EP 3446579 B1 20221005 - INHALER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INHALER
Title (en)
INHALER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INHALER
Title (de)
INHALATOR UND VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN EINES INHALATORS
Title (fr)
INHALATEUR ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'UN INHALATEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 102017119521 A 20170825
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2019059446A1] A vaporizer unit for an inhaler, the vaporizer unit incorporating an electronic control device and at least one heating element, where the vaporizer unit is configured to vaporize a liquid fed from a liquid reservoir, such that the vaporized liquid is received by an air stream flowing through the vaporizer unit. The electronic control device is configured to heat the at least one heating element with a corresponding at least one control frequency, wherein: one or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency is a variable control frequency; two or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency are different control frequencies; or one or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency is a variable control frequency and two or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency are different control frequencies.
IPC 8 full level
A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A24F 40/10 (2020.01 - KR); A24F 40/46 (2020.01 - EP KR US); A24F 40/50 (2020.01 - KR); A24F 40/53 (2020.01 - EP US); A24F 40/80 (2020.01 - KR); H05B 1/02 (2013.01 - KR); H05B 1/0297 (2013.01 - US); A24F 40/10 (2020.01 - EP US)
Citation (opposition)
Opponent : G.D S.p.A.
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3446579 A1 20190227; EP 3446579 B1 20221005; EP 3446579 B8 20230104; CN 109419045 A 20190305; CN 109419045 B 20240507; DE 102017119521 A1 20190228; JP 2019037226 A 20190314; JP 7252722 B2 20230405; KR 20190022360 A 20190306; US 2019059446 A1 20190228
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 18190453 A 20180823; CN 201810972853 A 20180824; DE 102017119521 A 20170825; JP 2018156891 A 20180824; KR 20180097603 A 20180821; US 201816111913 A 20180824