Astrazeneca Ab

Astra Zeneca U.k. Limited

Pharmacia & Upjohn Ab

Malin Andersson

Maria Benktzon

Sven-Eric Juhlin

Lennart Brunnberg

An actuator for an inhaler for delivering medicament by inhalation, comprising: a housing ( ) for receiving a canister ( ) comprising a body ( ) which defines a chamber containing medicament and a valve stem ( ) which extends from the body ( ); a nozzle block ( ) for receiving the valve stem ( ) of the canister ( ); a mouthpiece for providing medicament from the nozzle block ( ) to the mouth of a user; and at least one actuating member ( ) for manual engagement by a user in applying a force to actuate the canister ( ), wherein the at least one actuating member ( ) is disposed such that the actuating force is applied substantially laterally relative to the longitudinal axis of the canister ( ) and configured when being acted upon to cause relative movement of the body ( ) and the valve stem ( ) of the canister ( ).

Inhalation device

An actuator for an inhaler for delivering medicament by inhalation, comprising: a housing ( ) which defines a cavity ( ) for receiving a canister ( ) which comprises a body ( ) which defines a chamber containing medicament and a valve stem ( ) which extends from the body ( ), the body ( ) and the valve stem ( ) of the canister ( ) being relatively movable between a first, non-actuated position in which the canister ( ) is closed and a second, actuated position in which the canister ( ) is open; a nozzle block ( ) for receiving the valve stem ( ) of the canister ( ); a mouthpiece ( ) for providing medicament from the nozzle block ( ) to the mouth of a user; a locking mechanism ( ) for selectively locking the canister ( ) in the non-actuated position, which locking mechanism ( ) when released allows for the actuation of the canister ( ); and a loading mechanism ( ) which comprises a biasing element ( ) for loading one of the body ( ) or the valve stem ( ) of the canister ( ) with an actuating force for actuating the same and a lever arm ( ) which is pivotally coupled to the housing ( ) for loading the biasing element ( ) when rotated in one sense, which lever arm ( ) is configured so as to be rotated in the one sense on the manual application of opposed forces substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the canister ( ).

Inhaler

Autoinjector for standardized single dose syringes

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Stockholm, Sweden

Malin Andersson