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US 7,191,777 B2Granted
Medicament dispenser
AssigneeGlaxo Group Limited
InventorsPeter John Brand, James William Godfrey, Paul Kenneth Rand
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Abstract
A medicament dispenser for use in the storage, presentation and/or dispensing of medicament comprising a body shaped for receipt of a medicament container. In association with the body, there is a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data. A medicament container is receivable by the body. In association with the medicament container, there is a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data. Data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver. The medicament dispenser may be supplied in kit of parts form.
Claims10
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- and the first transceiver comprises a reader for said tag,
- wherein the integrated circuit chip has a memory area with restricted read access.
9 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the metered dose inhaler, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein the integrated circuit chip has a read/write memory area.
8 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein the integrated circuit chip has a one-time programmable memory area.
8 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving enemy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein the integrated circuit chip has a preset memory area containing a non-changeable data item.
8 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein the integrated circuit chip has plural memory areas thereon.
8 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the body;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein any memory area on the integrated circuit chip contains data in encrypted form.
8 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- An actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein any memory area on the integrated circuit chip is password protected.
8 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein the integrated circuit has plural memory areas thereon including
- (a) a read only memory area containing a unique serial number;
- (b) a read/write memory area which can be made read only;
- and
- (c) a password protected memory area containing data in encrypted form.
12 more elements
A metered dose inhaler comprising
- an actuator housing shaped for receipt of an aerosol container;
- in association with the actuator housing, a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving data;
- an aerosol container receivable by the actuator housing;
- and
- in association with the aerosol container, a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving data,
- wherein data is transferable in two-way fashion from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in the absence of direct physical contact between the first and second transceiver, and
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a tag comprising
- an antenna for transmitting or receiving energy;
- and
- an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna,
- wherein the second transceiver comprises a passive microelectronic memory chip and the first transceiver comprises an active reader for said microelectronic memory chip.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.