Patent ID: 6079634
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A61M,B05B

Abstract:
An electrostatic spraying device for dispensing an electrostatically sprayable substance comprising:a housing provided with a nozzle portion which is suitable for registry with the nasal or oral cavity and defines a passageway through which, in use, air can be drawn by inhalation on the part of the user; andissuing means for causing the substance to enter the passageway whereby, with the assistance of user-induced air flow through the passageway, the resulting spray passes into the nasal or oral cavity,characterised in that the issuing means includes a holder for locating a discrete quantity of the substance in the vicinity of the dispensing location and includes means for applying high voltage to said discrete quantity of the substance prior to issue thereof from said holder whereby the spray is in the form of electrically charged particles which remain electrically charged on passage from the nozzle portion into the nasal or oral cavity of the user.