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US 2019/0314587 A1Published application
Medicament dispenser
AssigneeGlaxo Group Limited
InventorsGregor John McLennan ANDERSON, Stanley George BONNEY, Michael Birsha DAVIES, Daniel Thomas LINTELL, Alan Anthony WILSON
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Abstract
An inhalation device having at least one elongate medicament carrier including, but not limited to, a pair of sheets sealed together and a plurality of medicament powder doses positioned at spaced-apart locations between said sealed sheets, an outlet for a user to inhale from, and a mechanism for stepwise advancement of the at least one elongate medicament carrier.
Claims12
An inhalation device comprising:
- at least one elongate medicament carrier which comprises a pair of sheets sealed together and a plurality of medicament powder doses positioned at spaced-apart locations between said sealed sheets,
- an outlet for a user to inhale from, and
- a mechanism for stepwise advancement of the at least one elongate medicament carrier;
- wherein said mechanism comprises a separator for separating the sheets of the at least one elongate medicament carrier to reveal the medicament powder doses for presentation to the outlet;
- wherein the at least one elongate medicament carrier is configured as an endless loop and stays so configured throughout operation of the inhalation device;
- wherein the separator is disposed between the sheets of the at least one elongate medicament carrier to cause the sheets to separate as the at least one elongate medicament carrier advances;
- and
- wherein in use the sheets are rejoined after passing the separator.
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