Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collapsible disposable spacer for metered dose inhalers
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Application No.: US16305942Application Date: 2017-05-29
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Publication No.: US10537693B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: John Dennis
- Applicant: MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Priority: AU2016902049 20160530
- International Application: PCT/AU2017/050501 WO 20170529
- International Announcement: WO2017/205907 WO 20171207
- Main IPC: A61M15/00
- IPC: A61M15/00

Abstract:
The present invention is a collapsible/expandable and disposable spacer for use with a metered dose inhaler (‘MDI’). One embodiment of the invention is a spacer collapsible into a substantially flat configuration for storage and expandable into a spacer volume for use with a metered dose inhaler (MDI) wherein the spacer comprises: (a) a collapsible and expandable panel arrangement internally located within the spacer volume to divide the spacer volume into a MDI medicament delivery chamber and an inhalation/exhalation chamber when the spacer is in an expanded configuration; (b) a medicament delivery opening adapted to receive a MDI in a MDI medication delivery end of the MDI medicament delivery chamber; (c) an inhalation opening in a mouthpiece end of the inhalation/exhalation chamber; (d) an exhalation opening in the inhalation/exhalation chamber; and further wherein the panel arrangement comprises an aperture off-set from the medicament delivery opening with the proviso that the aperture is not a valved aperture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190151578A1 COLLAPSIBLE DISPOSABLE SPACER FOR METERED DOSE INHALERS Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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