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Laurence Stanmore Huxham

Martin Christopher Bunce

Darren Hodson

Nick Harrison

William Richard Treneman

William Davis

J&ouml;rgen Rasmussen

Inhalation device

An inhaler for delivery of medicament from a canister which is compressible to deliver a dose of medicament. The inhaler comprises a housing ( ) for holding a canister ( ), the housing having a mouthpiece ( ) for inhalation of a dose of medicament delivered by the canister ( ) and a breath-actuated actuation mechanism ( ) for compressing a canister ( ) held in the housing ( ) in response to inhalation at the mouthpiece ( ). The actuation mechanism ( ) includes a vane in the form of a flap ( ) disposed across a duct ( ) extending from the mouth piece ( ) arranged to lock the canister ( ) in a compressed state and being responsive to the inhalation at the mouthpiece ( ) to release the canister ( ) when the level of inhalation at the mouthpiece falls below a predetermined threshold.

Inhaler

Growing community of inventors

Loughborough, United Kingdom

Laurence Stanmore Huxham