Susan S Tom

US Patent:

20090123548, May 14, 2009

Filed:

Oct 22, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/975891

Inventors:

Susan Reimer Tom - New York NY, US

International Classification:

A61K 36/752
A61K 36/53
A61K 36/537
A61K 36/534
A61K 36/328
A61K 36/899
A61K 36/906
A61K 36/28
A61K 36/48
A61K 36/73
A61K 36/13

US Classification:

424489, 424736, 424745, 424764, 424746, 424770, 424765, 424750, 424748, 424756, 424725, 424747, 424757

Abstract:

A device for administering aromatherapy to a subject and the method of using the device are disclosed. The device comprises an aromatherapy composition housed within a container. The container has at least one opening or aperture through which the subject may breathe in or inhale the aromatic and volatile components of the aromatherapy composition through the mouth and/or nose. The aromatherapy composition comprises a particulate component comprising one or more irregularly- or regularly-shaped particles, granules, beads or the like. In addition, the aromatherapy composition has a volatile component comprising an amount of an essential oil-containing composition. The volatile component is that portion of the essential oil-containing composition that is retained by the particulate component after contacting the particulate component with the essential oil-containing composition and removal of the portion that is not retained by the particulate component.