Patent ID: 7726306
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A nebulizer comprising: a main body having an air line and medicine line and a patient receiving end configured to be received within the oral cavity of a patient; a rainfall chamber formed within the main body; a venturi nozzle positioned within the rainfall chamber and at a location within the main body adjacent the patient receiving end such that the venturi nozzle is located within the oral cavity or adjacent thereto at the lips of the patient when in use, and said venturi nozzle is connected to the air line and configured to nebulize the medicine and expel droplets outward from the venturi nozzle into the rainfall chamber; and a diffuser positioned within the rainfall chamber upon which the medicine that is nebulized impacts and configured to break up droplets expelled from the venturi nozzle into smaller sizes.