Inhalation device
AssigneeAstraZeneca AB
InventorsDarren Hodson, Jorgen Rasmussen
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Abstract
An actuator for an inhaler for delivering medicament by inhalation, comprising a mouthpiece for guiding medicament to the mouth of a user; and a removable protection cap for the mouthpiece, wherein the cap is secured to the mouthpiece by a cap retaining member that engages a mating recess in the mouthpiece outer periphery, and wherein the cap comprises at least one release button arranged to provide an elastic deformation of the cap inner periphery that disengage the cap retaining member from the recess. There is also disclosed an inhaler comprising the above-described actuator and a canister containing medicament.
Claims8
An actuator for an inhaler for delivering medicament by inhalation, comprising a mouthpiece for guiding medicament to the mouth of a user;
- and a removable protection cap for the mouthpiece, wherein the cap is secured to the mouthpiece by a cap retaining member that engages a mating recess in the mouthpiece outer periphery, and wherein the cap comprises at least one release button arranged to provide an elastic deformation of the cap inner periphery that disengage the cap retaining member from the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.