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US 2006/0243275 A1Published application
Breath Actuated Inhaler
AssigneeKos Life Sciences, Inc.
InventorsTom Ruckdeschel, Perry Genova, Dan Deaton, Matt Khare
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Abstract
A breath actuated metered dose inhaler including a housing, a mouthpiece positioned at one end of the housing, and a mechanical release mechanism positioned at another end of the housing. The release mechanism is triggered by a diaphragm and the inhaler is configured such that the air inhalation pathway is unimpeded by the release mechanism.
Claims22
A breath actuated metered dose inhaler, comprising:
- a housing;
- a mouthpiece positioned at one end of the housing;
- and
- a mechanical release mechanism positioned at another end of the housing;
- whereby the release mechanism is triggered by a diaphragm and the air inhalation pathway is unimpeded by the release mechanism.
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A breath actuated metered dose inhaler, comprising:
- a housing;
- a mouthpiece positioned at one end of the housing;
- a mechanical release mechanism positioned at another end of the housing;
- whereby the release mechanism is triggered by a diaphragm and the air inhalation pathway is unimpeded by the release mechanism;
- and
- a vortex nozzle positioned within the mouthpiece.
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A breath actuated metered dose inhaler, comprising:
- a housing;
- a mouthpiece positioned at one end of the housing;
- a mechanical release mechanism positioned at another end of the housing;
- whereby the release mechanism is triggered by a diaphragm and the air inhalation pathway is unimpeded by the release mechanism;
- and
- an event counter for indicating the number of sprays remaining in the reservoir as well as the number of sprays taken during a dose sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.