EP3915408B1 - Appareil pour inhaler une substance - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for inhaling a substance, for example a smoking apparatus.
- the electronic cigarette (or e-cigarette ), sometimes called a vaporizer or personal vaporizer, is an electromechanical or electronic device that generates an aerosol intended to be inhaled.
- This aerosol or "vapour” or even “artificial smoke” visually resembles the smoke produced by the combustion of tobacco.
- This vapor can be flavored (aroma of tobacco, fruit, etc.) or not and may or may not contain nicotine.
- the technology mainly marketed for electronic cigarettes is the vaporization technology (action of dispersing a liquid into fine droplets) of a liquid by using a heating resistor.
- the principle of such an electronic cigarette consists in producing an aerosol imitating tobacco smoke.
- the technique consists of heating a liquid (known as a vaping liquid) via a heating resistor: the user must activate the heating of the resistor, the liquid heats up, vaporizes and produces an aerosol that the user can then inhale.
- the activation of the heating of the resistance can be either manual (for example by means of a switch), or automatic (for example by means of an electromechanical device detecting the aspiration of the user and then activating resistance).
- a device for inhaling a substance for example an electronic cigarette, based on the heating of a liquid is generally made up of the following main elements: a battery (which powers the atomiser), an atomiser (which contains a resistor which will vaporize the liquid), a tank (the liquid container) and a mouthpiece that allows you to inhale/inhale the vapor (aerosol) coming out of the atomizer.
- a battery which powers the atomiser
- an atomiser which contains a resistor which will vaporize the liquid
- a tank the liquid container
- a mouthpiece that allows you to inhale/inhale the vapor (aerosol) coming out of the atomizer.
- Additional elements may be present such as for example a power electronic module, a voltage variator, a temperature controller, a counter for the number of puffs, means of communication with an electronic device such as a computer or a smartphone or any other device such as a charging device.
- the essential element of current devices for inhaling a substance for example current electronic cigarettes, based on the heating of a liquid is the atomizer comprising a resistance which is the part whose function is to heat to high temperatures of at least minus 190°C (generally between 188 and 290°C) the liquid in order to generate the aerosol.
- These atomizers generally contain a resistive wire which surrounds a wick which may for example be made of silica fiber or cotton and/or which is surrounded by a wad.
- the wick or wad has the function of storing the liquid and bringing it by capillarity to the resistance so that it is heated and vaporized.
- the atomizer and the cartridge are inseparable and form a single component, the latter is called “cartomizer” or cartridge with integrated atomizer.
- the cartomizers supply the atomizer with liquid via a wad.
- the food is supplied using a wick system, we speak of a "clearomiser”.
- the atomizers mainly used for heating are consumables whose lifespan varies enormously depending on the model, the use and the type of liquid.
- liquids based on PG and / or VG are largely in the majority, some alternatives exist however.
- propane-1,3-diol or polyethylene glycol in its PEG400 form are largely in the majority, some alternatives exist however.
- propane-1,3-diol or polyethylene glycol in its PEG400 form are largely in the majority, some alternatives exist however.
- devices for inhaling a substance, in particular electronic cigarettes, based on heating a liquid comprising aromatic substances are therefore not free of toxic products, in particular solvents and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) nor potentially carcinogenic toxic compounds, such as acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide and acrylamide.
- VOCs volatile organic compounds
- propylene glycol and glycerin almost systematically used to maintain the products of devices for inhaling a substance, in particular electronic cigarettes, in liquid form, are considered safe at room temperature but produce, when heated, potentially carcinogenic toxic compounds breathed in/inhaled by the user.
- devices for inhaling a substance for example devices for smoking and in particular electronic cigarettes, relying on a heating of liquid in order to generate an aerosol require the presence of a battery, essentially to supply the heating element with electricity (usually a resistor).
- a battery essentially to supply the heating element with electricity (usually a resistor).
- any battery has a limited autonomy, all the more so when its size and its weight are reduced in order to be able to be integrated into devices for inhaling a substance, for example in devices for smoking.
- devices for inhaling a substance for example devices for smoking
- devices for inhaling a substance for example devices for smoking
- devices for inhaling a substance for example devices for smoking
- devices for inhaling a substance for example devices for smoking
- atomizer of the fogger or nebulizer type and a compressed air cartridge or a chamber in which there is compressed air.
- compressed air cartridge or a chamber in which there is compressed air.
- the devices for inhaling a substance for example the devices for smoking, are temporarily non-functional, which may prove to be particularly restrictive for the user.
- a device for inhaling a substance for example a device for smoking
- a manual pump arranged to suck in ambient air, inject it and compress it in said second reservoir
- the operator can fill the second reservoir at any time and compress air drawn therein from the surrounding environment (ambient air).
