Patent ID: 8322334
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A nebulizer comprising: a receptacle defining a storing space for containing a liquid, and having a top open-end portion; a hollow cover having a bottom open-end portion connected to said top open-end portion and including a partition plate extending downwardly from a top wall of said cover into said top open-end portion and dividing an interior of said cover into a first chamber and a second chamber, first and second conduits connected integrally to said top wall within said first chamber, and a mist output tube projecting upwardly from said top wall and communicating fluidly with said second chamber, said first conduit having a first inlet end extending through said top wall to open at an outer surface of said cover and adapted to be connected to a first compressed gas supply tube and a first outlet end communicated with said first chamber, said second conduit having a second inlet end extending through said top wall to open at an outer surface of said cover and adapted to be connected to a second compressed gas supply tube and a second outlet end communicated with said first chamber; a liquid-drawing tube disposed in said storing space for drawing the liquid and having an exit end; and a nebulizing unit disposed in said first chamber and connected to said first outlet end and said exit end of said liquid-drawing tube for directing a first compressed gas from said first conduit to the liquid exiting from said exit end of said liquid-drawing tube and for converting the liquid into a mist; wherein said second conduit introduces into said first chamber a second compressed gas which entrains the mist when flowing to said second chamber and exiting through said mist output tube.