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US 10,195,374 B2Granted
Container, nebulizer and use
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
InventorsJoachim Eicher, Herbert Graessl, Mike Janetzko, Andree Jung, Martin Meisenheimer, Herbert Wachtel, Robert Gerhard Winkler, Gilbert Wuttke, Ying Yu
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Abstract
A container, a nebulizer and a use of an indicator device are described, where the container comprises an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container, the container is arranged within the nebulizer and the container can be detached by grabbing the indicator device.
Claims8
A container (3) for a nebulizer (1), the container (3) containing a fluid (2), and the container (3) comprising
- an indicator device (25) for at least one of counting, indicating a number of uses performed, and indicating a number of uses still possible with the container (3),
- wherein the indicator device (25) comprises an indicator housing (31) which is inseparably connected with a housing (29) of the container (3) opposite to at least one of an outlet and a head (28) of the container (3);
- wherein at least one of the indicator device (25) and the indicator housing (31) is connected via an ultrasonic weld with the container (3), and
- wherein the housing (29) of the container (3) comprises a rotationally asymmetrical section, including at least one of an indentation, a protrusion, and a flattening (75), to secure the indicator housing (31) against rotation relative to the housing (29) of the container (3).
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A container (3) containing a fluid (2), comprising:
- a nebulizer housing (24) for receiving the container (3);
- an indicator device (25) for at least one of counting, indicating a number of uses performed, and indicating a number of uses still possible with the container (3);
- wherein:
- the container (3) is moveable axially within the closed nebulizer housing (24) during nebulization,
- the indicator device (25) comprises an indicator housing (31) which is inseparably connected with a housing (29) of the container (3), but separable from the nebulizer housing (24), so that the indicator device (25) is replaceable together with the container (3), and
- at least one of the indicator device (25) and the indicator housing (31) comprises a gripping portion, including at least one of a flattening, a riffle (77), an indention (78), and a projection (79), and the housing (29) of the container (3) comprises a rotationally asymmetrical section, including at least one of an indentation, a protrusion, and a flattening (75), to secure the indicator housing (31) against rotation relative to the housing (29) of the container (3).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.