- a device for inhaling a substance for example a device for smoking
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance is battery-free.
- the absence of a battery makes it possible to reduce the weight of the device for inhaling a substance according to the invention but also makes the latter more ecological since the batteries pose serious pollution problems during their manufacture but also for their recycling.
- an inlet of said first reservoir is in fluid communication with said second reservoir, in particular in fluid communication with an outlet of said second reservoir.
- the first reservoir and the second reservoir are placed in series.
- said at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution contained in said first reservoir is not present therein under pressure.
- the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution contained in the first reservoir is entrained by gas released at the start from the second reservoir but is not pressurized. According to the invention, there is therefore a training of the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution and not a pressurization of the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution in a reservoir (compartment) so that it can be expelled.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention preferably functioning as a bubbler.
- a first inlet of said cold atomizer is in fluid communication with said second reservoir and a second inlet of said cold atomizer is in fluid communication with said first reservoir.
- the pressurized gas from the second tank enters the cold atomizer through a first inlet of the latter (gas inlet) and passes through the cold atomizer, which allows, for example by Venturi effect, that a substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution contained in the first reservoir enters the cold atomizer through a second inlet (inlet of inhalant) of the latter being in fluid communication with the first reservoir containing the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution.
- said cold atomizer is located at least partially in said first reservoir.
- said cold atomizer and said first reservoir are mounted in parallel.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance comprises a plurality of cold atomizers, in particular a plurality of foggers or nebulizers, each of said cold atomizers atomizing the same substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution or each of said cold atomizers atomizing a particular inhalant in liquid or solution form.
- the apparatus may comprise a first cold atomizer atomizing a substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution corresponding to a flavor and a second cold atomizer atomizing a substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution corresponding to nicotine, the aerosols from each of the cold atomizers reaching the mouthpiece.
- said second reservoir comprises a porous material, in particular a microporous material, for example a zeolite.
- a porous material for example a zeolite.
- the presence of a porous material or of a microporous material makes it possible to optimize the quantity of air (of gas) injected into the second reservoir.
- said pump is a manual pump.
- a manual pump makes it possible to dispense with a source of electrical energy (battery), which makes the device for inhaling a substance all the more functional at any time. moment.
- a simple manual actuation of the pump makes it possible to suck in ambient air, to inject it and to compress it in said second tank.
- said manual pump is a two-way pump, that is to say a pump which sucks in and which propels air into the second reservoir not only during the forward movement but also during the movement back from the pump piston.
- a device for inhaling a substance for example a device for smoking, must be compact and it is necessary to reduce the number of movements to be carried out manually to ensure pumping such that the second reservoir quickly contains enough compressed gas (air) so that the user can inhale several puffs of the substance to be inhaled thanks to the volume of compressed air obtained in only a few pumps (pumping movements), preferably in only 3 pumps (movements of pumping).
- a faster and therefore more efficient filling of the second tank is ensured.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention comprises a two-way pump comprising several pistons, in particular several two-way pistons. This makes it possible to increase and optimize the quantity of gas (air) drawn in and injected into the second tank during a given movement of the pump.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention further comprises a piston activated by the pressurized gas contained in said second reservoir, the pressurized gas allowing the additional piston to perform a displacement movement accompanying a movement performed by the extensor muscles of the fingers of a user during manual pumping performed with said manual pump.
- This piston therefore facilitates pumping by the user by increasing the force that the latter applies during pumping using the extensor muscles of his fingers.
- said manual pump is provided with a handle in the form of a ring.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance may comprise a plurality of pumps, in order to ensure faster filling of the second reservoir.
- an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention further comprises a mechanism for closing said second reservoir, for example a one-way valve, in particular a pressure valve or valve.
- a mechanism for closing said second tank is arranged to prevent gas (air) from escaping from the second tank when the pressure of this gas in the second tank is too low: according to the invention, the mechanism for closing said second reservoir, for example a one-way valve of the mechanical type (opposed force, mechanical rigidity, etc.), is triggered when the pressure within the second reservoir is lower than a predetermined threshold value such that the gas is no longer able to come out of the second tank.
- the gas (air) present in the second reservoir must be sufficiently compressed for the atomization to give rise to an adequate mist or nebulisate. If the gas pressure in the second tank is too low, the atomization will not be optimal: droplets of too large a size of substance to be inhaled are obtained and reach the mouth of the user in liquid form and not in the form of mist or mist.
- said mechanism for closing said second tank is associated with a pressure sensor measuring the pressure prevailing in said second tank and making it possible to control said closing mechanism.
