Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dose counter for inhaler and method for counting doses
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Application No.: US14699567Application Date: 2015-04-29
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Publication No.: US10086156B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Declan Walsh , Derek Fenlon , Simon Kaar , Jan Geert Hazenberg , Daniel Buck , Paul Clancy , Robert Charles Uschold , Jeffrey A. Karg
- Applicant: IVAX PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND , NORTON (WATERFORD) LIMITED , TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND
- Applicant Address: IE Waterford IE Waterford IE Waterford
- Assignee: Ivax Pharmaceuticals Ireland,Norton (Waterford) Limited,Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland
- Current Assignee: Ivax Pharmaceuticals Ireland,Norton (Waterford) Limited,Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland
- Current Assignee Address: IE Waterford IE Waterford IE Waterford
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
- Main IPC: G06M1/06
- IPC: G06M1/06 ; A61M11/00 ; A61M15/00 ; G06M1/24

Abstract:
A dose counter for a metered dose inhaler includes an incremental counting system for counting doses. The incremental counting system has a main body, an actuator arranged to be driven in response to canister motion and to drive an incremental output member in response to canister motion. The actuator and incremental output member are configured to have predetermined canister fire and count configurations in a canister fire sequence. The canister fire configuration is determined by a position of the actuator relative to a datum at which the canister fires medicament and the count configuration is determined by a position of the actuator relative to the datum at which the incremental count system makes an incremental count. The actuator is arranged to reach a position in the count configuration at or after a position in the canister fire configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150238714A1 DOSE COUNTER FOR INHALER AND METHOD FOR COUNTING DOSES Public/Granted day:2015-08-27
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