Inhaler

US10888675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Holger Holakovsky · Witten, DE
• Jens Besseler · Bingen, DE
• Jessica Frentzel-Beyme · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Frank Herrmann · Armstedt, DE
• Markus Kaemper · Breckerfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2202/064
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An inhaler including a magazine having capsules, a mouthpiece and a cover associated with the mouthpiece, where the cover is radially movable and pivotable for open or closing of the mouthpiece, by pivoting the cover the magazine is conveyed from one capsule to the next capsule, and by radial movement of the cover a capsule is moved in a radial direction into a discharge position.