Closure-cap and container as a two-chamber cartridge for nebulisers for producing aerosols and active substance formulations, suitable for storage
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDieter Hochrainer, Bernd Zierenberg
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a closure-cap and a container in the form of a two-chamber cartridge in which an active ingredient and a solvent can be stored separately until the apparatus is used in a nebuliser, as well as an active substance concentrate in which the active substance is present as a solution or suspension for storage purposes.
Claims35
An apparatus comprising a closure-cap and a container in the form of a cartridge for separate storage of an active ingredient and a pharmacologically acceptable liquid, wherein the closure-cap has a connecting piece which displaces some of the container contents when the closure-cap is pushed onto the neck of the container, characterised in that a chamber is firmly connected to the connecting piece or integrated therein and contains at least one opening which is sealed tightly by a movable plunger.
An apparatus according to claim 15, characterised in that the pharmacologically acceptable lubricant is selected from the group consisting of oleic acid, lecithin or a sorbitan ester.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.