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Inhaler for delivery of a powder formulation from a blister strip

US8381720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ralf Thoemmes · Willich, DE
Jessica Frentzel-Beyme · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2009
Grant date	Feb 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2202/064
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip has a plurality of blister pockets and uses a pivotable mouthpiece cover to move the blister strip onward. The mouthpiece cover is drivingly coupled with a conveyor wheel to drive the conveying wheel and to move the blister strip onward, and the axis of the actuator and of the conveying wheel is identical to the cover axis of the mouthpiece cover.

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