Dry powder inhaler with an adherence/compliance monitor
AssigneeVectura Delivery Devices Limited
InventorsAndreas Meliniotis, Roger Clarke, Darryl Cotton, John Deamer, Philip Smith, Philip Swanbury, Seth Thomas
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Abstract
A dry powder inhaler and an adherence and/or compliance monitor for use with the inhaler are provided. The inhaler has a cover which is pivotable relative to its housing in order to expose a mouthpiece. The monitor has one or more sensors. The inhaler and the monitor have formations for mounting the monitor onto the inhaler. The inhaler and monitor are designed so that when the monitor is mounted onto the housing of the inhaler and the cover is opened, the cover at least partially covers and protects the monitor.
Claims14
A dry powder inhaler having a housing and a cover which is pivotable relative to the housing from a closed position to an open position in order to expose a mouthpiece, wherein the inhaler is designed for use with a monitor having one or more sensors but operates to dispense powder whether the monitor is present or not, wherein the housing has a mechanical or magnetic housing connector used to position and attach the monitor to the inhaler, and wherein when the cover is in the open position, the cover at least partially covers the mechanical or magnetic housing connector wherein an inside of the cover has one or more cams designed to operate switches on the monitor for determining a position and/or direction of motion of the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.