Dispensing device
US8181645B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D83/0445
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for dispensing individual doses of powder from respective pockets of a disc-shaped carrier by outwardly rupturing a lidding foil by means of pressure on an opposite side surface, the device providing individual respective deaggregation flow paths for each pocket, split airstreams allowing improved entrainment of powder, a cam mechanism for outwardly rupturing the pockets, an indexing mechanism linked to the cam mechanism and a dose counter.
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