Astrazeneca Ab

Douglas Bradshaw

Nic Bowman

Lennart Sörby

Lennart Sorby

Patrick Campbell

Charles Cooke

William Cramer

Oliver Burstall

A medicament-containing dispenser, such as an inhaler, comprises an outlet for dispensing medicament, e.g. a mouthpiece or a nasal adaptor. The dispenser also comprises a display for presenting indicia to a user. The dispenser further comprises an outlet cover movable between a first position in which it covers the outlet and a second position in which the outlet is uncovered, wherein, when the outlet cover is in the first position, indicia is visible in the display, and wherein, when the outlet cover is in the second position, indicia is out of sight to the user.

Medicament-containing dispenser provided with a display for presenting indicia to a user

Inhaler counter () comprising a counter housing (), a rocker arm () with a pawl (), the rocker arm being pivotally supported by the housing and arranged to perform a rocker movement in response to a linear actuation motion, a return spring () for resetting the rocker arm, a ratchet wheel () engagable with the pawl to convert the movement of the rocker arm into an incremental rotational motion of an axle arrangement () advancing a display means (), the axle arrangement further comprising a back rotation prevention means () in the form of a spring loaded friction brake and a worm gear, the display means comprising rotatable indicator means () with teeth that engage the worm-gear and a stationary scale.

Inhaler device counter

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Royston Herts, United Kingdom

Douglas Bradshaw