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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Joachim Eicher, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Josef Gatz, Moosbach, DE;
Frank Herrmann, Duisburg, DE;
Hubert Hoelz, Oberheimbach, DE;
Andree Jung, Idar-Oberstein, DE;
Martin Meisenheimer, Appenheim, DE;
Markus Mueller, Cham, DE;
Alfred Von Schuckmann, Kevelaer, DE;
Herbert Wachtel, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Robert Gerhard Winkler, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Gilbert Wuttke, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Jochen Ziegler, Heidelberg, DE;
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
A nebulizer and a container with a fluid for such a nebulizer are described, the container comprising an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container, the indicator device stopping further use of the container in a locked state when a predetermined number of uses has been reached or exceeded, and when the nebulizer is partially opened, it is blocked against further use, and after replacement of the container including the indicator device, the nebulizer can be used again.