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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Holger Holakovsky, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Matthias Hausmann, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Guido Schmiedel, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Florian Witte, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Johannes Geser, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Gerald Mathe, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Martin Meisenheimer, Ingelheim an Rhein, DE;
Antonino Lanci, Bern, CH;
Elmar Mock, Colombier, CH;
Martin Sigrist, Aarberg, CH;
Holger Holakovsky, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Matthias Hausmann, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Guido Schmiedel, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Florian Witte, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Johannes Geser, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Gerald Mathe, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Martin Meisenheimer, Ingelheim an Rhein, DE;
Antonino Lanci, Bern, CH;
Elmar Mock, Colombier, CH;
Martin Sigrist, Aarberg, CH;
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
A reservoir for a nebulizer, a nebulizer and a method of filling a reservoir are proposed. To avoid undesirable rises in pressure, a fluid chamber of the reservoir is pre-collapsed and filled with an initial amount of fluid which is less than the maximum volume of the fluid chamber. Preferably, before being filled, the fluid chamber is compressed and/or expanded by means of gas to a defined volume which is less than the maximum volume of the fluid chamber.