Partners developing device to vaporize liquid for respiratory care

Vapore and PARI Partner to Develop Medical Device "Vapore has developed a new breakthrough method of liquid vaporization called the capillary force vaporizer (CFV), a compact, heat-powered disc that generates a powerful jet of pressurized vapor from un-pressurized liquid--with no moving parts. PARI's medical devices will integrate Vapore's CFV to provide a compact precision vapor generator." The CFV combines capillary force and phase transition--two 'natural phenomena'--to produce a controllable flow of vapor that's simple to deliver and doesn't rely on environmentally harmful aerosol propellants. (Never fear, you other non-scientific readers out there. I have a question in to an official medical source to find out what the heck "phase transition" means--and while I was at it I thought I'd ask what the technical meaning of capillary force is--we all know what capillaries are but it's not absolutely clear what the 'force' is about).

First, the hair care people figured out how to quit using those bad spray propellants a long time ago. And then the HVAC manufacturers got rid of freon in air conditioners quite a few years ago. It's really good news to hear that investigators have found a way to deliver medicine to a person's lungs that also doesn't offend the environment--or the person's lungs.