US 12,230,491 B2
Nebuliser outlet
Ian David Trivett, Cheadle (GB); Anthony Hesse, Stockport (GB); Mark Walford, Wilmslow (GB); Daniel J. Kenny, Knutsford (GB); David Gordon, Middlewich (GB); Stanislaw Koziol, Wrentham, MA (US); Steve D. Trudeau, Webster, MA (US); Alastair M. Booth, Glossop (GB); and Stephen Ayrton, Bradford (GB)
Assigned to Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
Filed by Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,510.
Application 18/489,510 is a continuation of application No. 17/355,779, filed on Jun. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,837,453.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,964, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2103194 (GB), filed on Mar. 8, 2021; and application No. 2105683 (GB), filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0047187 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01J 49/04 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/045 (2013.01) [H01J 49/167 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nebuliser comprising:
a nebuliser outlet comprising:
an inlet end and an outlet end; and
a first channel and one or more second channels arranged between the inlet end and the outlet end; and
a capillary installed in the first channel;
wherein the first channel and the one or more second channels converge at a convergence region within a tapering portion of the nebuliser outlet;
wherein an outlet end of the capillary is arranged within the convergence region;
wherein an inner wall of the tapering portion tapers downstream of the outlet end of the capillary;
wherein the nebuliser outlet is configured such that gas received by the nebuliser outlet can pass to the outlet end via the one or more second channels; and
wherein the nebuliser outlet comprises a single integrated component.