- an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention further comprises a mechanism for closing an inlet or an outlet of said cold atomizer.
- this mechanism for closing an inlet or an outlet of said cold atomizer also makes it possible to ensure that droplets of too large a size of substance to be inhaled do not reach not the mouth of the user in liquid form but in the form of mist or nebulisate.
- the device for inhaling a substance further comprises a valve or an overpressure safety valve connected to the second reservoir so that in the event of too high pressure in the latter, any risk of explosion or damage to the apparatus for inhaling a substance is avoided.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance further comprises a compressed air cartridge connected to the second reservoir and/or to the cold atomizer.
- a compressed air cartridge connected to the second reservoir and/or to the cold atomizer.
- the presence of such a compressed air cartridge constitutes an additional compressed air (gas) supply acting alone or in parallel with the second reservoir and/or with the cold atomizer.
- the manual pump can be connected to the compressed air cartridge, in order to be able, when the manual pump is activated, to supply the cartridge with compressed air (gas).
- said cold atomizer is a fogger or a nebulizer.
- said first reservoir contains at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution and said second reservoir contains a pressurized gas.
- the cold atomizer of an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention is a fogger or a nebulizer
- no heating must be carried out in order to obtain an aerosol, a smoke or a phase simulating a smoke.
- the mist or the nebulisate produced cold comprises to a lesser extent or even does not comprise the toxic and potentially carcinogenic compounds generated by heating, as is the case with an atomizer of the heating resistor type encountered with devices for inhaling a substance, in particular with current electronic cigarettes, based on heating a liquid to obtain an aerosol.
- the cold atomizer is a fogger or a nebulizer, to produce an aerosol or smoke or to simulate the smoke which would be obtained for example with a conventional cigarette (smoke essentially produced by the combustion of tobacco)
- the aerosol is not generated by heating but rather cold via an atomizer or a nebulizer constituting a cold atomizer to give rise to an aerosol in the form of a mist or a mist.
- the aerosol emerging from the cold atomizer preferably from a fogger or a nebulizer
- the cold atomizer preferably from a fogger or a nebulizer
- the quantity of substance to be inhaled contained in the aerosol leaving the cold atomizer is substantially identical from one inhalation to another. .
- the cold atomizer for example a fogger or a nebulizer
- an aerosol for example a mist or a nebulisate
- droplets having a droplet size between 0 1 and 20 ⁇ m, preferably between 0.25 and 10 ⁇ m, preferably between 0.5 and 5 ⁇ m.
- said aerosol has droplets having a droplet size distribution D50 equal to 3 ⁇ m, preferably equal to 2.5 ⁇ m.
- an aerosol is a set of fine particles, solid or liquid, of a substance or a mixture of substances, suspended / dispersed in a gaseous medium (suspended / dispersed in a gas).
- an “atomizer” is an apparatus or device used to finely disperse (reduce to fine particles) liquids, solutions or suspensions.
- an atomizer has the function of passing a substance from a first state to a second state which is neither liquid nor solid.
- an atomizer makes it possible to obtain an aerosol as defined above.
- an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the present invention comprises a cold fogger or a cold nebulizer.
- an atomizer is a device that makes it possible, when cold, to divide a pressurized liquid into very fine droplets to give rise to a mist. Misting can for example be carried out by spraying (reduction into fine particles) of the liquid using an ultrasound system or a nozzle through which the liquid is fed.
- a nebulizer can transform liquids into a cloud of extremely fine particles (mist) and this, cold. Nebulization can for example be carried out by using ultrasound, by simultaneously supplying a liquid and a gas (concentric nebulizer) or by pressurizing a liquid and passing it through a nebulization head (Venturi nebulizer).
- a gas, a liquid or a gas-liquid mixture gaining an input from said cold atomizer for example an input from an atomizer or a nebulizer, has a velocity (speed) of between 0, 0025 and 50 m/s, preferably between 0.005 and 25 m/s, preferably between 0.01 and 5 m/s.
- a gas gaining an inlet of said cold atomizer for example an inlet of a fogger or a nebulizer, has a flow rate of between 1.10 -9 and 100.10 -9 ml/s, preferably between 5 and 50 ml/s.
- a liquid gaining an inlet of said cold atomizer for example an inlet of a fogger or a nebulizer, has a flow rate of between 0.001 and 0.01 ml/s.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention comprises a second reservoir comprising a gas under pressure, preferably air or oxygen or a mixture of air and oxygen under pressure.
- said second reservoir comprising a pressurized gas can be a reservoir in the form of a removable and/or rechargeable gas cartridge.
- the trigger comprises a valve or valve.
