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Patent No.:

US 10086156 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2015

Dose counter for inhaler and method for counting doses

Applicants:

Ivax Pharmaceuticals Ireland, Waterford, IE;

Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford, IE;

Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland, Waterford, IE;

Inventors:

Declan Walsh, Co. Kilkenny, IE;

Derek Fenlon, Co. Wexford, IE;

Simon Kaar, Co. Cork, IE;

Jan Geert Hazenberg, Co. Kilkenny, IE;

Daniel Buck, Co. Waterford, IE;

Paul Clancy, Waterford, IE;

Robert Charles Uschold, Leominster, MA (US);

Jeffrey A. Karg, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Assignees:

Ivax Pharmaceuticals Ireland, Waterford, IE;

Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford, IE;

Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland, Waterford, IE;

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Daniel Hess

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); G06M 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/0078 (2014.02); A61M 11/00 (2013.01); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 15/0025 (2014.02); A61M 15/0026 (2014.02); A61M 15/0065 (2013.01); A61M 15/0071 (2014.02); G06M 1/246 (2013.01); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6063 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); A61M 2207/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49764 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A dose counter for a metered dose inhaler includes an incremental counting system for counting doses. The incremental counting system has a main body, an actuator arranged to be driven in response to canister motion and to drive an incremental output member in response to canister motion. The actuator and incremental output member are configured to have predetermined canister fire and count configurations in a canister fire sequence. The canister fire configuration is determined by a position of the actuator relative to a datum at which the canister fires medicament and the count configuration is determined by a position of the actuator relative to the datum at which the incremental count system makes an incremental count. The actuator is arranged to reach a position in the count configuration at or after a position in the canister fire configuration.

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