US 6,941,948 B2 · Medicament storage and delivery devices · patentgrep

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Abstract

A multiple dose delivery device for delivering a medicament into an oral cavity of a patient is provided. The device includes a sachet pack including a plurality of unit doses of a medicament enclosed between a first strip and a second strip. The device further includes a sachet advance mechanism and a mouthpiece. Upon actuation by a user, the sachet advance mechanism, which is engaged with the sachet pack, separates the first strip from the second strip to release one of the plurality of the unit doses from the sachet pack. The mouthpiece includes an opening, and each released unit dose passes through the opening.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A delivery device, comprising:

a sachet pack including a plurality of unit doses of a medicament enclosed between a first strip and a second strip;
a first member;
a second member;
an actuator, the actuator pulling the first strip against the first member and the second strip against the second member to release a unit dose of the medicament from the sachet pack;
and
a mouthpiece positioned relative to the satchet pack, the first member, and the second member, to deliver the unit dose of the medicament to an oral cavity of a patient, wherein the actuator includes
an actuator input;
a first pair of index rollers defining a first nip therebetween, the first strip passing through the first nip;
a second pair of index rollers defining a second nip therebetween, the second strip passing though the second nip;
and
a drive coupled to the actuator input, the first pair of index rollers and the second pair of index rollers;
and wherein upon actuation of the actuator input by a patient, the drive causes rotation of the first and second pairs of index rollers, which in turn, pull a portion of the first and second strips through the first and second nips, respectively.

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A delivery device, comprising:

a sachet pack including a plurality of unit doses of a medicament enclosed between a first strip and a second strip;
a first member;
a second member;
an actuator, the actuator pulling the first strip against the first member and the second strip against the second member to release a unit dose of the medicament from the a sachet pack;
and
a mouthpiece positioned relative to the sachet pack, the first member, and the second member, to deliver the unit dose of the medicament to an oral cavity of a patient, wherein the actuator includes
a stored energy component;
a stored energy initiator coupled to the stored energy component, wherein the stored energy initiator, upon actuation, stores energy in the stored energy component;
an actuation trigger which, upon actuation, releases the energy from the stored energy component;
and
a draw component coupled to the stored energy component, the draw component pulling the first strip against the first member and the second strip against the second member when the energy is released from the stored energy component, wherein the draw component comprises
a first pair of index rollers defining a first nip therebetween, the first strip passing through the first nip;
a second pair of index rollers defining a second nip therebetween, the second strip passing though the second nip;
and
a drive coupled to the stored energy component, the first pair of index rollers and the second pair of index rollers;
and wherein upon release of the energy from the stored energy component, the drive causes rotation of the first and second pairs of index rollers, which in turn, pull a portion of the first and second strips through the first and second nips, respectively.

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A delivery device, comprising:

a sachet pack including a plurality of unit doses of a medicament enclosed between a first strip and a second strip;
a first roller spaced apart forward from a second roller, the first strip being wrapped around the first roller, the second strip being wrapped around the second roller;
an actuator, the actuator, upon actuation by a patient, pulling the first strip around the first roller and pulling the second strip around the second roller to release a unit dose of the medicament from the sachet pack;
a mouthpiece positioned relative to the sachet pack, the first roller, and the second roller, to deliver the unit dose of the medicament to an oral cavity of the patient, wherein the actuator includes
a stored energy component;
a stored energy initiator coupled to the stored energy component, wherein the stored energy initiator, upon actuation, stores energy in the stored energy component;
an actuation trigger which, upon actuation, releases the energy from the stored energy component;
and
a draw component coupled to the stored energy component, the draw component pulling the first strip against the first member and the second strip against the second member, wherein the draw component comprises
a first pair of index rollers defining a first nip therebetween, the first strip passing through the first nip;
a second pair of index rollers defining a second nip therebetween, the second strip passing though the second nip;
and
a drive coupled to the stored energy component, the first pair of index rollers and the second pair of index rollers;
and wherein upon release of the energy from the stored energy component, the drive causes rotation of the first and second pairs of index rollers, which in turn, pull a portion of the first and second strips through the first and second nips, respectively.

