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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Henri M. Akouka, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Daniel P. Becker, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Henri M. Akouka, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Daniel P. Becker, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
Microdose Therapeutx, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method and device for delivering a pharmaceutical to the airway of a human or animal patient. In one aspect, the device includes a dose drum formed into a cylinder and including a plurality of dose compartments for containing individual doses. In another aspect, the device may include a reservoir containing a pharmaceutical material in bulk form and a metering recess for metering the pharmaceutical material to form a pharmaceutical dose. Another aspect provides an inhaler with a combined reservoir and dosing chamber configured to contain multiple doses of a pharmaceutical material.