Fluid cartridge and dispension device

Abstract

An arrangement for dispensing a fluid comprises a fluid cartridge comprising a casing for accommodating the fluid and a fluid dispensing unit configured for generating particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium. The arrangement further comprises a dispenser device comprising a cartridge accommodation unit configured for accommodating the fluid cartridge and a pressure feed unit configured for feeding the fluid in a casing of the fluid cartridge with a pressurized medium upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit to thereby generate the particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with the pressurized medium.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A fluid cartridge for dispensing a fluid, the fluid cartridge comprising:
 a casing for accommodating the fluid;   a pressure feed interface configured for being coupled to a pressure feed unit for feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium;   a fluid dispensing unit configured for generating particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium;   a fluidic path in the casing being opened or openable for enabling the particles to leave the casing through the fluidic path.   
     
     
         2 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises a bottom part and a top part, the bottom part and the top part being integrally connected to one another. 
     
     
         3 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises a sealing member, particularly made by injection molding, as the pressure feed interface being penetrable by a pressure supply pin coupled to a pressure medium reservoir as the pressure feed unit, the sealing member being particularly provided in the bottom member. 
     
     
         4 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises or consists of one of the group consisting of:
 a thermoplastic material;   elastomeric material;   polyoxymethylene;   a copolymer of Acrylonitrile, Butodiene, and Styren; and   (C3H3N, C4H6, C8H8)x.   
     
     
         5 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid cartridge comprises the pressure feed unit. 
     
     
         6 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , comprising a respiratory mask fluidically connected to the fluidic path so as to guide the dispensed fluid towards a mouth and/or a nose of a physiological subject, particularly a human being or an animal. 
     
     
         7 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , comprising a cartridge data carrier wherein the cartridge data carrier carries information assigned to the fluid cartridge and being readable by a reader unit, particularly by a reader unit of the dispenser device. 
     
     
         8 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 7 , wherein the cartridge data carrier carries information selected from the group consisting of cartridge identification information being uniquely indicative of an identity of the fluid cartridge, date of expiry identification information being indicative of a date until which the fluid cartridge is usable, and operation data indicative of an operation mode according to which the fluid cartridge is usable by a dispenser device. 
     
     
         9 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 7 , wherein the cartridge data carrier is configured so as to enable a writing unit, particularly a writing unit of the dispenser device, to write data onto the cartridge data carrier. 
     
     
         10 . The fluid cartridge of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid cartridge is configured so that a dimension of at least 50%, of the dispensed particles is in a range between 10 nm and 1000 nm. 
     
     
         11 . A dispenser device for dispensing a fluid from a fluid cartridge the dispenser device comprising:
 a cartridge accommodation unit configured for accommodating the fluid cartridge;   a pressure feed unit configured for feeding the fluid in a casing of the fluid cartridge with a pressurized medium upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit to thereby generate particles leaving the casing through a fluidic path in the casing upon feeding the fluid in the casing with the pressurized medium.   
     
     
         12 . The dispenser device of  claim 11 , comprising a fluid cartridge opening mechanism configured for opening a fluidic path via which the particles leave the casing upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit. 
     
     
         13 . The dispenser device of  claim 11 , wherein the dispenser device, comprises a read and/or write unit configured for reading data from and/or writing data to a cartridge data carrier of the fluid cartridge upon accommodating the fluid cartridge at the cartridge accommodation unit. 
     
     
         14 . The dispenser device of  claim 11 , wherein the cartridge accommodation unit comprises
 a fluid cartridge receptacle for receiving a section of the fluid cartridge and having an engagement element, and   a mounting support having a complementary engagement element for being engaged by the engagement element for holding the fluid cartridge receptacle receiving the fluid cartridge.   
     
     
         15 . The dispenser device of  claim 11 , comprising a temperature adjustment unit, particularly a heating unit and/or cooling unit, configured for adjusting a temperature of the pressurized medium in the pressure feed unit. 
     
     
         16 . The dispenser device of  claim 15 , comprising a control unit or a regulating unit configured for controlling and/or regulating the temperature of pressurized medium in the pressure feed unit. 
     
     
         17 . An arrangement for dispensing a fluid, the arrangement comprising:
 a fluid cartridge comprising a casing for accommodating the fluid and a fluid dispensing unit configured for generating particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with pressurized medium;   a dispenser device comprising a cartridge accommodation unit configured for accommodating the fluid cartridge; a pressure feed unit configured for feeding the fluid in a casing of the fluid cartridge with a pressurized medium upon accommodating the fluid cartridge in the cartridge accommodation unit to thereby generate the particles upon feeding the fluid in the casing with the pressurized medium, wherein the particles leave the casing through a fluidic path in the casing.   
     
     
         18 . The arrangement  claim 17 ,
 wherein the fluid cartridge comprises a tamper-proof feature being indicative of an origin of the fluid cartridge;   wherein the dispenser device comprises a tamper-proof verification unit corresponding to the tamper-proof feature and being configured for verifying whether a fluid cartridge accommodated by the dispenser device has a tamper-proof feature being indicative of an approved origin of the fluid cartridge;   wherein the dispenser device is further configured to enable generation of particles only upon successful verification that the fluid cartridge has the tamper-proof feature; and   wherein the fluid cartridge and/or the dispenser device is or are configured so that the tamper-proof feature of the dispenser device is destroyed or deactivated upon first insertion of the fluid cartridge into the dispenser device.   
     
     
         19 . The arrangement of  claim 17 , wherein the arrangement is configured as a portable device dimensioned so that a human being, as the physiological subject, is treated with the particles by manually handling the device. 
     
     
         20 . The arrangement of  claim 17 , wherein the arrangement is configured to be installed in a room so as to treat a human being, as the physiological subject, being present in the room with the particles.