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US 12,685,831 B2Granted
Inhaler system with offset piercing
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorOnur Dayioglu
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Abstract
An inhaler system includes a housing defining a housing cavity, a sleeve extending along a sleeve longitudinal axis and positioned within the housing cavity, a capsule is contained within the sleeve and having a capsule longitudinal axis, and a piercing element having only a single shaft extending from a fixed end to a tip along a piercing element longitudinal axis, the piercing element longitudinal axis being parallel with and offset from the capsule longitudinal axis. Only a single aperture is formed in the capsule by the piercing element.
Claims20
An inhaler system, comprising:
- a housing defining a housing cavity;
- a sleeve extending along a sleeve longitudinal axis and positioned within the housing cavity, wherein the sleeve is movable within the housing cavity between a first position and a second position;
- a capsule contained within the sleeve having a capsule longitudinal axis;
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- a piercing element comprising only a single shaft extending from a fixed end to a tip along a piercing element longitudinal axis, the piercing element longitudinal axis being parallel with and offset from the sleeve longitudinal axis, and offset from the capsule longitudinal axis;
- wherein only a single aperture is formed in the capsule when the sleeve is moved from the first position to the second position.
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