directly or indirectly through an intermediate organometallic coating.