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A delivery device, comprising:

a sachet pack including a plurality of unit doses of a medicament enclosed between a first strip and a second strip;
a first roller spaced apart forward from a second roller, the first strip being wrapped around the first roller, the second strip being wrapped around the second roller;
an actuator that, upon actuation by a patient, causes a predetermined rotation of the first and second rollers, the predetermined rotation being selected such that repeated actuation of the actuator will cause successive ones of the plurality of the unit doses to be released from the sachet pack;
a mouthpiece positioned relative to the sachet pack, the first roller, and the second roller, to deliver the unit dose of the medicament to an oral cavity of the patient, wherein the actuator includes
a stored energy component, and
a stored energy initiator coupled to the stored energy component, wherein the stored energy initiator, upon actuation, stores energy in the stored energy component;
an actuation trigger which, upon actuation, releases the energy from the stored energy component;
and
a draw component coupled to the stored energy component, the draw component pulling the first strip against the first member and the second strip against the second member when the energy is released from the stored energy component, wherein the draw component comprises
a first pair of index rollers defining a first nip therebetween, the first strip passing through the first nip;
a second pair of index rollers defining a second nip therebetween, the second strip passing though the second nip;
and
a drive coupled to the stored energy component, the first pair of index rollers and the second pair of index rollers;
and wherein upon release of the energy from the stored energy component, the drive causes rotation of the first and second pairs of index rollers, which in turn, pull a portion of the first and second strips through the first and second nips, respectively.

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A delivery device, comprising:

a sachet pack including a plurality of unit doses of a medicament enclosed between a first strip and a second strip;
a first roller spaced apart forward from and above a second roller, the first strip being wrapped around the first roller, the second strip being wrapped around the second roller;
an actuator, the actuator, upon actuation by a patient, pulling the first strip around the first roller and pulling the second strip around the second roller to release a unit dose of the medicament from the sachet pack;
a mouthpiece surrounding the first and second rollers, the mouthpiece having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of lateral surfaces, the bottom surface having an opening formed therein, the released medicament passing through the opening, wherein the actuator includes
a stored energy component, and
a stored energy initiator coupled to the stored energy component, wherein the stored energy initiator, upon actuation, stores energy in the stored energy component;
an actuation trigger which, upon actuation, releases the energy from the stored energy component;
and
a draw component coupled to the stored energy component, the draw component pulling the first strip against the first member and the second strip against the second member when the energy is released from the stored energy component, wherein the draw component comprises
a first pair of index rollers defining a first nip therebetween, the first strip passing through the first nip;
a second pair of index rollers defining a second nip therebetween, the second strip passing though the second nip;
and
a drive coupled to the stored energy component, the first pair of index rollers and the second pair of index rollers;
and wherein upon release of the energy from the stored energy component, the drive causes rotation of the first and second pairs of index rollers, which in turn, pull a portion of the first and second strips through the first and second nips, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/383,408Filed 7 Mar 2003 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Mar 2002
Published: US 2003/0172924 A118 Sep 2003
Granted: 13 Sep 2005
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

A61J 7/0061
Devices specially adapted for taking medicines: swallow helping devices, e.g. tongue shields
A61J 7/0076
Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons ; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine:…
A61K 9/0056
Mouth and digestive tract, i.e. intraoral and peroral administration: mouth soluble or dispersible forms; Suckable, eatable, chewable coherent…
A61K 31/165
Amides, e.g. hydroxamic acids: having aromatic rings, e.g. colchicine, atenolol, progabide

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Application60/362,307Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2002
Application60/366,710Us provisional application · filed 22 Mar 2002
US 2003/0172924 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Sep 2003
US 6,941,948 B2This patent

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