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.
Claims14
A delivery device comprising a rotatable first magazine, a rotatable second magazine, and a drive member interposed between the first and second magazines, the first and second magazines each being provided with a plurality of metering members, and the inhaler being arranged such that the drive member indexes the first magazine through a first series of dispensing configurations in each of which a metering member of the first magazine is actuatable so as to dispense a measured amount of material, and the drive member subsequently indexes the second magazine through a second series of dispensing configurations in each of which a metering member of the second magazine is actuatable so as to dispense a measured amount of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.