IP Library Granted Patent US 11,583,885
Granted Patent B2
US 11,583,885 · App. 15/337,417 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Unit dose aseptic aerosol misting device

Inventors: Alexandru Paunescu (Skillman, NJ); Richard J. Fougere (Skillman, NJ)
Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
B05B17/063A61M11/005A61M15/0085B05B17/0676A61M15/0021A61M15/0048
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,583,885
App. No.
15/337,417
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A unit dose capsule for use with a sonic generator includes a deformable membrane adapted to releasably engage the distal end of the elongate horn, a nozzle including at least one delivery opening; a nozzle including at least one delivery opening; and a reservoir containing a liquid composition disposed therebetween. When the unit dose capsule is engaged to the distal end of the elongate horn, the nozzle is disposed in an outwardly facing orientation, and the reservoir is in liquid communication with the at least one nozzle. The unit dose capsule can be included in a kit with a handheld misting device comprising a housing having a dispensing window arranged and configured to contain a sonic generator and a power source.

Claims (12)

1. A kit comprising:

a) a handheld misting device comprising a housing arranged and configured to contain:

i) an ultrasonic generator comprising a converter and an elongate ultrasonic horn having a proximal end coupled to the converter and a distal end arranged and configured to extend outside of the housing; and

ii) a power source coupled to the ultrasonic generator; and

b) at least one unit dose capsule covered by a cap having a window, the capsule comprising:

i) a first portion comprising a deformable membrane disposed on a first side of the unit dose capsule and adapted to cover and releasably engage the distal end of the elongate ultrasonic horn;

ii) a second portion comprising at least one sub-millimeter sized nozzle disposed on a second, exterior side of the unit dose capsule, the second, exterior side being opposite the first side of the unit dose capsule, to produce liquid aerosol droplets wherein when the unit dose capsule is engaged to the distal end of the elongate ultrasonic horn, the second portion of the capsule is disposed in an outwardly facing orientation adjacent the window; and

iii) a reservoir containing a first liquid composition in communication with the at least one nozzle;

whereby an aerosol mist is delivered by the nozzle through the window in the cap.

2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of unit dose capsules are operatively connected to a revolver, and the revolver is arranged and configured to index each unit dose capsule to engagement with the distal end of the elongate ultrasonic horn.

3. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a receptacle disposed proximate the distal end of the elongate ultrasonic horn and is arranged and configured to releasably accommodate the unit dose capsule.

4. The kit of claim 1 wherein the liquid aerosol droplets produced thereby have an equivalent diameter between 20 μm and 60 μm.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2024
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: KENVUE BRANDS LLC
Reel/Frame 069267/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 062438/0372 →
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 062438/0521 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
To: CHENANGO ZERO LLC
Reel/Frame 059618/0521 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: CHENANGO ZERO LLC
To: CHENANGO TWO LLC
Reel/Frame 058888/0133 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: CHENANGO TWO LLC; CURRAHEE HOLDING COMPANY INC.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 058888/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2017
From: PAUNESCU, ALEXANDRU; FOUGERE, RICHARD J.
To: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
Reel/Frame 041969/0335 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62248736 · Oct 30, 2015
Related Publication 20170120284A1 · May 4, 2017