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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Stephen William Eason, Norfolk, GB;
Michael Edgar Newton, Norfolk, GB;
Roger William Clarke, Cambridge, GB;
Matthew Neil Sarkar, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen William Eason, Norfolk, GB;
Michael Edgar Newton, Norfolk, GB;
Roger William Clarke, Cambridge, GB;
Matthew Neil Sarkar, Cambridge, GB;
Vectura Limited, Chippenham, Wilts, GB;
Abstract
An inhaler () for the delivery of a dose of powdered medicament for inhalation by a user comprising a housing () containing a cylinder () defining a chamber () and a piston () movably received in the cylinder to enable a user to generate a charge of compressed air in the chamber to entrain a dose when the charge is released, wherein the cylinder and the piston include co-operating means () thereon operable to draw the piston into the cylinder to compress a charge of air in the chamber in response to rotation of the piston.