Dispensing device

US8584673B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Thoemmes · Willich, DE
• Timo Von Brunn · Berlin, DE
• Jens Besseler · Bingen, DE
• Bastian Fischer · Sankt Gallen, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/071
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A dispensing device and a storage device for dispensing a formulation as a spray. The storage device has multiple separate and pre-metered doses of the formulation in receptacles or cavities. In order to allow a very compact arrangement, the receptacles or cavities are arranged in a first group and a second group axially offset, and preferably, forming a double ring arrangement, and the storage device is rotatable and axially moveable for dispensing the doses one after the other.