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Dry powder inhaler

US10456535B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

14Claims

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Assignee

Presspart Manufacturing Ltd. · GB

Inventors

Julian Hemy · Warrington, GB
Richard Turner · Simonstone, GB
Hans-Peter Schmelzer · Meerbusch, DE
Dietmar Schmitz · Brilon, DE
Stefan Hoffmann · Tönisvorst, DE
Ameet Sule · Jamkhed, IN
Sunita Sule · Jamkhed, IN
Matthias Seiler · Düsseldorf, DE
George Bostock · Pidley, GB
Aki Hannu Einari Laakso · Cambridge, GB
Michael Worth · Cambridge, GB
Matthew Schumann · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 28, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2206/16
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an inhaler device for delivering a dose of medicament in dry powder form from a container to a patient in need thereof. The inhaler comprises a swirl chamber in which particles of the medicament entrained in an airflow swirl upon inhalation thereby breaking up the agglomerates into finest dispersed powder.

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