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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Stephen T. Dunne, Stowmarket, GB;
Thomas S. Reinhold, Muenster, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen T. Dunne, Stowmarket, GB;
Thomas S. Reinhold, Muenster, GB;
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); B05D 7/14 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/0045 (2013.01); A61M 15/005 (2014.02); A61M 15/0026 (2014.02); A61M 15/0043 (2014.02); A61M 15/0048 (2014.02); A61M 15/0051 (2014.02); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispensing device, a storage device and a method for dispensing a formulation as a spray using a gas stream. Doses of the formulation are contained in storage members, which comprise individual atomizing device. The storage members are received in cavities, which are sealed by a common outlet seal. The outlet seal is peeled individually for each cavity to open the respective storage member and its atomizing device before the respective dose is dispensed by a gas stream flowing through the storage member.