Patent ID: 6906296

Claim:
A vaporizer for vaporizing an atomized, antimicrobial liquid, to form an antimicrobial vapor, the vaporizer comprising: a source of electromagnetic radiation; a heating chamber having a passage formed therethrough, said heating chamber having an inlet for receiving the atomized antimicrobial liquid into the passage, and an outlet for releasing the antimicrobial vapor from the passage to supply the antimicrobial vapor to a defined region, wherein said heating chamber is comprised of a first electrically non-conductive material and a first electromagnetically responsive material; and an insert located within the passage of the heating chamber, said insert comprised of at least one of: (1) a metals, and (2) a second electrically non-conductive material and a second electromagnetically responsive material, wherein said heating chamber and said insert both contribute to vaporization of the atomized, antimicrobial liquid to form the antimicrobial vapor.