Ultrasonic Nicotine Mist Inhaler for Leak-Free Consistent Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic vaporising inhalers suffer from liquid leakage, inconsistent dosing, and the risk of burning metal and inhaling burnt liquid due to high-temperature heating, which affects user experience and device integrity.
Innovation Solution
An ultrasonic mist inhaler device with a capillary element and ultrasonic transducer generates mist without heating, using a driver device to optimize power usage and frequency for efficient atomization, featuring a capillary element made of bamboo fibers for high absorption and a driver device with a processor to control the AC drive signal for consistent mist production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If high-temperature heating is used to vaporise liquid, then vaporisation efficiency is improved, but risk of burning metal and inhaling burnt liquid increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the thermal heating system with an ultrasonic vibration system. The ultrasonic transducer generates high-frequency mechanical vibrations that directly atomize the liquid through cavitation and mechanical stress, eliminating the need for high-temperature heating elements and thus preventing metal burning and burnt liquid inhalation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the phase transition of liquid to aerosol through ultrasonic cavitation rather than thermal vaporization. The ultrasonic energy creates micro-bubbles that collapse and fragment the liquid into fine droplets, achieving aerosol generation through mechanical phase transition instead of thermal phase transition.
2Reliability
If a membrane is used to hold liquid nicotine, then liquid retention is improved, but liquid leakage into mouthpiece occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the membrane component entirely from the system. Instead of using a membrane to hold and deliver liquid, the design employs direct capillary wicking material that absorbs and transports liquid through capillary action, eliminating the interface where leakage occurs between membrane and mouthpiece.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces capillary wicking material as an intermediary between the liquid reservoir and the ultrasonic transducer. This wicking material absorbs liquid and transports it through capillary forces, providing controlled liquid delivery without the leakage problems associated with membrane-based systems.
3Productivity
If conventional heating elements are used, then liquid vaporisation is achieved, but inconsistent dosing occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces thermal heating with ultrasonic mechanical vibration for liquid atomization. This substitution provides more precise and consistent liquid delivery because ultrasonic vibration directly breaks liquid into uniform droplets through mechanical cavitation, avoiding the variability inherent in thermal heating processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs ultrasonic mechanical vibration at high frequency to atomize the liquid. The consistent high-frequency vibrations produce uniform droplet sizes and consistent dosing, as the mechanical energy is distributed evenly throughout the liquid contact area of the ultrasonic transducer.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The ultrasonic mist inhaler prevents liquid leakage, ensures consistent dosing, and eliminates burnt liquid and metal inhalation, providing a safer and more reliable vaping experience.
Implementation Method 1
an ultrasonic transducer configured to vibrate the atomisation surface to atomise a liquid carried by the capillary element to generate a mist
Implementation Method 2
a capillary element extending between the liquid chamber and the sonication chamber
Data Source
AI summary
A mist inhaler device (200) for generating a mist for inhalation by a user. The device includes a mist generator device (201) and a driver device (202). The driver device (202) is configured to drive the mist generator device (201) at an optimum frequency to maximise the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator device (201).


