Inhaler
US5487378A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2016/0024
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An inhaler for dispensing droplets of liquid medicament to a patient comprising a body having a mouthpiece or nasal adaptor and a reservoir of liquid medicament in communication with an aerosol generator. The aerosol generator includes a chamber for the liquid medicament and a nozzle arrangement having a plurality of orifices. Means are provided for cyclically pressurizing the liquid medicament in the chamber such that liquid from the chamber is periodically expelled through the orifices of the nozzle arrangement as atomizer droplets of liquid medicament. Dosage control means are also provided for deactivating the aerosol generator after a predetermined time or after a predetermined volume of liquid medicament has been expelled from the chamber.
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