Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dry powder inhalers
- Patent Title (中): 干粉吸入器
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Application No.: US13384182Application Date: 2010-07-16
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Publication No.: US08905022B2Publication Date: 2014-12-09
- Inventor: Philip Carl Parkes , Steven Graham Williams
- Applicant: Philip Carl Parkes , Steven Graham Williams
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Innovata Biomed Limited
- Current Assignee: Innovata Biomed Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: LeClairRyan, a Professional Corporation
- Priority: GB0912373.8 20090716
- International Application: PCT/GB2010/051167 WO 20100716
- International Announcement: WO2011/007181 WO 20110120
- Main IPC: A61M15/00
- IPC: A61M15/00

Abstract:
A dry powder inhaler (1) is disclosed comprising first and second medicament reservoirs (2, 2a) and respective rotatable first and second metering members (5, 5a), which are urged into sealing engagement with the respective medicament reservoir (2, 2a) by a compression spring (8) located between the metering members (5, 5a). The inhaler (1) includes an actuator by which the first and second metering members (5, 5a) are rotated in unison from a metering position to a dispensing position. The actuator acts upon the first and second metering members (5, 5a) via a wheel (9) mounted between the first and second metering members (5, 5a). The first and second metering members (5, 5a) are provided with sockets (51) that receive the respective ends of the compression spring (8). The sockets (51) have extensions (52) that project into an axial bushing (92) of the wheel (9), the bushing (92) being provided on its internal surface with formations (94a, 94b, 94c, 94d) that engage the extensions (52) to cause the metering members (5,5a) to rotate when the wheel (9) is rotated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120111328A1 DRY POWDER INHALERS Public/Granted day:2012-05-10
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