Inhaler
AssigneeVectura Delivery Devices Limited
InventorsAndreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
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Abstract
An inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises an actuating lever and a blister strip drive member rotatably mounted in the chamber to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position. The blister strip drive member and the actuating lever comprise a drive gear and a drive gear element, respectively, that cooperate to effect rotation of the blister strip drive member in response to rotation of the actuating lever. The drive gear and drive gear element are disposed on the outside of the housing remote from the chamber.
Claims7
1-49. (canceled)
An inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a cap, and a blister strip drive member rotatably mounted in the chamber to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position, wherein the blister strip drive member and the cap are coupled by a drive gear and a drive element that cooperate with each other to effect rotation of the blister strip drive member in response to rotation of the cap, said drive gear and drive element being disposed on the outside of the housing remote from the chamber and wholly received beneath the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.