Drug delivery system with vented mouthpiece
OwnerMichael Kinginventor
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Abstract
An oral inhaler suitable for delivering a pharmaceutical formulation to a patient that includes a container having the pharmaceutical formulation including at least one medicament present therein, and a mouthpiece configured for oral engagement with a patient and in communication with the container, wherein the mouthpiece has an inner surface and an outer surface, is described. The outer surface of the mouthpiece contains at least one longitudinally-extending disuniformity such that when the patient orally engages the mouthpiece at least one void space is created between the outer surface of the mouthpiece and the oral cavity of the patient so as to provide an air flow channel through the at least one void space to facilitate intake of the at least one medicament by the patient.
Claims34
An oral inhaler suitable for delivering a pharmaceutical formulation to a patient, said inhaler comprising:
- a container having the pharmaceutical formulation comprising at least one medicament present therein;
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- a mouthpiece configured for oral engagement with a patient and in communication with said container, the mouthpiece having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the outer surface of the mouthpiece contains at least one longitudinally-extending disuniformity such that when the patient orally engages the mouthpiece at least one void space is created between the outer surface of the mouthpiece and the oral cavity of the patient so as to provide an air flow channel through the at least one void space to facilitate intake of the at least one medicament by the patient.
An oral inhaler system for delivering a pharmaceutical formulation to a patient, said inhaler comprising:
- a container having the pharmaceutical formulation comprising at least one medicament present therein, the at least one medicament selected from the group consisting of analgesics, anginal preparations, antantiinfectives, antihistamines, anti-inflammatories, antitussives, diuretics, hormones, therapeutic proteins and peptides, and combinations thereof;
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- a mouthpiece configured for oral engagement with a patient and in communication with said container, the mouthpiece having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- wherein the outer surface of the mouthpiece contains at least one longitudinally-extending disuniformity such that when the patient orally engages the mouthpiece at least one void space is created between the outer surface of the mouthpiece and the patient so as to provide an air flow channel through the at least one void space to facilitate intake of the at least one medicament by the patient, wherein the at least one longitudinally-extending disuniformity is selected from the group consisting of at least one protrusion, at least one indentation, at least one opening in the outer surface of the mouthpiece, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.