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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Paul Greenhalgh, Cambridge, GB;
Eliane Schutte, Leiden, NL;
Inventors:
Paul Greenhalgh, Cambridge, GB;
Eliane Schutte, Leiden, NL;
Assignee:
Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C., Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 35/003 (2013.01); A61M 11/06 (2013.01); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a device for the dispensing of powders of the type in which a generated gas flow entrains the powder to be dispensed and carries the powder from the device via a barrel. The barrel has a bore including a main portion with a continuous internal surface, and is characterized in that the length of the main portion is at least fifteen times its maximum internal diameter; and/or the internal bore of the main portion is tapered; and/or the barrel has an outwardly flared outlet portion.