- the valve or valve is placed between said second reservoir and said first reservoir or between said first reservoir and said cold atomizer (for example a fogger or a nebulizer) or between said cold atomizer (for example a fogger or nebulizer) and said mouthpiece.
- said cold atomizer for example a fogger or a nebulizer
- said cold atomizer for example a fogger or nebulizer
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance further comprises a device or a chamber for mixing said substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution and said pressurized gas.
- said device or the mixing chamber is upstream of said cold atomizer (for example upstream of a fogger or a nebulizer) and is in fluid communication with an inlet of said cold atomizer.
- Such device or mixing chamber allows even more that a homogeneous aerosol comprising the expected quantity of substance to be inhaled is formed and that the size of the droplets (particles) present in the aerosol are adequate.
- said mouthpiece is rotatable and makes it possible to close the reservoir containing the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution so that the latter cannot flow outside the device for inhaling. a substance.
- the mouthpiece closes the reservoir containing the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance further comprises a compartment comprising a flavoring or an aromatic substance or nicotine.
- this compartment is in fluid communication with said cold atomizer (for example in fluid communication with a fogger or a nebulizer).
- this compartment is located downstream of the cold atomizer, the aerosol formed being loaded with aroma or aromatic substance by passing through the compartment.
- the compartment can include an absorbent material that can be soaked with a flavoring or an aromatic substance or can have walls coated with a flavoring or an aromatic substance.
- This compartment can be a removable and/or rechargeable element of the device for inhaling a substance according to the invention.
- This compartment may consist of an outside air intake (outside air inlet) into which an aroma or an aromatic substance can be introduced. According to an embodiment according to the invention, this compartment is located at the level of the mouthpiece.
- said first reservoir and said second reservoir are concentric.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance further comprises a heating element, for example a resistor or a heating wall.
- a heating element for example a resistor or a heating wall.
- the presence of such a heating element can allow to heat/temper the mixture [gas under pressure + substance to be inhaled] and/or the aerosol coming out of the cold atomizer (for example coming out of a fogger or a nebulizer) so that the user inhales an aerosol whose temperature can for example be close to that of a puff obtained with a conventional cigarette (combustion of tobacco).
- Such a heating element can advantageously be present at the outlet of the second tank comprising a pressurized gas to compensate for the cooling due to the expansion of the gas when it leaves said second tank.
- such a heating element does not heat the substance to be inhaled excessively in order to avoid any generation of toxic and/or carcinogenic molecules by heating to high temperatures.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention further comprises at least one air inlet or an outside air intake.
- at least one air intake is in fluid communication with the cold atomizer (for example in fluid communication with a fogger or a nebulizer).
- an aromatic or flavoring substance can be introduced into an air intake, for example by means of an element soaked in an aroma and fitting into the air intake.
- said at least one air inlet or an external air intake is located at the level of the mouthpiece, this in order to increase the volume of air to be inhaled during the use of a device for inhaling a substance according to the invention.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention further comprises at least one exhaust or a safety valve or a safety valve, that is to say an opening on/outwards ensuring the exit of a fluid departing from the apparatus for inhaling a substance.
- This exhaust makes it possible to avoid any overpressure in the device for smoking and/or any explosion of the device for inhaling a substance.
- said at least one air intake and/or said at least one exhaust comprises a valve or a valve.
- the second reservoir comprising a pressurized gas is removable and/or refillable.
- the first reservoir comprising at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution is removable and/or refillable.
- the cold atomizer for example an atomizer or a nebulizer, is removable.
- the first reservoir comprising at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution also comprises at least one additional substance chosen from the group consisting of non-toxic smoke oils, nicotine, propylene glycol , propane-1,3-diol, glycerin, ethanol, water and mixtures thereof. It is understood that many other additional substances could be envisaged within the scope of the present invention.
- the cold atomizer is a spray fogger, for example an ultrasonic system spray fogger or a nozzle spray fogger.
- the cold atomizer is an ultrasonic nebulizer, a concentric nebulizer or a Venturi nebulizer.
- the device for inhaling a substance also comprises an additional atomiser, for example a nebuliser or an additional atomiser.
- said at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution is an aromatic substance or aroma in liquid form, in the form of an ionized liquid, or in solid form or in the form of a powder. dissolved in a solvent.
- Any other suitable form of said at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution is also the subject of the present invention.
- said substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution can simply be water.
- the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution is not in the oily or viscous or semi-viscous phase but only in the aqueous phase or in a non-oily, non-viscous and non-semi-viscous solvent.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention further comprises at least one additional element chosen from the group consisting of valves and/or valves, a battery, an suction or pressure sensor, an electronic power module, a voltage variator, a temperature controller, a counter for the number of puffs, means of communication with an electronic device such as a computer or a smartphone, a switch controlling said trigger, a mixer, for example a Venturi-type mixer.
