# US 2019/0314587 A1 · Medicament dispenser > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0314587 A1 - Document ID: US20190314587A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/451,885 - Filed: 2019-06-25 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2002-01-25 - Assignees: Glaxo Group Limited - Applicants: Glaxo Group Limited - Inventors: Gregor John McLennan ANDERSON; Stanley George BONNEY; Michael Birsha DAVIES; Daniel Thomas LINTELL; Alan Anthony WILSON - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190314587A1 ## CPC - A61M 15/0051: {the dosages being arranged on a tape, e.g. strips} - A61M 15/00: Inhalators {(drug delivery in endotracheal tubes A61M16/04)} - A61M 15/0003: {with means for dispensing more than one drug} - A61M 15/0021: {Mouthpieces therefor} - A61M 15/0043: {Non-destructive separation of the package, e.g. peeling} - A61M 15/0045: {using multiple prepacked dosages on a same carrier, e.g. blisters} - A61M 15/0055: {the used dosages being coiled} - A61M 15/0068: {Indicating or counting the number of dispensed doses or of remaining doses} - A61M 15/0078: {on a strip} - A61M 15/008: {Electronic counters} - A61M 15/08: Inhaling devices inserted into the nose - A61M 2016/0021: {with a proportional output signal, e.g. from a thermistor} - A61M 2202/064: Powder - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device includes two of said elongate medicament carriers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the mechanism comprises a separator for each elongate medicament carrier. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the mechanism is adapted on each actuation thereof to present to the outlet a medicament powder dose of each carrier. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein the mechanism is adapted on each actuation thereof to present to the outlet a medicament powder dose of each carrier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein said medicament powder doses of said at least one medicament carrier comprises a single active medicament component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, wherein said single active medicament component is selected from the group consisting of anti-inflammatories, bronchodilators, and anti-cholinergics. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device according to claim 7, wherein the anti-inflammatory is a fluticasone ester. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The device according to claim 7, wherein the active medicament component is an anti-cholinergic. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein each medicament dose portion of a first one of two medicament carriers comprises a bronchodilator as the active medicament component and each medicament dose portion of the other medicament carrier comprises an anti-inflammatory as the active medicament component. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device according to claim 10, wherein said bronchodilator is a beta-agonist and said anti-inflammatory is a steroid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein each medicament dose portion or at least one medicament dose portion of at least one medicament carrier comprises plural active medicament components.