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US 8,739,784 B2Granted
Inhaler
AssigneeVectura Delivery Devices Limited
InventorsStephen William Eason, Matthew Neil Sarkar, Graham Roger Gibbins, Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn
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Abstract
An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets is proposed. A flexible guiding element receives the used blisters strip.
Claims8
Inhaler for delivery of an inhalation formulation from a band-shaped blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets containing the inhalation formulation in doses, comprising:
- a piercing member to puncture a lid of an aligned blister pocket, the inhaler being designed such that—by breathing in during inhalation—an air stream of ambient air can be sucked or delivered in to discharge the respective dose from an opened blister pocket and to deliver it with the ambient air as an aerosol cloud,
- wherein
- the inhaler comprises a flexible or elastic guiding element for receiving or guiding a used portion of the blister strip, wherein
- the guiding element comprises a mounting portion with a corrugation,
- the mounting portion is held between a first and a second holding portion,
- the guiding element or mounting portion is at least partially covered by a guiding portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.