Patent ID: 8733342
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A61M,B05B

Abstract:
1. An aerosol generating and delivery device for delivering an atomized liquid, comprising: a liquid feed tube having a liquid feed channel with an inlet aperture, a liquid feed channel exit orifice, an end-wall face and a sidewall, wherein the end wall face is between the liquid feed channel exit orifice and the perimeter of the liquid feed tube and is normal or substantially normal to a diverting portion of the sidewall of the liquid feed tube; and a compressed fluid feed channel having a compressed fluid exit orifice, the compressed fluid exit orifice being spaced from the diverting portion of the sidewall, the compressed fluid exit orifice being configured to direct a stream of compressed fluid toward the diverting portion of the sidewall, the diverting portion of the sidewall being configured to disrupt a portion of the stream of compressed fluid, the disrupted portion of the stream of compressed fluid being configured to atomize the liquid from the liquid feed channel exit orifice.