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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Thomas Gallem, Munich, DE;

Kevin Stapleton, Boston, MA (US);

Martin Knoch, Berg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/100 ;
Abstract

Metering aerosol dispensing device comprising an aerosol container ( ); a nozzle ( ) that is arranged in a nozzle body ( ), whereby the aerosol is dispensed via said nozzle when the aerosol container ( ) is pushed against the body ( ) of the nozzle once the metering aerosol dispensing device is actuated; a meter ( ) that counts the number of times that the metering aerosol dispensing device is actuated; and an actuating device ( ) that enables the meter ( ) to move forward when the metering aerosol dispensing device is actuated. The invention is characterized in that the actuating device ( ) is designed and arranged in the metering aerosol dispensing device in such a way that the body ( ) of the nozzle is accomodated in the interior of the actuating device ( ) and the nozzle ( ) is released in order to produce aerosol in an unrestricted manner.


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