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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Graham Gibbins, Cambridge, GB;
Ben Tyers, Lancashire, GB;
Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vectura Delivery Devices Limited, Chippenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/26 (2006.01); A62B 7/00 (2006.01); A62B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/0045 (2013.01); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 15/0025 (2014.02); A61M 15/0033 (2014.02); A61M 15/0036 (2014.02); A61M 15/0041 (2014.02); A61M 15/0051 (2014.02); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip having a surface and a plurality of blister pockets depending from said surface. Each blister pocket contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. The inhaler has a blister strip drive mechanism including a blister strip drive member shaped to contact the strip along a line defined by the crease between a blister pocket and said surface, to drive said strip.