Patent ID: 6843942

Claim:
Apparatus for the production of lipid vesicles, which comprises the following components: a pipe ( 1 ) which is hollow in the interior and is intended for transporting a polar liquid phase, a pipe ( 2 ) which is hollow in the interior and is intended for transporting a lipid-containing organic liquid phase, a collecting container ( 7 ) for receiving lipid vesicles produced, and means for transporting the liquid phases through the pipes ( 1 ) and ( 2 ), characterized in that the pipe ( 1 ) is connected to the pipe ( 2 ) via a common, liquid-permeable orifice ( 3 ), the common orifice ( 3 ) being arranged so that the organic liquid phase from the pipe ( 2 ) can pass through the orifice ( 3 ) substantially perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the polar liquid phase flowing in pipe ( 1 ) and can enter, preferably in the form of a spray mist, the polar liquid phase flowing past the orifice ( 3 ), and furthermore the pipes ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) in the region of the common orifice ( 3 ) being free of means generating turbulences or shear forces.