Delivery device
AssigneeInnovata Biomed Limited
InventorPhilip Braithwaite
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Abstract
A delivery device, e.g. an inhaler, comprises a rotatable metering member adapted to dispense a measured amount of material, a material delivery passage and a material delivery orifice and at least one actuator member adapted to move the metering member from a material retaining position to a material dispensing position. In a magazine comprising a plurality of metering members, the actuator and metering members may operate in a radial direction. A plurality of rotatable magazines may be utilized in the delivery device. The delivery device may be used to deliver a single or a combination therapy.
Claims21
A delivery device comprising a plurality of rotatable magazines, each magazine being provided with a plurality of metering members adapted to dispense a measured amount of material, a material delivery passage and a material delivery orifice, and at least one push rod adapted to move a metering member from a material retaining position to a material dispensing position.
A dry powder inhaler comprising a plurality of metering members adapted to dispense a measured amount of medicament and held in a rotatable magazine, an inhalation passage and a mouthpiece, and at least one push rod adapted to move one of the plurality of metering members from a medicament retaining position to a medicament dispensing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.