Norton (waterford) Limited

Ivax Pharmaceuticals Ireland

Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland

Ivax International B.v.

Molecular Bioproducts, Inc.

Other

Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Boston Innovation Inc.

Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc.

Hunt Holdings, Inc.

Woods Dispensing Systems, LLC

Teva Pharmecuticals Ireland

Ivax Pharmaeuticals Ireland

Teva Parmaceuticals Ireland

Jeffrey A Karg

Robert Charles Uschold

Simon Kaar

Declan Walsh

Derek Fenlon

Jan Geert Hazenberg

Paul Clancy

Daniel R Buck

Timothy Norman Johnson

Dan Buck

Douglas W Kroncke

Stephen Benson Sears

Eric Taylor Hunt

William Robert Collett

Karen V Taluskie

Yi-Ping Chang

Fu-Chung Lin

Kristen Dodds Weight

Matthew C Ebbs

Graham P Eacock

Walker MacLaughlin Sloan, Iii

Paul C DiCesare

Jeffrey P Radziunas

Michael Joseph Jobin

Robert J Losada

Vito Lore

Henry F Miller

Robert J Staab

Christopher M Catinella

Gerald P Fregeolle

Robert C Uschold

James M Harris

David F Tyndell

Iii Walker Maclaughlin Sloan

Timothy Johnson

Simon G Kaar

Dan Knockane Buck

The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a heating member that can be formed of a heating element conformed to a heater substrate configured as a truncated cone (or similar shape) having a first end of a first size and a second end of greater size. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods of forming an aerosol delivery device, which can include providing a shell, providing a heating member formed of a heating element conformed to a substrate, configuring the heating member as a truncated cone (or similar shape) having a first end of a first size and a second end of greater size, and inserting the heating member within the shell.

Heater for an aerosol delivery device and methods of formation thereof

An inhaler includes a main body having a canister housing, a medicament canister retained in a central outlet port of the canister housing, and a dose counter having an actuation member for operation by movement of the medicament canister. The canister housing has an inner wall, and a first inner wall canister support formation extending inwardly from a main surface of the inner wall. The canister housing has a longitudinal axis X which passes through the center of the central outlet port. The first inner wall canister support formation, the actuation member, and the central outlet port lie in a common plane coincident with the longitudinal axis X such that the first inner wall canister support formation protects against unwanted actuation of the dose counter by reducing rocking of the medicament canister relative to the main body of the inhaler.

Dose counter for inhaler having an anti-reverse rotation actuator

A dose counter for an inhaler includes a counter display arranged to indicate dosage information, and a drive system arranged to move the counter display incrementally in a first direction from a first station to a second station in response to actuation input. A regulator is provided which is arranged to act upon the counter display at the first station to regulate motion of the counter display at the first station to incremental movements.

A dose counter for counting doses of medicament dispensed by or remaining in a metered-dose inhaler. The dose counter includes a rotatably mounted first gear wheel having ratchet teeth and a display coupled to the first gear wheel, the display having a visible array of dose counting indicia indexable in response to rotary motion of the first gear wheel. The dose counter further includes an actuator mechanism having a first ratchet drive pawl for engaging the ratchet teeth of the first gear wheel in response to the dispensation of a medicament dose, and a second ratchet drive pawl for engaging the ratchet teeth of a gear wheel coupled to the display. In use, a first ratchet tooth of the first gear wheel is rotatably driven by the first pawl and then a second ratchet tooth of the gear wheel coupled to the display is rotatably driven by the second pawl.

Dose counter for a metered-dose inhaler

A method of manufacturing a series of incremental dose counters for inhalers, which includes manufacturing the dose counters with nominal canister fire and dose count positions of a dose counter actuator relative to a dose counter chassis or inhaler main body, and which includes building the dose counters with an average dose count position in the series being, in canister fire process, at or after an average canister fire position in the series.

Dose counters for inhalers, inhalers and methods of assembly thereof

An incremental dose counter for a metered dose inhaler having a body arranged to retain a canister for movement of the canister relative thereto, the incremental dose counter having a main body, an actuator arranged to be driven and to drive an incremental output member in a count direction in response to canister motion, the actuator being configured to restrict motion of the output member in a direction opposite to the count direction.

A dose counter for counting does of medicament dispensed by or remaining in a metered-dose inhaler. The dose counter includes a rotatably mounted gear wheel having a circular arrangement of ratchet teeth defining a root circle and a display coupled to the gear wheel, the display having a visible array of dose counting indicia indexable in response to rotary motion of the gear wheel. The dose counter further includes an actuator mechanism having a driver for rotatably driving the gear wheel in response to the dispensation of a medicament dose, the driver being arranged to engage the ratchet teeth of the gear wheel. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator shaft mounted for linear movement in response to the dispensing of a dose of medicament. In use, the travel of the driver along the root circle of the gear wheel exceeds the corresponding linear movement of the actuator shaft.

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.

Dose counter for inhaler and method for counting doses

A dose counter for an inhaler, the dose counter having a display tape arranged to be incrementally driven from a tape stock bobbin onto an incremental tape take-up drive shaft, the bobbin having an internal bore supported by and for rotation about a support shaft, at least one of the bore and support shaft having a protrusion which is resiliently biased into frictional engagement with the other of the bore and support shaft with longitudinally extending mutual frictional interaction.

Dose counter for inhaler having a bore and shaft arrangement

A tape system for a dose counter for an inhaler, the tape system having a main elongate tape structure, dosing indicia located on the main elongate tape structure, tape positioning indicia located on the main elongate tape structure, a tape size marker located on the main elongate tape structure indicating a number of dosing indicia on the tape, and priming indicia located on the main elongate tape structure, the priming indicia being located between the dosing indicia and one end of the tape.

An inhaler for inhaling medicament includes a body for retaining a medicament store and a dose counter. The dose counter has a moveable actuator and a chassis mounted on the body. The chassis is heat staked in position on the body.

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Hopkinton, MA, United States of America

Jeffrey A Karg