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US 8,616,197 B2Granted
Dispensing apparatus
AssigneeConsort Medical PLC
InventorRichard Warby
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Abstract
A dose counter system, and a dispensing apparatus having such a dose counter system, for counting activations of a pressurised dispensing container including: a hydraulic system; and a counter; the hydraulic system having a hydraulic cylinder with a primary piston, a secondary piston and a working fluid, wherein the secondary piston is coupled to, or otherwise operates the counter and the primary piston is engaged by, fixed to, coupled to, or otherwise moved by, a pressurised dispensing container.
Claims16
Dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a housing suitable to receive in use a pressurised dispensing container capable of dispensing metered doses of a product;
- and
- a dose counter;
- wherein the dispensing apparatus further comprises a hydraulic system for activating the dose counter, wherein the hydraulic system is configured to operate based on movement of the received pressurised dispensing container.
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A dose counter for counting activations of a pressurised dispensing container comprising:
- a hydraulic system;
- and
- a counter;
- wherein the hydraulic system comprises a hydraulic cylinder with a primary piston, a secondary piston and a working fluid, wherein the secondary piston is coupled to, or otherwise operates the counter and the primary piston is moved by the pressurised dispensing container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.