Dispensing device

US8240305B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Marc Rohrschneider · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Stephen Terence Dunne · Stowmarket, GB
• Jens Besseler · Bingen, DE
• Timo Von Brunn · Berlin, DE
• Ralf Thoemmes · Willich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2012
• Expiry date: May 26, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/8225
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A dispensing device with a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation in which the storage device has multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert. Furthermore, a mechanism is provided for aligning the connecting element relative to a respective receptacle and/or insert which has guiding portions formed at or by the respective receptacle and/or insert.