Inhaler
AssigneeCipla Limited
InventorsAmar Lulla, Geena Malhotra
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Abstract
An inhaler device for inhalation of a medicament from a pierceable capsule comprises a housing for receiving a medicament capsule; closure means for closing the housing, said closure means being moveable relative to the housing; piercing means suitable for piercing a medicament capsule; wherein movement of the closure means relative to the housing causes movement of the piercing means. The invention also provides a holder for a medicament capsule which holder comprises a chamber suitable for receiving a medicament capsule; and means for generating turbulence in a fluid flow through the chamber such that, in use, the turbulent fluid flow causes vibration of a capsule received by the chamber so as to assist in releasing medicament contained within the capsule.
Claims41
An inhaler device for inhalation of a medicament from a pierceable capsule, which inhaler comprises a housing for receiving a medicament capsule;
- closure means for closing the housing, said closure means being moveable relative to the housing;
- piercing means suitable for piercing a medicament capsule;
- wherein movement of the closure means from an open position to a closed position or from a closed position to an open position drives movement of the piercing means from a retracted non-piercing position to an extended piercing position and back to a retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.