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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Ernest von Hollen, Somerset, NJ (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An accessory () adapted to be used with a breath actuated inhaler (), the breath actuated inhaler () comprising an air inlet (), an outlet () for delivering medicament and a trigger mechanism () for triggering the delivery of a dose of the medicament in response to a flow () between the air inlet () and the outlet (), wherein the accessory comprises: a pressure assist unit () for application to the air inlet, comprising an assist chamber () for holding a volume of air and a mechanical release system () for expelling air from the assist chamber to the air inlet, at a rate sufficient to trigger the trigger mechanism. Hence, it has an assist chamber for holding a volume of air and a mechanical release system for expelling air from the assist chamber to the air inlet, at a rate sufficient to trigger a dose trigger mechanism of the breath actuated inhaler. In this way, a user may use a breath actuated inhaler even if they do not have the ability to generate an inhalation suitable for activating the inhaler.