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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Paul Kenneth Rand, Redhill, GB;
Peter John Brand, Royston, GB;
James William Godfrey, Hertfordshire, GB;
Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a dispenser suitable for dispensing medicament, particularly medicament for use in the treatment of respiratory disorders. The dispenser comprises a housing ( ) having a support ( ); a container ( ), locatable within said housing ( ), having an outlet ( ), wherein said container ( ) dispenses through said outlet ( ) in response to movement of the container ( ), relative to the housing ( ); and an actuation indicator having an indexing mechanism ( ) actuatable by movement of the container ( ) relative to the housing ( ). A couple mechanism ( ) is provided which couples the indexing mechanism ( ) to the container ( ) to compensate for any variation in pre-actuation positionings of the indexing mechanism and container.