US 12,403,270 B2
Handheld filament extension atomizer for precision delivery of drugs and therapeutics
Michael Benedict, Palo Alto, CA (US); David Mathew Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US); Scott E. Solberg, San Jose, CA (US); Jamie Kalb, Mountain View, CA (US); Ravi Neelakantan, Redwood City, CA (US); Jerome Unidad, Paris (FR); David Charles Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US); and Frances Yan, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/580,448.
Application 17/580,448 is a continuation of application No. 16/140,902, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,246,997.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143329 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/02 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 11/02 (2013.01) [A61F 9/0008 (2013.01); A61M 35/003 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); A61M 2205/12 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3337 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6054 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8243 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8262 (2013.01); A61M 2209/086 (2013.01); A61M 2209/10 (2013.01); B08B 2203/0211 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking station for a hand-held filament extension atomizer device, comprising:
a receiver to receive the device, the device comprising a reservoir of product solution, and a pair of rollers positioned to receive the product solution and diverge to form filaments from the product solution;
station electronics;
a recharging point for the device arranged to connect with a power source of the device;
a power connection to an alternating current power source;
a cleaning reservoir of cleaning solution;
a pump configured to spray the cleaning solution onto the rollers; and
a waste collection area positioned to collect cleaning solution after the cleaning solution has contacted the rollers.