Assistive device for an inhaler

An assistive device for an inhaler, wherein the assistive device comprises:

• a body defining a passage configured to receive a conventional inhaler assembly, the conventional inhaler assembly including a canister and transverse mouthpiece with an axis of the canister of the inhaler assembly approximately aligning with an axis of the passage through the body of the assistive device,
• a base support associated with the body for supporting the mouthpiece of the inhaler assembly at one end of the body when the inhaler assembly is installed therein, and
• at least two symmetrically arranged levers supported by the body adjacent the passage and extending in a direction away from the base support and generally parallel to an axis of the body with a proximal end of each of the levers being attached to the body by an attachment that enables a free opposite end of at least one of the levers to be moved towards and away from the other of the levers, wherein the attachment is a hinge joint configured to return the lever to a starting position in cooperation with a return of the canister to a rest position after dispensing the medicament, and
• an inwardly directed cam surface of at least one of the levers that is configured to exert a force on a closed end of the canister of the inhaler assembly when it is installed in the assistive device to move the canister longitudinally towards the base support and cause medicament to be dispensed from the canister.