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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. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jussi Haikarainen, Espoo, FI;
Kari Seppälä, Helsinki, FI;
Jarkko Munukka, Espoo, FI;
Esa Muttonen, Espoo, FI;
Elizabeth Stares, Nether Broughton, GB;
Martin Murphy, Letchworth, GB;
Matthew Young, Over, GB;
Assignee:
Orion Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06C 3/00 ;
Abstract
A multiple-dose powder inhaler comprising an inhaler body defining a medicament container, an air channel, a mouthpiece, a rotatable metering drum with one or more peripheral dosing recesses and a dose counter for indicating the number of metered doses of medicament that have been dispensed from, or remain in, the medicament container. The inhaler is useful, for example, in the treatment of asthma.