Abstract:
An inhaler device for inhaling substance in powder form, the device comprising a body (9), a compressed air pump (1) including a pump body (2) and a pump chamber (4), an expulsion duct (6) connected via a flap valve (5) to the pump chamber (4) and opening out into an outlet endpiece (7) through which the substance is dispensed, a substance reservoir (11) connected to said expulsion duct (6), and a substance measuring chamber (13) disposed fixedly in said expulsion duct (6), the device being characterized in that said measuring chamber (13) comprises an insert (14) having a top portion (16) projecting into said expulsion duct (6) in sealed manner through an opening provided for that purpose in said duct (6), said top portion (16) of said insert (14) being of a shape that is suitable for retaining a predetermined quantity of substance.
Abstract:
A hand-held inhalation-actuated spray device including a housing; tank of substance to be sprayed; a dispenser mechanism for dispensing the substance; an inhale duct; a dispenser mechanism urging device for actuating the dispenser mechanism; a locking mechanism fixed on a plate inside the housing, which includes at least one locking latch member for locking or unlocking the action of the urging device; an unlocking mechanism for displacing the latch member towards its released position while suction exists in the inhale duct; the unlocking mechanism including an electrical actuator for actuating the latch member, an electronic control circuit for the electrical actuator, a suction sensor to deliver a suction signal to the electronic control circuit on detecting suction in the inhale duct, the electronic control circuit then causing the electrical actuator to move the latch member into its released position; the device being characterized in that it further includes a position sensor for detecting that the device is in a predetermined proper orientation, in which the position sensor is connected to the electronic control circuit and the electronic control circuit is adapted to trigger actuation of the device only if the position sensor detects the predetermined proper orientation of the device.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device including a fluid dispenser member (10) such as a pump or a valve, and a dispenser head (20) provided with a dispensing orifice, the fluid dispenser device is provided with dispensing detector mechanism (30, 31) for detecting dispensing of a dose of fluid, the detector mechanism (30, 31) adapted to deliver a signal for informing the user that a dose of fluid has indeed been dispensed by the pump, the detector mechanism including a detector (30) for detecting the fluid going from the dispenser member to the dispenser orifice.
Abstract:
An electronic display device (20) including a display member (21). The display member (21) is permanent so that no energy is required to keep the display unchanged. The display device (20) operates without a battery, the energy required to change the display being created by interaction between two elements, such as by friction or by an impact, thereby creating an electric pulse that is processed by an electronic circuit (25) before being applied to the display member (21) in order to change its display.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device having at least one reservoir containing fluid to be dispensed and dispenser mechanism that is actuatable by a user so as to dispense the fluid through a dispenser orifice. The dispenser device having a plurality of assembled-together component parts, at least one of the component parts including a unique marking so that each individual dispenser device is identifiable and/or traceable by the unique marking.
Abstract:
A method of surface treating a fluid dispenser device, the method including a step of modifying, by ion implantation using multi-charged and multi-energy ion beams, at least one surface to be treated of at least a portion of the device in contact with the fluid. The modified surface has properties limiting the formation of a biofilm and thus the appearance and/or proliferation of bacteria on the modified surface, the multi-charged ions being selected from helium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon, ionic implantation being carried out to a depth of 0 μm to 3 μm.
Abstract:
A treatment method for treating the surface of a fluid dispenser device, said method comprising the step of using chemical grafting to form a thin film on at least one support surface of at least one component part that is in contact with said fluid, said thin film preventing interactions between said fluid and said component part.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device including: a body (1) incorporating a dispenser orifice (5); a reservoir (10) containing the fluid; and a dispenser member (15), such as a metering valve or pump, for selectively dispensing the fluid contained in the reservoir (10), the device also including a dose indicator having an electronic display the display including a permanent display member (21) that does not require any energy in order to keep the display unchanged, and that requires only a small amount of energy in order to change the display.
Abstract:
A fluid dispenser device including a fluid dispenser member (10) such as a pump or a valve, and a dispenser head (20) provided with a dispensing orifice, said fluid dispenser device being characterized in that said device is provided with dispensing detector means (30, 31) for detecting dispensing of a dose of fluid, said detector means (30, 31) being adapted to deliver a signal for informing the user that a dose of fluid has indeed been dispensed by said pump, said detector means comprising a detector (30) for detecting the fluid going from said dispenser member to said dispenser orifice.
Abstract:
A fluid spray device having a body (10) provided with a spray orifice (15), a reservoir (20) containing the fluid to be sprayed, a spray device (30) that sprays one or more doses of the fluid contained in the reservoir (20); and an actuator (40) that actuates the spray device (30). The reservoir (20) is closed in a sealed manner before the spray device is actuated for the first time, the body (10) including reservoir opening device (11) adapted to open the reservoir (20) while the device is being actuated. The reservoir (20) forms a sealed unit that is separate from the body (10), filled with fluid and hermetically sealed before it is assembled in the body (10). The body (10) includes a receiver device (13) that receives the reservoir, and a lateral access device that enables the filled reservoir (20) to be assembled sideways into the body (10) and to be secured therein.