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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:
Jun. 01, 1993
Filed:
May. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan M Fine, Easton, CT (US);
Michael E Whitham, Great Falls, VA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New Canaan, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820014 ; 12820023 ;
Abstract
A single dose of a vaccine or other drug which is normally only given once is provided by an MDI by either formulating the drug and propellant composition to include only enough drug for one administration or by providing a locking mechanism to lock the MDI canister in a position where it cannot be actuated a second time.