Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Otsuka Techno Corporation

Takaaki Nakao

Shintaro Adachi

Tetsuya Sato

Toru Nishibayashi

Hiroshi Ohno

Shogo Hiraoka

Yusuke Ogawa

Yuichiro Takada

Akifumi Takeuchi

Kosuke Tojo

Shiho Fukaya

Yoshio Hara

Yoshihiro Oi

Hiroshi Aihara

Mattias Lindström

Patrik Palovaara

Mikael Lindberg

A container () includes: a first storage section () for storing a plurality of solid objects (); a second storage section () provided so as to be capable of being in communication with the first storage section () through a predetermined communication opening () and also so as to be capable of being in communication with an outside space () through a predetermined extraction opening (); a tray () having a receiving section () which receives one solid object () supplied from the first storage section () to the second storage section (), the tray () also having a first wall section () capable of closing the communication opening (), the tray () further having a second wall section () capable of closing the extraction opening (), the tray () being stored in the second storage section (); and a movement mechanism () for sliding the tray () within the second storage section () between a first position at which the communication opening () is open and the extraction opening () is closed by the second wall section (), and a second position at which the communication opening () is closed by the first wall section () and the extraction opening () is open.

Container

Medical syringe

A powder inhaler includes: a housing having a port; a storage member located in the housing for storing a powder medicament; and a medicament-delivery member provided in the housing. The medicament-delivery member includes at least one concave portion for receiving medicament, and is capable of taking, relative to the storage member, a receiving position wherein the concave portion receives a predetermined amount of powder medicament from the storage member, and an inhalation position wherein the powder medicament can be inhaled through the admission port; and a stirring member for stirring the powder medicament stored in the storage member. An operation button is provided in the housing and is capable of moving between the initial position and a depressed position, while the operation button reciprocates between the initial position and the depressed position, the concave portion in the medicament-delivery member moves from the receiving position to the inhalation position and the stirring member operates.

Powder inhaler

The present invention provides an improved metered dose inhaler utilizing the property of the aerosol canister. The metered dose inhaler includes: a housing body (); an aerosol canister () including a canister body (), a valve stem (), and a spring urging the valve stem, wherein the valve stem () is held at a fixed position inside the housing body (), and wherein the canister body () is supported inside the housing body () to be depressible against a spring force of the spring; a dose counter () including display members () and () rotatably supported inside the housing body (), and a control lever () swingably supported inside the housing body () to rotate the display member (); and a control cap () including a junction member rotatably joined to the control lever (), and a cap portion () which sheaths the canister body () from a bottom side of the canister body (), wherein the control cap () causes the control lever () to swing.

Metered dose inhaler

The subject invention provides a powder inhaler enabling the user to complete powder drug inhalation with fewer steps, for improved user convenience. A powder inhaler of the present invention comprises:

Inhaler

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Tokushima, Japan

Takaaki Nakao