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US 2015/0083129 A1Published application
Dry powder inhalator
AssigneeAptar France SAS
InventorsArnaud Colomb, Matthieu Baillet, Maxime Kirniak, Antoine Laut
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AssigneeAptar France SAS
InventorsArnaud Colomb, Matthieu Baillet, Maxime Kirniak, Antoine Laut
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A dry powder inhaler including a main body, a plurality of individual reservoirs, such as blisters, each containing a single dose of powder, and disposed one behind another on a flexible strip, and an opening mechanism provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated. The device includes first a displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir to face the opening mechanism before and/or after each actuation, and a second displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir against the opening mechanism on each actuation. The first displacement mechanism having an indexer wheel provided with a recess that receives an individual reservoir, the recess defined by a bottom wall and an inner side wall of said indexer wheel, and by an outer side wall formed on a separate adjustment element assembled on the indexer wheel.
A dry powder inhaler including a main body, said device including a plurality of individual reservoirs, such as blisters, each containing a single dose of powder, and disposed one behind another on a flexible strip, opening means being provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated, said device including first displacement means that are adapted to displace an individual reservoir to face said opening means before and/or after each actuation, and second displacement means that are adapted to displace an individual reservoir against said opening means on each actuation, said first displacement means comprising an indexer wheel provided with at least one recess that receives an individual reservoir, wherein said recess is defined by a bottom wall and an inner side wall of said indexer wheel, and by an outer side wall formed on a separate adjustment element assembled on said indexer wheel.
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