Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dry powder inhalers with dual piercing members and methods of operating same
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Application No.: US14620469Application Date: 2015-02-12
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Publication No.: US09795749B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Gerald A. Thoe , James G. Skakoon , David A. Schuelke , Thomas W. Ruckdeschel , David Harris , Scott Alexander Lewis , Andrew Murray Gow , Jonathan David Tuckwell
- Applicant: Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61M15/00
- IPC: A61M15/00

Abstract:
A dry powder inhaler includes a dose container assembly having a dose container disk with opposing upper and lower surfaces, a first row of circumferentially spaced apart dose containers at a first radius and a second row of circumferentially spaced apart dose containers at a second radius. The dose containers have dry powder therein and are sealed via a first flexible sealant over apertures in the upper surface and a second flexible sealant over apertures in the lower surface. A piercing mechanism includes two reciprocating piercers that serially alternate between the two rows of dose containers in the dose container disk. A rotatable ramp disk includes first and second sets of circumferentially spaced-apart ramp elements in staggered, concentric relationship that are configured to move the first and second piercing members between retracted and extended positions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150157812A1 Dry Powder Inhalers with Dual Piercing Members and Methods of Operating Same Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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