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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Andrew Gordon Pocock, Ickleton, GB;
Stuart Brian William Kay, Ickleton, GB;
Paul Greenhalgh, Ickleton, GB;
Wayne O'hara, Ickleton, GB;
Xavier Donnette, Plaisir, FR;
Andrew Gordon Pocock, Ickleton, GB;
Stuart Brian William Kay, Ickleton, GB;
Paul Greenhalgh, Ickleton, GB;
Wayne O'Hara, Ickleton, GB;
Xavier Donnette, Plaisir, FR;
Valois SAS, Le Neubourg, FR;
Abstract
An inhaler comprising: a body; at least one cover element that is movable between a closed position and an open position; individual reservoirs formed on a reservoir substrate; movable support means that receive said reservoir substrate and that are displaceable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position; and an indicator device for indicating doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed, said indicator device comprising: a rotary indicator element that supports indicator means, such as numbers, colors, and/or symbols; and an actuator that co-operates with said movable support means so as to cause said rotary indicator element to turn when said movable support means return from the dispensing position to the non-dispensing position.