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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
David M Young, Loughborough, GB;
Assignee:
Fisons Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820315 ; 12820321 ; 604 58 ;
Abstract
An inhalation device for a powdered medicament contained initially in a container, which device comprises a swirl chamber adapted to receive a medicament container and having air inlets thereinto and a mouthpiece in communication therewith; a container receiving cavity also in communication with said swirl chamber; and piercing means operable to pierce a medicament container when in the cavity and to withdraw from the pierced container, said cavity being provided with obstructive means to prevent the container re-entering the cavity after being pierced.