Design and fabrication of medical micro-nebulizer

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Shen, Sheng Chih ^a   Wang, Yu Jen ^b   Chen, Yung Yue ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Micro nebulizer; Nozzle plate; Piezoelectric actuator; SMD; Spray droplet

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; NOZZLES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PULMONARY DISEASES;

MEDICAL MICRONEBULIZERS; MEDICATION CHAMBERS; SPRAY DEVICES; SPRAY DROPLET;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 42949125785     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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