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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Vectura Delivery Devices Limited, Chippenham, Wiltshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vectura Delivery Devices Limited, Chippenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/0051 (2014.02); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 15/0026 (2014.02); A61M 15/0036 (2014.02); A61M 15/0041 (2014.02); A61M 15/0045 (2013.01); A61M 15/0081 (2014.02); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters, each blister having a breachable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, an indexing wheel mounted in the housing rotatable to drive a strip to sequentially move blisters into alignment with a blister piercing member, a control element pivotally mounted to the housing and a drive mechanism configured to couple the control element to the indexing wheel during part of the rotation of the control element by a user so that the indexing wheel rotates together with the control element.