- the device for inhaling a substance can also comprise an electronic module for programming the quantity of substance to be inhaled at each puff and/or the volume of gas released at each puff and/or the temperature of the heater.
- the trigger is a mechanical trigger, for example a non-return valve, or an electromechanical trigger, for example a solenoid valve.
- the trigger for example a trigger in the form of an (electro-)valve, can be located either between the first reservoir comprising at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution and the second reservoir comprising a gas under pressure, either between the second reservoir comprising a pressurized gas and the cold atomizer (for example an atomizer or a nebulizer), or between the cold atomizer and the mouthpiece.
- the trigger may be a mechanical trigger of the check valve type.
- the non-return valve constituting the trigger and comprising a return spring passes from a rest position where it is in abutment against a stop to a working position (the non-return valve is no longer held against the stop).
- the return spring is arranged such that it exerts sufficient force to maintain the non-return valve in its rest position when the device for inhaling a substance is not in use.
- the suction exerted by the user at the level of the mouthpiece has the effect of shifting the non-return valve in the direction of the user, of creating a depression in the apparatus for inhaling a substance and, as a result, to allow a certain quantity of gas contained in the second tank to reach the first tank comprising the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution to convey (push) it to the cold atomizer (for example a fogger or a nebulizer).
- the cold atomizer for example a fogger or a nebulizer
- the device for inhaling a substance according to the invention comprises a turbine to increase the flow of air during an aspiration carried out by the user.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance comprises a battery, which can power a compressor and/or a pump for compressing a gas in said second reservoir.
- the present invention also relates to an assembly comprising an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention and a recharging station (docking station) of said second gas tank, in particular air, and/or for recharging the apparatus for inhaling a substance into electrical energy.
- the present invention also relates to a use of an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention for atomizing (for example for misting or nebulizing) at least one substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution.
- said first reservoir 3 comprises a fluid inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of said second reservoir 4 comprising a pressurized gas.
- the apparatus for inhaling a substance 1 comprises an aspiration detector or pressure sensor 7, a control unit 8 connected to the pressure sensor 7 and an electric source SE (for example a battery).
- an electric source SE for example a battery.
- the control unit 8 will measure a depression in the apparatus for inhaling a substance 1 via the pressure sensor 7 and then authorize the passage of a current to the solenoid valve (which constitutes the trigger 6) so that the latter moves from a rest position in which it is closed to a working position in which it is open.
- the second tank 4 comprises a pressurized gas and it is in fluid communication with said first tank 3 which is itself in fluid communication with an inlet of the cold atomizer 2 which is itself in fluid communication with the mouthpiece 5, the opening of the solenoid valve creating a vacuum in the apparatus for inhaling a substance 1 will give place in a release of gas from the second reservoir 4, the gas then entraining the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution contained in the first reservoir 3 towards an inlet of the cold atomizer 2.
- Such entrainment of the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution by a gas facilitates the passage of the latter in the cold atomizer 2 but also the exit of the aerosol obtained by the mouthpiece 5, which makes the use of this mode of embodiment according to the invention all the more comfortable for the user.
- the passage of the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution in the cold atomizer 2 gives rise to atomization such that an aerosol is formed (for example in the form of a mist or a nebulisate) comprising the substance to be inhaled in the form of fine droplets and simulating the smoke which would be obtained for example with a conventional cigarette (smoke essentially produced by the combustion of tobacco).
- the figure 2 illustrates another embodiment of an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention.
- This embodiment is identical to that illustrated in figure 1 but the assembly E has a different configuration since the cold atomizer 2 is partially present in the first reservoir 3.
- a first inlet e1 (gas inlet) of the cold atomizer 2 is in communication fluidic with an outlet of the second reservoir 4 and at least one second inlet e2 (inlet of substance to be inhaled) of the cold atomizer 2 is in fluid communication with the first reservoir 3 containing the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution.
- the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution reaches the cold atomizer 2 by Venturi effect, which is due to the passage of pressurized gas through the cold atomizer 2, this which implies that the substance to be inhaled in liquid form or in solution is “sucked up” and reaches the cold atomizer 2 via the inlet e2.
- the picture 3 illustrates another embodiment of an apparatus for inhaling a substance according to the invention.
- This embodiment includes the same components as shown in picture 2 , the mode of operation of the device for inhaling picture 3 being identical to the mode of operation of the apparatus for inhaling picture 2 (Venturi effect).
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