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Stuart Kay

Paul Greenhalgh

Andrew Gordon Pocock

Wayne O'Hara

Xavier Donnette

Neil Harrison

Peter Crew

Anne Powell

Matthew Young

Cheryl Vanessa Rogerson

Ian Darby

A fluid dispenser device including a body () with a dispenser orifice (), a plurality of reservoirs () on a strip () that includes a leading end () and a trailing end (), a reservoir-opening mechanism () adapted to open a respective reservoir upon actuation, and a drive mechanism () for the strip () and bring a reservoir into register with the opening mechanism. A movable wall () separates a storage housing () for the elongate strip () from a reception housing (), the elongate strip () disposed mainly in the storage housing () before the device is used and displaced progressively in the reception housing () during use. The movable wall () causes the volume of the storage housing () to decrease progressively, and the volume of the reception housing () to increase progressively.

Fluid product dispensing device

A mouthpiece () for a fluid dispenser device, said mouthpiece comprising a body () that is provided with a fluid dispenser orifice () through which the fluid is expelled, and said mouthpiece being characterized in that said body () presents a substantially convex elongate shape, with a top surface () incorporating said dispenser orifice () and extending longitudinally on two sides of said dispenser orifice (), two lateral bearing surfaces () being provided laterally on two sides of said dispenser orifice () for receiving the lips of the user during inhalation, said top surface () being slightly convex and said lateral bearing surfaces () being slightly concave.

Mouthpiece for a device for dispensing a fluid product

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means () being provided for opening an individual reservoir () each time the device is actuated, thereby enabling the user to inhale the dose contained in said open reservoir, at least 90% of the fluid contained in said open reservoir being expelled from said reservoir during inhalation.

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, opening means () being provided for opening an individual reservoir () each time the device is actuated, the device including a dispenser chamber () for receiving the dose of fluid contained in a reservoir () after said reservoir has been opened, an inhalation endpiece (), and an inhalation trigger system that comprises a deformable air-chamber () that co-operates with said dispenser chamber (), said dispenser chamber being displaceable between a rest position and an inhalation position, such that during inhalation through said inhalation endpiece (), said air chamber () is deformed, thereby displacing said dispenser chamber from said rest position to said inhalation position.

Fluid dispenser device

An opening device () for opening an individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, such as powder, said reservoir () including a closure wall (), said opening device () comprising perforator and/or cutter means () that are adapted to cut said closure wall () of the reservoir () in such a manner that the cut portion(s) () does/do not obstruct the opening(s) () that is/are formed.

Opening device for fluid product dispensing device

A fluid dispenser device including at least one individual reservoir () containing a single dose of fluid, opening means () being provided for opening an individual reservoir () each time the device is actuated, said opening means () comprising perforator and/or cutter means () and movable support means (), said movable support means () being adapted to displace an individual reservoir () against said perforator and/or cutter means () on each actuation.

A dry powder inhaler, including a powder dispersion engine with one or more beads in a dispersion chamber, an airflow path leading into the dispersion chamber, an elongated tape with spaced apart blisters, each blister holding a dose of a dry powder, and blister opening mechanism that sequentially opens the blisters on the elongated tape and releases the dose of each blister into the airflow path.

Breath actuated dry powder inhaler and tape dose strip

A dry powder inhaler, including a housing having an airflow path leading from an inlet, past a powder release location, to a mouthpiece; a drive spool engaged with a capstan adjacent to the powder release location; a spring biasing a ratchet into engagement with the drive spool; and a breath trigger in the airflow path. The breath trigger is moveable from a first position, wherein the breath trigger holds the ratchet, to a second position, wherein the breath trigger releases the ratchet to allow the ratchet to turn the drive spool.

A method for operating a dry powder inhaler, the dry powder inhaler having a dose tape having spaced apart doses of a powder pharmaceutical, each dose being in a respective sealed blister. The inhaler includes a breath actuated blister opening system that sequentially opens a blister on the tape. The method involves routing the dose tape between first and second rotating elements; spring biasing the first rotating element to turn in a first direction; holding the first rotating element from rotating against the spring biasing; and releasing the first rotating element, and allowing it to rotate a fraction of one rotation, when air flows adjacent to the first rotating element.

A dose tape for use in a dry powder inhaler has blisters formed in a formpack layer. A lidstock layer is attached over the formpack layer, to seal a dose of dry powder within each of the blisters. A tear strip is attached to the lidstock layer over each of the blisters. Pulling on the tear strip shears out an area of the lidstock over the blister, unsealing the powder contents.

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Stuart Kay