Piezoelectric Collar Sprayer for Targeted Animal Diffusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing animal treatment devices lack a piezoelectric system that can effectively diffuse active substances in a localized, targeted, and multidirectional manner, especially for moving animals, while avoiding the use of harmful solvents and maintaining consistent active substance concentration.
Innovation Solution
A rechargeable piezoelectric device attached to an animal's collar, equipped with a piezoelectric spraying mechanism, a reservoir, and a wick system, allowing for controlled and remote diffusion of active substances in various directions, independent of the animal's movement, using pure or diluted active substances without solvents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If thermal diffusion devices are used to vaporize active substances, then diffusion efficiency is improved, but active substances sensitive to temperature undergo degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses ultrasonic vibration to induce phase transition of liquid active substances into aerosol particles without thermal heating. The piezoelectric element generates high-frequency vibrations that mechanically atomize the liquid solution, transforming it from liquid phase to dispersed aerosol phase, thereby achieving effective diffusion while avoiding heat-induced degradation of temperature-sensitive active substances
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the thermal field (heating system) with a mechanical field (ultrasonic vibration system). Instead of using thermal energy to vaporize and diffuse active substances, the invention uses mechanical vibrations from a piezoelectric element to atomize and disperse the liquid solution, substituting a mechanical mechanism for a thermal one to eliminate harmful heat effects
2Ease of operation
If polymer matrices are used for repellent treatment, then localized treatment is achieved, but active substance concentration decreases over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic refilling mechanism where a wick continuously supplies liquid active substance solution from a reservoir to the piezoelectric atomization surface. This dynamic replenishment system ensures that the active substance concentration at the diffusion interface remains constant over time, counteracting the depletion that occurs in static polymer matrix systems
Solution Approach 2:
The device integrates multiple functions: the reservoir stores active substances, the wick transports them, the piezoelectric element atomizes them, and the collar provides both attachment and potential reservoir housing. This multi-functional integration enables sustained localized treatment with consistent concentration, combining the advantages of portability, targeted delivery, and long-term stability
3Productivity
If pneumatic aerosol devices are used, then active substance diffusion is achieved, but harmful propellants are released and concentration consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the harmful propellant component from the aerosol generation system. Instead of using compressed gas or flammable propellants to drive aerosol formation, the invention uses only ultrasonic vibration to atomize the liquid active substance solution, taking out the harmful element while preserving the beneficial aerosol diffusion function
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter of aerosol generation from pressure-driven (pneumatic) to vibration-driven (ultrasonic). By altering the mechanism from high-pressure gas expansion to high-frequency mechanical vibration, the system achieves aerosol formation without requiring harmful propellants, fundamentally changing the operating parameters to eliminate harmful byproducts
4Device complexity
If passive diffusion devices are used, then device complexity is reduced, but diffusion effectiveness deteriorates in moving animals
Solution Approach 1:
The device is designed to be self-contained and self-regulating. The piezoelectric element is directly coupled to the liquid reservoir through the wick, creating a self-sufficient atomization system that automatically maintains diffusion effectiveness regardless of orientation or movement. The system serves itself by using its own structural components (collar, reservoir, wick, piezoelectric element) in an integrated manner that eliminates dependence on external stabilization
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a dynamically adaptable diffusion system where the aerosol generation mechanism responds to movement by maintaining continuous atomization. The ultrasonic vibration frequency and amplitude can be modulated to ensure effective diffusion whether the animal is stationary or moving, making the system dynamically effective rather than statically fixed
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device ensures stable and efficient diffusion of active substances to specific body areas, maintaining concentration and avoiding heat-induced degradation, while being portable and adaptable to the animal's movements.
Implementation Method 1
The invention relates to the field of diffusion devices and, more particularly, of aerosol diffusion devices of the ultrasonic nebulizer type whose vibration at high oscillation frequency allows the diffusion of particles
Implementation Method 2
Other diffusion devices use an ultrasonic transducer to spray a liquid solution of active substances into the air
Implementation Method 3
a wick (4) whose role is to convey the liquid from the reservoir (2) to the piezoelectric element (6)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a refillable device (1) for spraying an active substance, comprising a reservoir (2) containing at least one active substance, said device being equipped with a piezoelectric spraying mechanism (6). The device is attached to or in the collar of an animal. The invention also relates to the use of said device for spraying an active substance in a controlled manner from a distance in a desired direction. Said device can be used multi-directionally independently of the movements of the animal.