Medicine administering apparatus
US5996577A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2202/064
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medicine administering apparatus, suitable for administering granular medicine to a patient, comprises a main body which has a medicine passage and a medicine accommodating chamber. The apparatus further includes a location changing member formed with a medicine loading chamber. The location of the medicine loading chamber is changed between a first position, where the medicine loading chamber is separate from the medicine passage, and a second position, where the medicine loading chamber is in the medicine passage. Movement of the location changing member changes the position of the medicine loading chamber. A medicine loading member compresses a predetermined amount of the medicine into the medicine loading chamber at the first position, the predetermined amount corresponding to one dose. Medicine within the medicine loading chamber may be inhaled through the medicine passage by a patient when the patient breathes in.
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