Cartridge unit coupler
AssigneeSyqe Medical Ltd.
InventorsShay Landa, Roee Lifshitz, Abraham Meyer, Binyamin Schwartz, Harel Gur
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Abstract
Some embodiments relate to a cartridge for use with an inhaler, the cartridge comprising: a plurality of source material units and a unit coupler configured for selectively interlocking to each of the source material units so that when the cartridge is operably attached to the inhaler, manipulation of the unit coupler moves the interlocked source material unit away from or back into the cartridge; the unit coupler and each of the source material units being formed with an interlocking geometry in which a protrusion of one fits within a respective recess of the other.
Claims36
A cartridge for use with an inhaler, the cartridge comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a plurality of source material units;
- and
- a unit coupler contained within said cartridge, said unit coupler configured for selectively interlocking to each of the plurality of source material units, the unit coupler positioned and configured to move away from or back into the housing with an interlocked source material unit of the plurality of source material units;
- the unit coupler and each source material unit of the plurality of source material units being formed with an interlocking geometry in which a protrusion of one fits within a respective recess of the other,
- wherein the unit coupler is removable with the cartridge from the inhaler.
An inhaler for use with a cartridge comprising a plurality of source material units, the inhaler comprises:
- an inhaler body comprising a transferring element shaped and sized to engage a unit coupler of the cartridge to pull a source material unit of the plurality of source material units into a use-position within the inhaler body;
- said unit coupler configured for selectively interlocking to each of the plurality of source material units,
- wherein said unit coupler is contained within the cartridge, wherein the unit coupler is removable with the cartridge from the inhaler,
- and wherein a distal end of the transferring element is shaped to attach to the unit coupler of the cartridge by a slide fit coupling.
A method for pulling a plurality of source material units from a cartridge configured for use with an inhaler, the method comprising:
- loading onto the inhaler a cartridge comprising the plurality of source material units and a unit coupler contained within the cartridge, said unit coupler configured for interlocking with each of the plurality of source material units, wherein the unit coupler is removable with the cartridge from the inhaler;
- and
- locking the cartridge to the inhaler while simultaneously engaging the unit coupler in preparation for pulling an interlocked source material unit of the plurality of source material units from the cartridge to a use-position within the inhaler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.