Medicinal inhaler refill assemblies comprising a lockout mechanism
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsWILLIAM T. RICHARDSON, ROBERT MAY, CHRISTOPHER B.J. GROOMBRIDGE
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Abstract
A refill assembly (129) for use in a medicinal inhaler (100). The refill assembly includes a patient port (110), and an adapter (118) configured to cause a dose of medicament to be released. The adapter is movable between a first position in which a dose of medicament is not released and a second position in which a dose of medicament is released. The refill assembly further includes a lockout member (117) movable between (i) a first (locked) position in which the adapter is not movable from its first position to its second position, and (ii) a second (unlocked) position in which the adapter is movable from its first position to its second position.
Claims19
A refill assembly for use in a medicinal inhaler and configured to be removably coupled to a reusable assembly of a medicinal inhaler, the refill assembly comprising:
- a patient port;
- an adapter configured to cause a dose of medicament to be released, the adapter movable between a first position in which a dose of medicament is not released and a second position in which a dose of medicament is released;
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- a lockout member movable between (i) a first position in which the adapter is not movable from its first position to its second position, and (ii) a second position in which the adapter is movable from its first position to its second position;
- wherein the lockout member is in its first position when the refill assembly is not coupled to a reusable assembly and is in its second position when the refill assembly is coupled to a reusable assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.