Ionized aerosols

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING IONS IN PREDETERMINED CONCENTRATIONS FOR INHALATION INTO THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM COMPRISING: (A) A CLOSED CONTAINER, (B) MEANS FOR REMOVING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE PARTICULATE MATTER CONTAINED IN A SUPPLY OF AIR, (C) MEANS FOR FILLING SAID CONTAINER WITH SAID AIR UNDER A PREDETERMINED PRESSRE AFTER SAID PARTICULATE MATTER HAS BEEN REMOVED, (D) MEANS LOCATED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER FOR PRODUCING A PREDETERMINED CONCENTRATION OF IONS OF A PREDETERMINED POLARITY, (E) MEANS FOR SEPARATELY PRODUCING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF AEROSOLS IN SAID CONTAINER, (F) MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE IONS TO SAID AEROSOLS, (G) SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER AND EXTENDING AWAY THEREFROM FOR RECEIVING SAID AEROSOLS WITH THE ATTACHED IONS AND CARRYING THEM DIRECTLY INTO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OF THE INDIVIDUAL, (H) SPACE CHARGE MEANS POSITIONED ALONG THE INTERIOR WALL OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS AND SURROUNDING THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID AEROSOLS AND ATTACHED IONS THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS, AND (I) MEANS FOR CHARGING SAID SPACE CHARGE MEANS WITH A POLARITY THE SAME AS THE POLARITY OF SAID IONS.