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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew R Clark, Loughborough, GB;
John L Hart, Bramcote, GB;
Assignee:
Fisons plc, Ipswich, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; B65D / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820315 ; 12820321 ; 424 46 ; 424489 ;
Abstract
A method of compacting and administering a powdered inhalation medicament for use in an inhalation device includes compacting a body of loosely powdered inhalation medicament such that the degree of compaction is sufficient to hold the body together solely due to the force of compaction and placing the compacted body into the inhalation device and abrading the compacted body to obtain a plurality of unit doses of the medicament.