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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Jerome Spaargaren, London, GB;
Derk Visser, London, GB;
Paul Kenneth Rand, Ware, GB;
Paul John Turner, Huntingdon, GB;
Jerome Spaargaren, London, GB;
Derk Visser, London, GB;
Paul Kenneth Rand, Ware, GB;
Paul John Turner, Huntingdon, GB;
Glaxo Group Limited, Greenford, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A dispensing device for dispensing a number of doses of medication to a patient, comprising a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the medication by actuation of the dispensing mechanism from a non-dispensing position to a dispensing position, a dose counter for counting the number of doses dispensed by said device, a first battery-less arrangement for providing power to said dose counter in response to the actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and an electronic display for displaying a dose indication, characterised in that the device includes a second battery-less arrangement for providing power to said electronic display when said dispensing mechanism is in said non-dispensing position.