摘要:
A dry powder inhalator for delivering a precise dose of a medicament contains a mesh disc impregnated with a series of spaced, medicament doses about the disc periphery. The inhalator is armed by manually retracting a finger pull extending downwardly from the bottom of the inhalator housing or rotating the bottom of the housing. The user inserts a mouthpiece on the housing into the mouth and inhales. This causes a chamber in the housing under a diaphragm to evacuate, thereby pulling the diaphragm down onto a knock out lever. The pivoting of the lever enables release of a piston into a cylinder which first compresses, and then dispenses a reduced volume of air at high pressure in a burst up through the medicament disc. When the burst of air hits the impregnated disc, the dose is forced out of the mesh's interstices, producing a cloud of the drug in its powdered form, which is inhaled by the user.
摘要:
A nebule comprising at least one identification marker or label can be coupled an aerosol generator. The identification marker can be sensed by a sensing device on the aerosol generator so as to identify the liquid in the nebule to the controller of the aerosol generator. The controller of the aerosol generator can control the aerosol generator based on the information read from the identification marker.
摘要:
An inhaler apparatus having a housing having first and second walls and defining an air inlet and an air outlet. The first and second walls define an internal housing volume and have portions being movable relative to each other so as to expand the internal housing volume from a non-inhalation state, wherein the internal housing volume has a first volume, to an inhalation state, wherein the internal housing volume has a second volume. The second volume is larger than the first volume. An air flow chamber is defined within the housing between the air inlet and the air outlet when the housing is in the inhalation state. A medicament is contained between the first and second walls. The medicament is exposed within the air flow chamber when the housing is in the inhalation state.
摘要:
An inhalation device is provided for inhalation of a powder medicament. The device comprises a body 55 defining a reservoir 56 for medicaments in powder form, an outlet 57 through which a user can inhale and a dosing member 53 with at least one metering recess 65 formed therein. The dosing member 53 is moveable between a position in which the at least one metering recess 65 communicates with the reservoir 56 to receive a dose of powder therefrom and a position in which the at least one metering recess 65 communicates with the outlet 57 to permit the user to inhale the dose. The at least one metering recess 65 is formed in a face of the dosing member 53, the face being mounted in contact against a similar mating face 60 of the body 55 at the lower end of the reservoir 56. At least one moveable weight may be incorporated within the device, adapted to strike an anvil surface when the device is shaken.
摘要:
The medicament dispenser has a base unit and a replaceable refill container. The base unit has one or more sensors for sensing one or more conditions of the medicament dispenser and a display for displaying indicia representing a state of the medicament dispenser. First indicia show the base unit and/or the refill container and define a contained area suitable for representing a condition of the medicament dispenser. Second indicia are used to represent at least one sensed condition of the medicament dispenser and are displayed in the contained area defined by the first indicia.
摘要:
An inhaler for administering powder by inhalation, including an inhaler body having two ends and a peripheral wall therebetween; an inhalation unit disposed in the inhaler body, the inhalation unit comprising an inhalation channel, the inhalation channel having an air inlet and an outlet; a dosing unit disposed in the inhaler body for providing a dose of powder to the inhalation channel such that a stream of air containing powder may be drawn from the outlet of the inhalation channel on inhalation by a user; a divider having a first surface bounded by a periphery and which substantially closes one end of the inhaler body; a mouthpiece attached to the periphery of the divider, the mouthpiece having a substantially radially directed flange which provides a second surface and which, together with the first surface, defines an air chamber; a first inlet for the air chamber provided in the first surface within the periphery of the divider and in fluid communication with the outlet of the inhalation channel; a second inlet for the air chamber disposed in the first surface within the periphery of the divider and adjacent the first inlet, a stream of supplementary air in use being drawn through the second inlet on inhalation by the user; and a discrete opening in peripheral wall of the inhaler body which is in fluid communication with the second inlet of the air chamber.
摘要:
An inhalation device for dry powder containing a chamber capable of receiving a dose of powdered medicament. The chamber is in communication with a patient port in the form of a mouthpiece or nasal adapter. The inhalation device also contains a deagglomeration/aerosolization apparatus capable of deagglomerating and/or aerosolizing a dose of powdered medicament and is operable by a patient-independent energy output source. The inhalation device further includes detection apparatus that ascertains patient inspiration through the patient port, and a control apparatus that actuates the deagglomeration/aerosolization apparatus in response to detection of patient inspiration.