Patent ID: 8286629

Claim:
A nebulizer comprising: a nebulizer body in which aerosol is produced; and an inhalation aid that is used while attached to the nebulizer body in order that a user inhales the aerosol produced in the nebulizer body, wherein the nebulizer includes: a reservoir portion in which a liquid is reserved; a compressed air introduction port that introduces compressed air; an outer air introduction port that introduces outer air; an aerosol producing portion that atomizes the liquid reserved in the reservoir portion into atomized particles using the compressed air introduced from the compressed air introduction port and produces aerosol by providing the atomized particles to the outer air introduced from the outer air introduction port; and an aerosol lead-out port that leads out the aerosol produced in the aerosol producing portion, the inhalation aid includes: an aerosol introduction port that introduces the aerosol; and an aerosol ejection port that ejects the aerosol introduced from the aerosol introduction port toward a user, the nebulizer body the inhalation aid are detachably connected such that the aerosol lead-out port and the aerosol introduction port are communicated, the nebulizer further comprises a blocking portion that can block at least one of the compressed air introduction port, the outer air introduction port, the aerosol lead-out port, the aerosol introduction, port, and the aerosol ejection port, and the blockage of the blocking portion cannot substantially be released once the blockage is performed by the blocking portion.